Typewriting and shorthand exams in Maharashtra may be conducted online in future as the Maharashtra State Council of Examinations (MSCE) has submitted a proposal to the state ministry of education for the same. The move has been lauded by the Maharashtra State Association of Shorthand and Tywriting. However, the applicants will have to pass a typewriting exam of completing 30 words per
The ministry of external affairs (MEA) has decided to expand its services and open Passport Seva Laghu Kendra or Mini Passport Seva Kendra in the areas, across the country, which have higher demand for the service. The idea behind the decision is to reach out to people in small towns who continue to submit their applications at the office of the superintendent of police or the commissio
The joint working group (JWG) on collaboration between public and private sector on cyber security, chaired by deputy national security advisor Latha Reddy, has recommended setting up of a permanent JWG under the aegis of national security council secretariat to act as "an advisory body and coordinate public private partnership on issues of cyber security". The JWG has also proposed s
Rajasthan government is using social networking site `Facebook` to publicise its programmes and policies and to ensure timely redressal of public grievances. "Widely used social networking site today is the platform with greater reach among people, even in rural areas, so it was decided to use it," Lokesh Sharma, the member of State Public Grievances Committee said in Jaipur o
A majority of mobile phone users in India prefer unlimited Internet data plans to usage-based plans, a survey by Ernst & Young has found. "In India almost 54 per cent of the respondents prefer unlimited mobile data for a fixed price per month," the survey, conducted across 12 countries including the US, the UK, China, Australia and Russia, to highlight short- and medium-te
An examination reforms committee set up by the state government has recommended making of the examination process for higher education online. "The process from admission to the issuing of degrees should be made online under-graduate and post-graduate students," committee`s secretary and Director (Examinations), Mumbai University Subhash Deo said. The report, which was
The Andhra Pradesh government, in association with Airtel, has developed a service that would allow customers to make electricity bill payments through their mobile phones. The new service would be launched on Monday by the state`s Minister for Communication and Information Technology Ponnala Lakshmaiah, K Gopinatha, the director, Electronic Delivery System (EDS) and Meeseva of state`s
Prime minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi would launch the integration of five government schemes with Aadhar card system on October 20 in Dudu area near Jaipur. Chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday took the stock of preparations for the event in Dudu and directed the officials to make sure proper arrangements, official sources said on Monday. The schemes
Registration of properties in Rohini area of the city is going to be hassle-free with Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday launching an online registration system for the area. Dikshit launched the online registration of properties service at the Rohini Sub Registrar`s Office. The online registration was first introduced in Mehrauli Sub-Registrar`s office in July. Gradually,
Few months ago, Bokaro`s Chinmaya Vidyalaya became a victim of cyber crime when the school`s official website was hacked by cyber criminals. An FIR was lodged with Sector VI police station. Now Jharkhand police has come forward with a campaign against cyber crime, e-Raksha, which will be hosted by the school. S N Pradhan, IG, operation and special branch, asked students to be smart and
A round-table conference was organised by the Punjab governemnet on Friday on the implementation of National e-governance plan (NeGP) in the state. Chief guest J. Satyanarayana, IAS, Secretary, Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY), Govt. of India said that to deliver services in a better way to the citizens, we should change management & workflow process.
The Ahmedabad city police launched its own website (http://www.ahmedabadcitypolice.org/) on Friday which will have information about local police stations and officers, regular updates on traffic diversions and registration of foreigners. Not only this, the residents will be able to register details of their tenants and domestic help online too. The users can also upload scanned images
Hyderabad-based IMImobile, a mobile data technology provider, today announced the launch of IMImobile OpenHouse, a cloud-based mobile engagement (m-Engagement) platform. Announcing the launch, company`s founder and CEO Vishwanath Alluri told reporters that IMImobile OpenHouse acts as a value-add bridge between telecom networks on one side and businesses, developers and service providers
Google has extended its free SMS chat service to India, whereby users can send text messages to mobile phones via Gmail Chat. "You can send SMS messages to your contacts` mobile phones using Gmail Chat ... Google does not charge for using this service," according to information available with Google`s website. The SMS service is available in India and 51 other countrie
Over two-thirds of Internet users when researching for financial services change their mind about products and brands, a study by Google on Thursday said. During the online research phase, over 66 per cent of the Internet users who were in the market to buy financial products changed their mind about the product and brand," a study commissioned by Google India and conducted by TNS
The pilot phase of e-district Kerala had issued one million digital certificates for permissible services to applicants in less than two years since its launch in 2008. Thirty five districts across the country including the two districts of Kerala were selected for the implementation of the pilot phase. Kerala state IT Mission, which is the implementation agency of the project,
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday said all residents of Haryana would be provided with Aadhaar cards by March 2013. As many as 3,000 machines would be used to achieve the target of distributing Aadhaar cards to people of Haryana by March 2013, Hooda said in a meeting with Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India, Nandan Nilekani in Chandigarh. Haryana ha
Punjab has decided to cover its entire population under the `Aadhaar` project and a timeframe of March next year has been fixed for the same. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, in a meeting with UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani at his official residence in Chandigarh, said the state government was committed for timely implementation of the `Aadhaar` project in the state. To check
UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani has launched an e-KYC based instant pre paid card which can be used by the citizen to activate instant accounts, save/withdraw money and send money to anyone holding an Aadhaar number. A pilot will be launched in Delhi next week for the same. e-Commerce merchants will be able to co-brand the card with the authorising bank. The customers will be able to top
Implementation of National Knowledge Network, a state-of-the-art network aimed at connecting all knowledge related institutions, is progressing well and once completed will help overcome faculty shortage problem, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal has said. As of now 400 universities and 14,000 colleges across the world had been connected under NKN and when the project will
