Advisor to Prime Minister on public information, infrastructure and innovations Sam Pitroda on Saturday met Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot here and discussed the implementation of the National e-Governance project in the state. The status of human resource development and innovation projects taken up by the state government were discussed in the meeting, an offici
Top Indian IT companies like TCS and HCL Technologies are expected to post strong results in April-June quarter, with revenues growing by 1-7 per cent on the back of strong demand, say market analysts. While TCS and HCL Technologies are expected to lead the pack with income growth of 7 and 5.8 per cent, respectively, Infosys and Wipro are likely to report a relatively soft set of
Shares of IT bellwether Infosys Technologies fell by nearly 3 per cent in early trade on the bourses on Monday as investors adopted a cautious approach toward the stock ahead of its quarterly earnings announcement tomorrow. Infosys, the country`s second-largest software services provider, dropped by 2.95 per cent to an early low of Rs 2,890 on the BSE, while on the NSE, the stock
Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Friday launched its 3G services in famous temple cities--Tirupati, Nelloe and Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh. Airtel 3G services will now empower customers in Tirupati, Nellore and Kadapa with the ability to experience a host of exciting capabilities on their mobile phones-- such as local, national and international video calling, Mobil
Former British Premier Tony Blair tried to hush up the News of the World`s phone-hacking scandal by urging his successor Gordon Brown to persuade the Labour MP -- who led the campaign to expose the tabloid -- to back off, a media report said. Blair, who is said to have close links with the UK tabloid`s owner Rupert Murdoch, wanted Brown to get his ally Tom Watson to lay off the N
Reflecting the bullish employment market, Indian companies plan to recruit new employees at a good pace during the remaining part of the current fiscal, with the IT industry expected to offer the strongest hiring prospects, says a survey. According to a study by MyHiringClub.com, 52 per cent of employers surveyed plan to hire new employees from July through March, 2012, up from 3
Within a month of Telecom Ministry reviewing performance of loss-making PSU BSNL, some circles, including Maharashtra and West Bengal, have started showing improvement. "Out of the 24 circles a few of the circles have already started showing good performance on gross revenue basis between the range of 14 per cent to 18 per cent. West Bengal is showing a growth of 18 per cent
Finally, over 800 million telecom users in India may get relief from unwarranted calls and SMSes, with the DoT slated to announce a dedicated landline number series that can be used to identify telemarketers within a month. "The Department of Telecom has sorted the issue to allot the number series for landline consumers with the security agencies. Now its a matter of another
The government has launched a website to help micro, small and medium entrepreneurs (MSMEs) adopt global marketing strategies and modern technologies. Currently, the Indian sector faces huge problems in manufacturing world-class products and marketing them. The website, www.msmeintelligence.com, launched by National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) will help MSMEs access datab
Even as the Finnish handset maker Nokia is facing tough competition, it is still the most trusted and popular brand among Indian customers as it topped `The Handset Hotlist` for July 2011, according to a survey. As many as 12 handsets of Nokia made it to the list of 25 most exciting mobile phones, that were searched and viewed the most by consumers online, the survey by `
The US micro-blogging website Twitter is gaining value and is now worth an estimated USD 8 billion, the New York Times reported on Friday. The newspaper, citing two people briefed on the matter, said the popular website is in the process of raising USD 400 million in a deal that has provided the latest estimation of its value. The Wall Street Journal had reported a similar deal o
Britain`s internal spy agency MI5 tapped innocent people`s phone numbers in secret surveillance mix-up, according to a government report. Officers from the Security Service -- mainly concerned with the UK`s internal security -- and Serious Organised Crime Agency mistakenly tapped the wrong telephones in as many as 30 cases, says the report. However, on grounds of national securit
Bihar State AIDs Control Society (BSACS) has taken steps to make the information available about different blood groups in blood banks on the website for the public and for this purpose. For this, the society on Friday made online the Model Blood Bank in Bihar. "It will make all the information available to the public about the storage and types of blood available in the blo
Over 3500 college teachers from different parts of the country have benefited from an e-learning programme conducted jointly by IIT Mumbai, Union HRD ministry and Kerala-based Amrita University. The 10-day online Basic Electronics workshop, which concluded on Saturday, was conducted with the e-learning platform, A-VIEW developed by Amrita University, run by Mata Amritanandamayi D
The well-known British University of Cambridge has ended the practice of applying for admissions on paper - for the first time, overseas applicants and those applying for a music scholarship can now apply online. The Cambridge Online Preliminary Application (COPA) has been launched as part of the University’s commitment to a user-friendly application process and its introdu
Uniline, the Indian UPS manufacturing enterprise was chosen to power more than 30,000 primary and high secondary schools across Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan and Maharashtra. Besides, the company has forayed in providing back up services to the Supreme Court of India and High Courts of all India states. Most these states receive power for five to six hours per day,
James Murdoch, chairman of News International, on Thursday announced the closure of `News of the World`, Britain`s best-selling Sunday tabloid, following a ruckus over its news gathering practices that involved the illegal hacking of phones. The sensational tabloid has been at the venture of controversy for some years, but public unease turned into anger with revelations that it
The Supreme Court on Thursday said the CBDT order, as and when it is passed, on Mahindra Satyam tax dispute case would not take effect for two weeks so that the IT company may challenge it in an appropriate forum. "In the continuation of our order dated April 15, 2011, we make it clear that the order of CBDT in the matter of Satyam would not take effect, so that it move any
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday dismissed as "motivated and defamatory" a petition filed in the Supreme Court against him alleging that he had favoured private firm Reliance Communications by reducing the penalty from Rs 650 crore to Rs 5 crore in 13 circles. He contended that the figures and other grounds cited by the NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) in
The Department of Telecom on Thursday pegged at over Rs 43,500 crore losses incurred by the national exchequer due to the implementation of the migration policy during the NDA regime. The DoT, which was asked to quantify the losses on account of the migration policy by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), told the panel that the financial implication due to the change in poli
