With a view to meet the growing demand from domestic as well as international intellectual community, Bharati Web Private Limited, has launched a news portal www.newsbharati.com here today. Elaborating further Bharti Web director Vishwas Pathak said the intellectual class in India and across the globe would be the readers of the portal. A unique concept `Watch Zone
In yet another instance of online lottery fraud, a person has been cheated of Rs 35 lakh and has filed a complaint with police. A police release cautioned public against falling prey to such false promises and said scamsters try to lure public into a trap by sending an SMS or an E-mail, saying they have won millions of Pounds or Dollars in lotteries and directing them to contact
The Indian Railways will soon launch a new web portal, which would contain information related to passenger services, for the convenience of travellers. The information will primarily include journey planners, E-ticketing, retiring room booking and train arrival/departure information and PNR status. "The new web portal will provide a web-based complaint manage
The Indian Air Force on june 3 launched an indigenously developed Accident Probability Factor (APF) Calculator software to be used for predicting aircraft accidents. "Towards achieving a safer flying environment, a software called Accident Probability Factor (APF) Calculator has been developed, which is only one of its kind and is used for prediction of Flying Accidents,&quo
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has advised public not to fall prey to fictitious information of being beneficiary of funds such as those from winning lotteries. This misleading information claims remittance of such funds by overseas entities to banks in the country. Remittance in any form towards participation in lottery schemes is prohibited under the Foreign Exc
With China fast losing its edge as a sourcing hub, global e-commerce portal Alibaba.com is eyeing a 50 per cent rise in the number of SMEs from India registered on its website to three million by FY`12 end, a senior official said. "China is losing its lustre and many buyers are increasingly opting for other markets... We expect growth from India to continue to be 50 per cent which
Finnish handset maker Nokia may be a late entrant in the dual-SIM handset category, but it plans to make up for it by launching an entire portfolio in the category in the next 6-9 months. The company had forayed into the dual-SIM category in August last year with the launch of two handsets (C1 and C2). "We want to develop products that meet the changing needs and aspiration
The United States and Britain called on June 4 for international cooperation against threats to cyber security following a fresh spate of attacks on government and corporate targets. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates and British Defence Secretary Liam Fox underscored the urgency of the problem at an Asia-Pacific security forum in Singapore also attended by their Chinese counterpart Lian
Indian telephone operators are back in news in Australia after the consumer authorities warnings about a telephone scam running from India which is said to have costed an Australian pensioner her life savings. The scammers contacted Perth-based 80-year-old Edna Sloan pretending to be from the Australian Tax Office. They told her that she would be eligible for grants worth tens of thousa
The way global e-auction web portals like e-Bay and Alibaba.com conduct their business will be followed by the National Small Industries Corporation for its proposed web-site, meant to help micro and small units. The NSIC has invited bids for construction of the web portal which will comprise global tenders from different sectors and organisations, besides features like chat modes.
IT major Infosys Technologies on Monday said it has partnered with Jordan-based The Housing Bank for Trade and Finance (HBTF) to provide core banking solution to power the bank`s customer care agenda. The IT solution would empower the bank`s 112 home country branches with a unified, future-proof technology platform delivering all the benefits of support for multi-currency transactions,
Canada will soon roll out biometric scanning to boost border security and check immigration fraud, but it is yet to decide whether to introduce the electronic fingerprinting programme in India, official sources said on Monday. Celyeste Power, the acting Communication Director to Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, dismissed a media report that the federal government is planning to implem
Internet search provider Google has joined hands with rivals Microsoft and Yahoo for a project -- schema.org -- that will improve web search results. These firms have launched a site called Schema.org, which consists of a common set of HTML tags that webmasters would use to mark up structured data on their sites. "We are announcing schema.org, a new initiative from Google,
Personal computer maker Lenovo India on Monday unveiled its ThinkPad X1, a premium product that is priced from Rs 90,000 onwards, mainly aimed at enterprise customers. "ThinkPad X1 is a premium notebook, which ranges from Rs 90,000 onwards and is the world`s slimmest thinkpad measuring less than 17 mm. The product will be available at retail outlets. However, our focus is enterpris
As part of its new Phase-3 strategy, the country`s second largest software exporter Infosys Technologies is bringing back former leader Basab Pradhan. Pradhan was serving as head of global sales before he quit Infosys in 2005 and founded Gridstone Research. Though it is not certain at what position Pradhan has joined, reports suggest his second innings would again be as global h
IT firm Softbpo Global Services Ltd today said it has approved the proposal to raise Rs 20.62 crore by issuing 37.50 lakh equity shares on rights basis to the existing shareholders. The board of directors passed a resolution to allot 37.50 lakh shares under the rights issue in the ratio of 25 equity shares for every one held, Softbpo Global Services said in a filing to the Bombay Stock
India`s largest mobile service provider Bharti Airtel has earned the dubious distinction of being the company that faces the largest number of consumer complaints, according to the latest government data. As many as 2,001 complaint calls were received against Bharti Airtel between March 2010 and February 2011, as per the data available with the National Consumer Helpline (NCH).
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the petition of Bangalore-based United Telecoms Ltd (UTL) challenging penalty imposed by the Enforcement Directorate for violation of foreign exchange norms. A vacation bench comprising Justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar dismissed the petition of UTL and its director challenging the Rs 1.3 crore penalty imposed by the Enforcement Directorate.
The Reserve Bank of India wants more and more banks to launch services on mobile, its Deputy Governor Shyamala Gopinath said in Bangalore on Monday. Launching Canara Bank`s CanMobile, a mobile banking product, she said, "RBI has already enabled mobile banking and issued guidelines in this regard. And we do hope that more and more banks now join in the launch of this product."
The Ministry of Home Affairs has sought information from the DoT on the timeline for implementing a new policy to promote domestic manufacturers of telecom equipment and cut down the country`s reliance on imports. Most of the equipment used in Indian telecom networks at present is imported. The government has expressed apprehensions that imported telecom equipment may contain malware or
