Department of IT, Government of India held consultation on the proposed legislation on draft electronic service delivery, presided over by Kapil Sibal, union minister for communication and IT on Monday in the Capital. During the consultation the stakeholders from the various states government and central ministries and the industry put forth their suggestions and feedback to the DIT.
Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with United States Trade Development Agency (USTDA) for implementing its pilot study on Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS), which would help increase the overall air traffic handling capacity at the Chennai Airport. Civil Aviation Secretary Dr Nasim Zaidi exchanged documents with United States
Vodafone, which had a rough patch with its Indian partner Essar, on Tuesday pitched for India allowing 100 per cent FDI in telecom. Responding to a discussion paper of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) Erik De Rijk, Managing Director Vodafone International Holdings BV, said the sectoral FDI cap of 74 per cent in the Indian telecom sector "necessarily f
Newly-appointed Corporate Affairs Minister Veerappa Moily on Tuesday said he wants to take a relook at the issue of Essar shareholding in Loop Telecom to ensure that his Ministry does not "cover up anything". "I want to very much relook at the Essar-Loop case...I don`t want the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to cover up anything.... There are certain controversies w
The inter-ministerial group focused on smart grid technologies for the power sector plans to spend up to Rs 600 crore for pilot projects in different parts of the country. The group -- India Smart Grid Task Force -- is chaired by Sam Pitroda, who is the adviser to the Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovation. "We are planning to spend up to Rs 600 c
China`s network of micro bloggers, posing a strong challenge to tightly controlled state media, has surged to about 195 million so far this year while the internet population rose to a record 485 million. The communist nation`s internet population touched the record figure of 485 million in the first half of 2011 with 28 million new subscribers joining the world`s largest
Wipro, which is managing the ESIC`s online healthcare facility services, on Tuesday, said it has resolved the technical problems in the portal of the state-run health insurer. Last week, Employees` State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), a health insurer under the ministry of labour and employment, had said that its portals are facing technical problems, causing inconvenience to user
South Indian Bank has tied up with leading e-payments service provider, TimesofMoney, to offer online remittance solutions to NRIs in selected countries. The tie up would enable all NRIs across 22 countries, to remit funds online to any bank in India under the NEFT/RTGS network, a release said. The service by the TimesofMoney would ensure all NRIs to get a transaction plat
Leading consumer electronics brand Sony India today said the market size of laptops in the country is expected to expand by over 45 per cent to 25 lakh units in the current fiscal. "The consumer notebook market in India stood 17 lakh units in 2010-2011 and it is expected to increase to 25 lakh units in the current fiscal," Tadato Kimura, General Manager, Marketing, Sony
The information technology (IT) and healthcare sectors are witnessing the highest attrition rates among talented employees, making retention of critical manpower resources a key challenge, says a survey. According to a study conducted by MyHiringClub.com, the IT and ITES sectors saw the highest attrition rate of 23 per cent in the first quarter of 2010-11. In contr
Looks like Facebook`s billionaire founder and Harvard`s famous dropout Mark Zuckerberg still has the option to return to his alma mater to finish his degree. Harvard University President Drew Faust, speaking to an audience at Facebook`s California headquarters, remarked that Zuckerberg is considered to be on leave from the University, which he had left in 2004 to work on his soci
In a fresh notice to telecom operators, Department of Telecommunications has asked them to enhance their existing capacity and provide call interception facilities of at least 480 lines at any given time to security agencies. "The licensee should ensure suitable redundancy in the complete chain of monitoring equipment for trouble free operations of monitoring 480 simultaneou
Amid its squabble with the CBI over shareholding pattern of companies involved in the 2G spectrum scam, the Corporate Affairs Ministry is understood to have refused to give any more information on ownerships to the Telecom Department. According to sources in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, the ministry has refused to carry out inspection, on behalf of the DoT, of about 300 tel
A US judge on Tuesday gave Google more time to work out a deal with book authors and publishers to put digitized works into an online library. US District Court Judge Denny Chin set a new hearing date for September 15 in protracted negotiations which, if unsuccessful, will leave it to him to decide how to proceed. "We have been working closely with the
Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with JK Bank for implementation of unique identification number project in the state. The MoU was signed by Secretary Information and Science Technology Manoj Dwivedi on behalf of the government and a representative of the Bank in presence of the state Information Minister Aga Ruhullah, an official
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed a desire that Infosys Chief Mentor N R Narayan Murthy should head an incubation centre to groom the young talent into future entrepreneurs. Giving an outline of the project, Modi said the state government wished to set up an incubation centre with a view to nurture young talents. "State government wish
Cyber security topped the agenda of talks between the visiting US officials and Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal in Capital on Tuesday. Both sides remained tigh-lipped about the meeting between Sibal and White House cyber security coordinator Howard Schmidt, Christopher Painter as Coordinator for Cyber Issues and Bruce Mcconnell Senior Coordinator for Department Under Secretary Homel
With Internet becoming a new tool for terrorists, India and the US on Wednesday decided to promote closer cooperation and timely exchange of information to fight cyber crimes. According to a statement by the US Embassy in the Capital, the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this regard. The agreement was signed by Jane Holl Lute, Deputy Secretary for the U
The FBI raided three homes in New York as part of a probe into the members of a hacking group called Anonymous, which has attacked websites and shut down servers. FOX News reported that 10 FBI agents searched computers and computer-related accessories the home of Giordani Jordan in Baldwin, New York. They reportedly removed at least one laptop from the premises. A
The process of allotting Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) 12-digit AADHAR number to the people in Madhya Pradesh will commence on Wednesday with the allotment of enrolment forms for the purpose. "The process of allotment of enrolment forms for allotting UIDAI number to the citizens of Madhya Pradesh will commence tomorrow at two places in the state capital Bh
