Identifying major challenges in implementation of rural employment guarantee scheme, government on Thursday came out with a set of reforms that include payment of unemployment allowance if a legally entitled worker is not given the promised job on time. The reform note brought out by the Rural Development Ministry include solutions to reducing delay in payments to workers, provid
After External Affairs Ministry, the Ministry of Home Affairs has jumped onto the Twitter bandwagon and made it fully operational to provide regular updates. The twitter account "mediamha" in the micro-blogging site started on Thursday. Though the twitter account was launched in June, there were no regular updates except for announcement of appointment of R K Singh as t
Diversified technology and manufacturing leader Honeywell International on Thursday said it is working with SAP to deliver collaborative solutions for oil and gas companies. "Our integrated portfolio will help oil and gas operations run better by enabling the closed-loop management of operations performance," SAP Industries Solution Management Co-head Kerstin Geiger sai
Developing independent software funded by the ICC could help in evaluating the accuracy of the two competing ball-tracking technologies - Hawk-Eye and Virtual Eye - according to Paul Hawkins, the former`s chief executive. Hawk-Eye was used for the 2011 World Cup among other series, and Virtual Eye was used during the 2010-11 Ashes. An independent software may not
The share of traditional cash and cheque-based transactions is projected to fall to 15 per cent by 2020, with alternative models being increasingly adopted, a report by Boston Consultancy Group said. "Cash and cheques, which dominate the transaction profile in the country at present with 49 per cent of transactions are expected to go down to 15 per cent by 2020," the co
Country`s largest telecom service provider Bharti Airtel on Thursday said it has not yet decided on the possible initial public offering (IPO) of its telecom tower unit -- Bharti Infratel. "We always view opportunities, but at this moment, there is no decision," Bharti Enterprises Chairman and Group CEO Sunil Mittal told reporters in the Capital. According to sources, B
Tata Teleservices unveiled the upgrade version of Tata Photon -- Tata Photon on Rev.B -- on the CDMA platform to provide the broadband speed of up to 14.7 Mbps to its users. Tata Photon on Rev.B will be available in 27 major metros and cities across the country, Tata Teleservices Ltd said in a statement. The rest of the country to be covered soon, it added. "T
With the UPA government under attack on the issue of corruption, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday batted for an increased use of IT to bring transparency and accountability in the system. Launching a web-based planning and monitoring information system and financial accounting monitoring system of `Saakshar Bharat Programme` in the Capital, Sibal said such a system is the &qu
The IT ministry will soon send to the Cabinet for approval the Electronic Services Delivery (ESD) Bill, which aims at making public dealing in government departments transparent, Communications Minister Kapil Sibal said on Thursday. "Our ministry is going to soon introduce the public services delivery bill which is going to the Cabinet very soon", the minister said at t
The anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks on Thursday accused a journalist with the Guardian of leaking the passwords to a trove of unredacted US diplomatic cables, charges denied by the British newspaper. "A Guardian journalist has, in a previously undetected act of gross negligence or malice, and in violation of a signed security agreement with the Guardian`s editor-in-chief Alan
Leading computer marketer Dell has announced a new generation storage solutions and supporting software to address data management requirements of virtualised data centres, a company official said on Thursday. "The new storage arrays and virtualization tools can help our customers run highly optimised and efficient data centres by automating configuration and improving perfo
Tablet PC will one day eclipse the desktop and laptop because of its portability and other advantages, while its older siblings will remain only to do sophisticated and specialised jobs, teachers of Computer Science and experts have predicted. "Most of the work done by average home PCs or laptops can be done by Tablets. People on the move may not need to carry laptops and ma
British police say they have charged two more men over attacks carried out by the computer hacking group known as Anonymous. Metropolitan Police said on Thursday that Christopher Jan Weatherhed, 20, and Ashley Rhodes, 26, have been charged in relation to denial-of-service attacks. Denial-of-service attacks choke websites with traffic the same way a telephone line might be jammed
A 24x7 call centre started functioning in the office of Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Thursday, through which people from any part of the world can seek redressal for their grievances or make suggestions by dialling a toll-free number. This is the first such facility set up in any state in the country, a spokesperson of the Chief Minister`s Office said in the state capit
To induce efficiency and accountability in to Saakshar Bharat (SB) mission, the new variant of national literacy mission (NLM), and ensure optimum and transparent utilisation of allocated fund, Kapil Sibal, union minister for human resource development on Thursday launched web portal of the mission which will put forth information of auditing of the mission in public domain. The portal includes
Come December, and more than 2.5 lakh police personnel across the country will be given basic IT training as part of the Centre`s plan to keep track of crime and movement of criminals. The security men will be trained to work on State Wide Area Network (SWAN), Virtual Private Network over Broadband, Multi Protocol Label Switching, Virtual private Network, Worldwide Inter
Country`s largest software exporter Tata Consultancy Services on Wednesday said Westpac Life NZ Ltd (Westpac) has selected its banking solution for upgrading and transforming life insurance software platform. Westpac Life NZ Ltd (Westpac) has selected TCS -- BaNCS Insurance -- IT solution to assist the financial institution to upgrade and transform its Life Insurance software pla
The US, the UK and Australia rank as the top three destinations for export of Indian goods at the online marketplace, eBay, says a study. According to eBay`s `Asian Exporters Index`, sales from large Indian exporters on eBay has grown by 85 per cent year-on-year, the second fastest across the Asia Pacific region. "The Indian export market presents a story of e
The National Security Guard (NSG) has launched a new website after a suspected hacking attempt was recently reported in a standalone computer at its headquarters in the Capital. The website -- www.nsg.gov.in -- has changed its display and look but has retained the features and information that it hosted earlier. Last month a standalone computer of the elite commando force s
Amid security concerns arising out of use of foreign telecom equipment, the Ministry of Home Affairs has asked the DoT about steps taken to strengthen the local manufacturing facilities. "DoT may kindly recall that it had agreed to the view that long-term security lies in an increased production of critical components (hardware and software) in India. To this end, the DoT ha
