Having successfully steered Infosys to a place among the top IT companies of the world in the short span of 20 years, N R Narayana Murthy will step down as Chairman of the company on Friday, albeit with firm indications that he will continue to guide the organisation. Murthy will hand over his role to K V Kamath, who has been an independent director on the Infosys board since May
The government on Friday said delay in identification of nationality of illegal immigrants by Bangladesh is causing problems in deportation from India but affirmed that with issuance of UID (unique identification card) the country would be able to check illegal immigration. "Delay in identification of nationality of illegal immigrants by Bangladesh High Commission is causin
Sachin Pilot, minister of state for communication and information technology, on Wednesday informed Lok Sabha in written reply to a question that the Government proposes to set up National Electronic Mission on the recommendation of Task Force on Information Technology. The Task Force has made 198 recommendations. The Task Force has suggested several measures for rapid gro
Government has approved the ‘IT MODERNIZATION PROJECT’ of Department of Posts for computerization of Post Offices, Mail Offices, Administrative Offices and other field offices. This will involve establishment of required IT infrastructure, development of required software applications with an outlay of Rs.1877.2 crore. This information was given by Sachin Pil
The government on Wednesday said telecom regulator Trai has issued showcause notices to Bharti airtel, Idea Cellular, Loop Telecom, Reliance Communications and Vodafone over alleged violation of mobile number portability regulations. "Trai has received complaints from some customers regarding wrong rejection of porting requests by telecom operators. They also came to know th
Technology major IBM and software exporter Infosys are among employers that are preferred the most by students pursuing engineering and various other graduate programmes, says a survey. According to Firstnaukri.com report, part of job portal Naukri.com, IBM and Infosys feature among the top preferred employers by both B.E/B.Tech as well as graduate (BSc, BBA, BA and BCA) students
For the first time in its history, Mumbai Cricket Association has formed an Information Technology sub-committee, to be headed by its treasurer Ravi Savant, to keep abreast of technology and reap its benefits. The IT panel would revamp MCA`s website by improving its content so that it can attract advertisers, Savant told PTI on Wednesday. "This is the first time an IT sub-co
Two men who tried to incite a riot on Facebook have been handed the longest jail terms so far by courts dealing with last week`s rioting in Britain. Jordan Blackshaw, 20, and Perry Sutcliffe-Keenan, 22, were both sentenced to four years despite neither of the destructive events the men attempted to organise actually happening. The pair appeared at Chester Crown Cou
Sales for the world`s Internet industry have grown eight times in the past 10 years due to the expansion of electronic commerce and Web search and portal services, a report showed on Wednesday. According to the report by the Samsung Economic Research Institute, sales of the top 500 listed Internet companies totaled USD 170.6 billion in 2010, compared with USD 21.3 billion in 2000
The Meghalaya State Wide Area Network (MSWAN) built at a cost of Rs 25 crore and designed to establish a reliable horizontal and vertical communication corridor was inaugurated by Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Wednesday. The SWAN will provide an integrated backbone to the state government for the implementation of various mission mode IT projects defined by Government
The government is implementing an e-governance project,`CONFONET`, for speedy redressal of consumer grievances, Food and Consumer Affairs minister K V Thomas said on Wednesday. As of now 35 State Commissions and 593 district fora out of 629 have been covered under the project, Thomas said while inaugurating a newly constructed building in the Capital. Highlighting
Leading telecom firms, inclduing Reliance Communications, Bharti, Idea and state-run MTNL, owe over Rs 127 crore to the government, arising out of default in payment of annual licence fee, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for IT and Communications Milind Deora said that private firms have defaulted to the tune of Rs 99.3
State-owned telecom companies -- BSNL, MTNL and ITI -- together incurred losses worth Rs 4,893 crore in 2009-10, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. While BSNL incurred a loss of Rs 1,823 crore for 2009-10, MTNL posted a loss of Rs 2,611 crore and ITI logged in a loss of Rs 459 crore, Minister of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.
Canadian firm Smart Technologies on Wednesday launched full and multi-touch screen interactive white boards (IWBs) in India. "This is for the first time we are launching a white board in India which is full touch screen. Other companies offer touch operation in a limited area on the screen," Sanjiv Pande, managing director, India and South Asia, Smart Technologies said
Haryana government is planning to introduce the concept of e-salary in all the government departments during the current financial year. "A database of the employees pertaining to the pay bill including pay scale, post, gazetted or non gazetted, GPF account number, Permanent Retirement Account Number (PRAN), bank account details, personal details, salary details would be cre
Pension to the aged, widows, physically challenged and leprosy patients will now be disbursed via a biometric system throughout Himachal Pradesh, the government on Wednesday said. Monthly pension of Rs 330 was being given to beneficiaries in Una district only, and now this will be extended to other parts of the state, an official spokesman said. Besides opening a s
The Government has promulgated the Agriculture Information System Network (AGRISNET) in the country. AGRISNET envisages promotion of e-Governance in agriculture sector by use of Information & Communication Technology (ICT). The objective of the programme is to provide IT enabled services to farmers and also for computerization of various offices in the States in agriculture
The main Olympics site in east London was one of the targets of rioters, but an attack there was prevented after the police picked up intelligence on social networking sites. Assistant commissioner of police Lynne Owens told the Home Affairs Committee on Tuesday that the police prevented attacks by rioters on the Olympic site and London`s Oxford Street after picking up intelligen
Kerala Government has set up two "Labour Helplines" for the public to make their complaints about labour related issues. The helplines, set up at the initiative of Labour Minister Shibu Baby John, will come into effect from Wednesday, the traditional New Year of Malayalis. One of these telephone lines (155300) could be used for public to either make their complaints reg
IT company NIIT Technologies on Tuesday acquired Spainish software services firm Proyecta Sistemas de Informacion SA for for USD 7 million. "We will end up paying 70 per cent of the revenue (for acquisition) which is USD 7 million," Arvind Thakur, CEO, NIIT Technologies, said. He said the company had revenue of USD 10 million in last financial year and ha
