Infosys, the country`s second largest software company, today expressed concern over the Ohio state government`s move to ban IT outsourcing to offshore locations such as India. Infosys CEO & Managing Director Kris Gopalakrishnan said, "We are concerned with the recent news from US about banning offshore outsourcing by Ohio State government departments. &qu
The UID system has an inbuilt security and privacy component which ensures that information from the data bank could not be accessed except on grounds like national security, Unique Identification Authority of India Chairman Nandan Nilekani said today. The Unique Identification data base could not be read except for authentication and could not be accessed easily, he said.
IT@School,a Kerala government initiative to popularize ICT In schools, plans to conduct an Educational Reality Show focusing on Government and Aided Schools to unleash the creativity and innovativeness of school children from standard one to ten. Schools shall present their achievement in different areas which encompasses the all round development of children, IT@ School project
The Reserve Bank today asked cooperative banks to provide data on their loans to credit information companies. "It is advised that (cooperative) banks, which have become members of the credit information companies, to provide them the current data... to the credit information company," the RBI said in a statement here. Such banks may also provide historic
Leading BPO service provider, Firstsource Solutions, today said that it has signed a five -year outsourcing agreement with private sector lender Axis Bank. Firstsource, as a part of the agreement, will offer customer contact services (voice, email and web chat) to retail customers of Axis Bank. Services to Axis Bank retail customers will be across the fixed, saving
Chairman of the National Senior Cricket Selection Committee Krishnamachari Srikkanth today launched a e-learning initiative "careerstrokes.com that would offer career consulation to graduates. "The sport is a religion in India and based on the experience of winning the World Cup in 1983, I have embarked on this new venture to enhance the career prospects of young studen
Internet search giant Google is encouraging volunteers to translate health-related articles in Hindi under its initiative to boost the amount of online medical information in local languages. Google.org has introduced pilots for its initiative `Health Speaks` that aims to increase the online health information in Hindi, Arabic and Swahili. The search giant said it
The government will initiate a penal action against private cellular companies from November 15 this year, if radiation emanating from their towers is found violating internationally accepted norms, Union minister of state for communications Sachin Pilot said today. The Department of Telecommunication (DoT) will be monitoring the radiation levels of the estimated five lakh cellph
Expressing the desire to resolve the visa fee row with the US before November, India today said it would not like the contentious issue to "stick out like a sloth arm" ahead of President Barack Obama`s visit here. "Everybody is looking for a reasonable way to have this matter resolved amicably...Nobody wishes to have this festering as a wound especially because....
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is under pressure from within the whistleblower organisation to step down from the helm of the website he created. Assange is currently under investigation in Sweden after two Swedish women separately accused him of rape and molestation. Last week, however, Sweden`s chief prosecutor, Marianne Ny, said the decision to reopen the case
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will soon issue guidelines to address the problem of unsolicited mobile calls and SMSs. "We have held consultation on that (unsolicited calls and messaging). We issued consultation paper also and held open house discussion. We are finalising our regulation on unsolicited commercial communication. It should be out during the course
With a view to reach out to more customers, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) is gearing up to launch trading over mobile phones through nearly 800 registered brokers in early October, an NSE official said. At present, only about 10-15 big brokers have the infrastructure to offer mobile trading and it comes at a very high cost. "For the first time in India, NS
State-owned BSNL today said it has signed an agreement with public sector firm RailTel to execute various telecom-related projects through sharing of communications infrastructure. This Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) facilitates execution of various projects of national importance such as defence, ERP (Enterprise Resources Planning), NKN (National Knowledge Base Network), etc.
Software icon N R Narayana Murthy today blamed poor public governance for major ills faced by the country such as illiteracy, malnourishment, lack of sanitation facilities and dismal food and power management. Even 63 years after independence, 35 crore Indians can`t read and write. Twenty-five crore people do not have access to safe drinking water, while 75 crore have no access t
Delhi will have 42 information kiosks-cum-food counters installed by a private firm to make the city "more hospitable" for tourists during the Commonwealth Games. City-based Ved Pohoja Associates today said it is setting up the kiosks, branded `Tourist Info-Cafes,` in several areas across the capital with support from civic agencies like MCD and NDMC. &qu
The US and India are looking to collaborate on cyber security, `open government` and low-cost technology, a senior US government official said today. "Both the governments are looking at collaboration in cyber security, open government and low-cost technology," India-born US Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra told reporters here. Vivek Kundra is one o
Google`s methods for Internet search and ranking of websites are being scrutinised by the Texas`s Attorney General -- yet another case of authorities closely looking at the core business of the company. The Attorney General`s move comes in the wake of allegations from small companies that they were not fairly ranked by Google when their names come up during the Internet search.
Concerns over Israeli access to BlackBerry data and the use of the device by the US to spy on the UAE are behind the country`s moves to curb service of the smartphone, the city`s police chief has said. "The United States is the primary beneficiary of having no controls over the BlackBerry, as it has an interest to spy on the UAE. The West has accused us of curbing the libert
With the security agencies already putting to test BlackBerry`s messenger service, its maker Research In Motion (RIM) has been asked by India to provide technical solution to intercept its enterprise mailing service which provides a private virtual networking among a group of people. The BlackBerry has provided with a technological facility of intercepting its Messenger service b
Insurance watchdog IRDA will set up a centralised grievance redressal mechanism to ensure that the problems of customers in the life and non-life sectors are addressed in a time-bound manner. "The Authority is in the process of developing the new Integrated Grievance Management System (IGMS) which will...facilitate policyholders to register or track their complaints online w
