Google India on Tuesday said it has partnered with a host of e-commerce players including Flipkart, Snapdeal, Homeshop18, IndiatimesShopping, and makemytrip to bring to India its own version of `Cyber Monday` on December 12. Internet users can log on to `www.gosf.in` and get deals for 24 hours on this day from over 50 partners across e-commerce, local and classified, online travel sites
Congress on Tuesday dismissed suggestions that the Election Commission has snubbed the government by asking it to defer implementation of direct cash transfer scheme in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh where polls process is on. "It is not a slap, it is not a snub, not even a negative comment. ...It is not an adverse comment. The government stand is not being questioned by the Election
Voicing concern over announcement of direct cash transfer scheme during the operation of Model Code of Conduct, the Election Commission today directed the government to keep in abeyance its implementation in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh where the poll process is on. The three-member Election Commission met under the chairmanship of Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath and considered
Buoyed by the success of SMS scheme, the Himachal Pradesh Police today launched an online programme for registration of complaints. "A complainant can just log on to newly-designed web portal `Kannon Vayavastha` for filing complaints," a top police officer said. "This facility will prove helpful especially for foreign tourists who will now be able to register them
Delhi government on Monday told auto-rickshaw unions that their demand for hike in auto fares will be considered only if they comply with its direction to instal GPS device on their vehicles. In a meeting, Transport Minister Ramakant Goswami conveyed to representatives of auto-rickshaw unions that the government will not hike the fare if they do not agree to install the global positioni
Increased use of information and communication technology such as video conferencing and smart building management could cut global greenhouse gas emissions by up to 16.5 per cent by 2020, says a new study conducted by The Boston Consulting Group on behalf of GeSI. "SMARTer2020 (the report) shows the abatement potential of ICT is seven times the size of the ICT sector`s direct emis
Kerala was targeting 100 per cent Aadhaar enrolment by the end of this financial year and the primary objective was to deliver government services and grants through Aadhaar enabled systems. In the first phase, the integration and service delivery will be rolled out in Welfare Boards. Government was planning to utilize this service in the Rajiv Avas Yojana (RAY) schemes, PDS, NR
Corporate India’s unwillingness to see fraud as a strategic risk poses a grave threat to firms as they start experiencing frauds of the future, indicates the KPMG India Fraud Survey 2012 launched in New Delhi on Monday. Cyber crime, intellectual property fraud including counterfeiting and piracy, and identity theft were rated as the top fraud concerns for the future by survey resp
While the world is going online, most Maharashtra government websites are yet to take themselves as a serious medium representing their own departments, it seems. A large chunk of these websites are found wanting in areas of functionality, user-friendliness and are not continuously updated, says a study conducted by the Observer Research Foundation, Mumbai. According to the yet-to
Telecom regulator Trai has initiated debate on the issue of operators arbitrarily disconnecting services of customers on the grounds of `non-usage of numbers` or `inactive SIM connections`. According to information provided by telecom operators to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, around 20 crore SIMs were inactive for over a certain period of time and the total balance on that
Bharti Airtel on Sunday launched an `emergency alert service` enabling its subscribers to send alert message with location details to 10 mobile numbers. "During an emergency, Airtel mobile customers can now send an alert with their geographic location to their closest 10 loved ones simultaneously with just a call, facilitating an access to easy and quick help," Airtel said in
Big data market is expected to grow more than two-fold to USD 153.1 million (around Rs 840 crore) by 2014, over the last year, on the back of huge growth in volumes and diversity of data, a survey has said. Big Data technology allows businesses to manage large chunks of information and analyse to get business insights. Sectors adopting big data include telecom, healthcare, oil a
India may soon have its own version of `Cyber Monday`, when billion-dollar worth products are sold online at heavy discounts within a day, with Citibank planning a similar mega e-shopping sale this week in India. Although restricted to Citibank`s customers, it would provide discounts of up to 60 per cent across various product categories on 17 well-known internet shopping platforms with
Geo-spatial technology could play a vital role along with information technology and space science in accelerating the economic development of Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Friday said. Addressing a seminar in Dehra Dun on `Geo-Enabling Uttarakhand: Opportunities and the way forward`, Bahuguna said with the help of statistics obtained from geo-spatial analysis, problems
The government on Friday said there will be a demand of 4.7 lakh cyber security professionals by 2015 for protection of IT infrastructure in the country as well as to serve the export market. "Taking into account the requirement emerging for protection of information technology infrastructure in the country as well as to serve the export market, a demand for 4.7 lakh cyber security
The government has imposed penalty amounting to Rs 2,757 crore on telecom operators since 2009 for issuing mobile phone connection against forged documents, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Kapil Sibal informed Parliament on Friday. "In respect of calender years 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, more than 2.4 crore consumer application forms (CAFs) have been audited d
Telecom equipment and networks are prone to spyware and other forms of malicious software irrespective of the location where they are manufactured, minister of state for communications and IT Milind Deora informed Parliament on Friday. "It is a known fact that in the modern age, telecom equipment and networks used for provisioning of telecom services are prone to spyware/,malwares
According to union communications and information technology ministry, there will be a demand of 4.7 lakh cyber security professionals by 2015 for protection of IT infrastructure in the country as well as to serve the export market. "Taking into account the requirement emerging for protection of information technology infrastructure in the country as well as to serve the export mar
Union communications and IT minister Kapil Sibal`s personal website has been hacked and defaced by groups alleging internet censorship and curbs on free speech. The website `www.kapilsibalmp.com` was attacked and contents were altered to show the minister in poor light. Sibal, who represents the Chandni Chowk constituency in Parliament, uses this portal to interact with his cons
Over 50 million provident fund subscribers can now access their account statements online as Employees` Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Friday launched its e-Passbook service. Active subscribers whose electronic challan-cum-return is already uploaded, can download their e-Passbook every month under the service launched by the EPFO`s central provident fund commissioner R C Mi
