Market regulator SEBI on Wednesday said all investor complaints should be forwarded electronically through its recently launched centralised database system, SCORES. "... henceforth all complaints shall be forwarded electronically through SCORES only," the Securities and Exchange Board of India said in a circular. The regulator had in June operationalised
Internet search giant Google has agreed to pay USD 500 million to settle charges that it allowed Canadian pharmacies to place ads on its website that resulted in prescription drugs being imported from Canada to the US unlawfully. The Justice Department said the forfeiture is "one of the largest ever in the United States" and represents the gross revenue received by Goo
Reiterating the intent of the ‘Aadhar’ project, which aims to better the state of service delivery in the country, Nandan Nilekani, Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said the authority is presently enrolling nearly 5 to 6 lakh people a day and would be achieving the rate of a million enrollment a day, shortly. Providing the latest updat
Arvind Kejriwal, a key associate of Anna Hazare, appears to have become the latest victim of cyber fraud with at least four fake `Twitter` accounts being created in his name. The fake accounts came to light when Kejriwal told media persons at Ramlila Maidan, where Hazare is on an indefinite fast, not to get misled by twitter messages in his name. "I have no t
The country`s largest private telecom operator Bharti airtel paid Rs 1,177.48 crore to the government in the April-June quarter toward licence fees and spectrum usage charges, more than any other service provider. Bharti paid Rs 755.22 crore in licence fees and Rs 422.26 crore as spectrum charges for the quarter ended June 30 of the 2011-12 financial year, data compiled by teleco
In a development that may help jailed former Telecom Minister`s A Raja`s defence in court, the telecom regulator has informed the CBI that Trai did not recommend the auction of 2G spectrum in 2007, implying that there was no loss to the exchequer in the award of licences. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has informed the CBI that neither did it recommend the auction of s
The Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on previous Friday gave its in-principle approval for creation of a portal, `Goods and Service Tax Network` (GSTN), which is expected to provide an interface to all stakeholders, and avoid evasion in indirect taxation systems. A special purpose vehicle (SPV) will be set up for introducing the information technology infrastructure
The large manpower shortage in security forces shows the "low priority" that Railways gives to security despite heightened terror threats, the CAG said. "Low priority attached to security is reflected by the fact that per passenger expenditure on security is only Rs 2.86," it said. The manpower shortage is to the extent of 13.16 per cent in security forces but
Japanese consumer electronics Sony on Wednesday said it plans to introduce tablets in India in line with its competitors such as Samsung who have entered into the segment. "We are launching Sony tablets in India this year. It will happen simultaneously with the global launch," Sony India Managing Director Masaru Tamagawa told reporters in the Capital. H
Imagine that by simply turning on the light bulb in your room, you can also switch on your wireless Internet connection at home. Well, it`s a reality now, thanks to a leading British physicist of Edinburgh University who claims to have developed a technology which can send data through the same connection as a normal lamp. Prof Harald Hass says the invention, dubbed D-Light, can
Election Commission of India`s (ECI) online registration for voting for Non Resident Indians (NRIs), which opened from November last year, has received only two applications, a senior official said on Tuesday. Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi said that only two NRIs have applied for voting rights till date. "If NRIs want to apply for voting rights, they can enroll fo
Facebook is once again overhauling its privacy settings to give users easier and more precise control over who views their posts, photos and other contents on the popular social networking site. The revamped privacy standards mark the social networking giant`s latest effort to improve safeguards around personal information of the site`s more than 750 million users.
Jharkhand cabinet on Tuesday approved a series of bills including one on right to services and other on information technology. The right to services bill intends to help people get services like residential proof, caste, death/birth and other certificates, within a time frame. The draft legislation on IT aims to take forward the e-governance and automation in govern
The state government on Tuesday approved new information and communication technology policy (ICT), 2011, aimed at promotion of IT industry in Bihar and facilitating services to the people in a qualitative and transparent manner through e-governance, a government official said. The new ICT policy has been framed to cater to industries, education, governance and citizens through p
Satellite services provider Hughes Communication on Tuesday said it has bagged an order to connect 2,500 locations in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand and North-Eastern states through broadband internet under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP). "Today, several thousand CSCs have already been deployed across the country. Using satellite technology, Hughes pr
Tamil Nadu government proposed to issue bio-metric smart cards to the beneficiaries during 2012-13 with a view to eliminating the menace of bogus ration cards, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said on Friday. The present system of issuing family cards lacked any mechanism to identify duplication of members in more than one place resulting in duplication of members as well as issue o
The government on Saturday said state-run MTNL is sharing its passive infrastructure such as mobile towers with Reliance Communications, Bharti airtel, Vodafone and Idea for generating revenue. However, MTNL has not shared any Base Transceiver Station (BTS) till date, Minister of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.
Technical measures like smart cards for fishermen are progressing well. The coastal belt is well covered by mobile telecom operators and there are toll-free numbers in operation virtually along the entire coast, Admiral Nirmal Verma, the Navy chief said. "With transponders and identification aids to be installed on our fishing craft, there would be an element of identificati
Telecom regulator Trai on Saturday released a consultation paper on the fourth generation (4G) mobile services, which will usher in the next era of high speed wireless services. Releasing the paper, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said, "As third generation (3G) systems are being deployed in India, many operators in the developed countries are focusing on de
The 1.55 lakh post offices across the country are being modernised and will soon become multipurpose outlets providing facilities like banking and insurance, the government has said. "We are applying to the Reserve Bank of India for a license to start banking facilities at all the post offices across the country," Union Minister of state for Communications and Informati
