Gujarat government will soon be introducing its e-Zameen project, which authenticates sale of immovable property and reduces time for registration of a sale deed, in the urban parts of the state soon. Presently, the model is available only in the rural areas of the state. "We would be switching over to implement the model of e-Zameen for transaction of immovab
Indian IT firms need to look at emerging economies and newer verticals like health and transportation to continue its growth momentum, in the wake of slowdown in traditional markets like the US and Europe, a senior Nasscom official today said. "The Indian IT (sector) has been doing phenomenally well and will continue to attract some attractive bunch of people.
Indian outsourcing companies are likely to witness a slump in hiring activity owing to the current global economic scenario, but the decline would not be as "substantial" as was after the 2008 crisis, experts believe. There is definitely an impact of the global economic scenario on Indian IT and outsourcing firms, however, most of them have long-term contracts with thei
The West Bengal government would soon conduct a special survey and mapping of the disabled population in the state to ensure the benefits of various schemes reach the beneficiaries. Announcing this here today, state`s Women and Child Development and Social Welfare Minister Sabitri Mitra sought cooperation of all persons with disabilities, parents of the persons with disabilities
Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has written to the Department to Telecom asking it to consult the Law Ministry to define the term `Associate`, a word which has been used by the CBI probing the 2G scam to describe Essar-Loop telecom relationship. "I am directed to refer to DOT on the subject cited above. In this connection, it is stated that the term `Associates` has not
Trying to tap into the latest technology to reach out to people, the Finance Ministry today launched its page on social networking site Facebook, which has around 700 million users worldwide. "Once you join, you`ll be able to connect with the Ministry of Finance Page, along with people you care about and other things that interest you," said the invite sent out by the m
Software solutions provider NetCore Solutions Chief Executive Abhijit Saxena has resigned and announced the launch of his own venture called Mobilox in the mobile marketing space early next month. NetCore Chief Operating Officer Girish Nair will succeed Saxena and will takeover from October 1, a source close to the development said. "I have put in my papers as
Security agencies probing the Delhi High Court blast are taking every email seriously but do not rule out the possibility that it may have been sent by someone who wanted to play a prank, government said today. Talking to reporters after day-long National Integration Council (NIC) meeting, Union Home Secretary R K Singh said "we are not dismissing any email. We are investiga
"In the wake of the e-mail threat, we have called for additional force from other cities of the state. Vigilance has been stepped up and checking of vehicles intensified," City Police Commissioner Sudhir Sinha said. "Assistance of Anti-terrorist Squad and crime branch is being taken," he said, adding "we are checking for sleeper modules from outside too&q
Germany`s consumer protection minister has warned her fellow cabinet members against using Facebook to promote their work citing data security concerns, in an internal letter obtained by Der Spiegel. In an article to be published tomorrow, Der Spiegel said the minister, Ilse Aigner, a longtime critic of the privacy policies at the social networking site, had outlined her objectio
French police were today trying to identify a Facebook user who called "to cut Muslims`s throats instead of sheep" during the Eid al-Adha feast, sparking the ire of Muslim and anti-racist groups. "Police are carrying out an investigation to identify the author of these unworthy declarations," police said in a statement, adding that the Facebook "wall"
The government is planning to put in place a framework for officials that would allow them to leverage power of social media, a top Department of Information and Technology (DIT) official said here today. "We are creating a framework that would help all the GoI departments and officials to make use of social media like Facebook, Twitter. ... effectively," Additional Sec
Google has advised users of its online services in Iran to change their passwords following the theft of Internet security certificates from a Dutch company. "We learned last week that the compromise of a Dutch company involved with verifying the authenticity of websites could have put the Internet communications of many Iranians at risk, including their Gmail," Google
The head of Chinese Internet giant Alibaba, Jack Ma, today gave no hint of the future of Yahoo!`s stake in his firm but said he wasn`t responsible for the recent ouster of its chief. Alibaba, China`s top online retailer, is 43 per cent-owned by the US Internet company. Yahoo!`s board of directors fired chief executive Carol Bartz just days ago and announced a "
A panel set up by Communications Minister Kapil Sibal to ascertain the reasons for delays in providing mobile services in rural areas under the USOF scheme, has proposed blacklisting of players for five years in case of termination of agreement before the expiry date. "The Universal Service Providers (USPs) shall be blacklisted for five years, thereby debarring them from par
The ambitious free laptop scheme of the Tamil Nadu government, under which 68 lakh laptops are to be distributed to government-aided higher secondary school and college students, is all set to roll this week. Under the scheme, a poll promise of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa that will be launched on September 15, the government will distribute 9.12 lakh laptops this yea
Value-Added-Services providers are up in arms against regulator Trai`s proposed directives on the procedure for providing VAS to users as the former feel that this could kill the industry and may also cause a revenue loss of Rs 1,500 crore to the government. "It`s not clear why TRAI would back such a move... it would result in a revenue loss of Rs 1,500 crore to the Governme
IT industry body Nasscom has appointed Anupam Khanna as Chief Economist and Director-General Policy Outreach. In this role, Khanna will lead overall design and implementation of policy development and engagement strategies for Nasscom and the industry at large, Nasscom said. "As part of the future directions work for Nasscom, undertaken by the Executive Counci
Rural India seems to be driving growth for telecom operators with little less than half of the 6.67 million new mobile users in July coming from this segment. Operators added 6.67 million new subscribers in the month of July, taking the total wireless userbase to 858.37 million, according to the data released by telecom regulator Trai. Of this, while 3.59 million s
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today said citizens will experience a major change in work culture of various government departments and corruption will be eliminated when a new law stipulating time-frame for service delivery comes into force on Thursday. The reforms in delivery of services like issuance of driving licence, ration card and registration of births and deaths in a tim
