The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today approved modernisation and upgradation of immigration services as one of the Mission Mode Projects to be undertaken by the Ministry of Home Affairs under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP). The total cost of the project is approximately Rs.1011 crore. Of this total project cost , Rs. 132 crore is proposed to be spent during April 2010 – J
Chinese telecom equipment major Huawei today said none of its lab at its facilities here is secretive nor was any secretive testing going on and the company was open to visits by government or other agencies. Huawei also rubbished reports that some of its R&D facilities here were out-of-bounds for Indian employees and only its Chinese staff had access to some areas.
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today announced plans to launch an innovative scheme to spread elementary education using Information Communication Technology (ICT) tools. The new scheme will be similar to the existing ICT scheme in higher education. "We are planning to start a new ICT scheme in elementary education. This will address the requirement of teachers and
An Army officer arrested here on the charge of child pornography will not be extradited to Germany, where a similar case has been registered against him, a senior police official said today. Lt Colonel Jagmohan Balbir Singh (42) was apprehended on May 6 from his south Mumbai house for allegedly uploading obscene photographs and video clips involving children on the internet.
Hinglish may have unofficially become the language of urban India but it is a strict no no in BPOs as Indian English expressions often tend to create problems for international customers and confuse them, an award-winning book says. "British customers don`t understand some of the expressions in Indian English. This can cause confusion and sometimes amusement. You need to be
A draft bill on the Unique Identity Project would be made public within the next one month, Chairman of UIDAI Nandan Nilekani said today. "We need an Act to govern a regulatory body like UIDAI. The draft of the Act will be put for public discussion in the next four weeks," he told reporters on the sidelines of a Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) function.
Education firm Educomp Solutions today said it has bagged an order worth Rs 51.14 crore from the Bihar government to provide computer education in senior secondary schools across the state for a period of three years. Educomp will provide computer education in 600 senior secondary schools across the rural and urban areas in the state, Educomp said in a filing to the Bombay Stock
More people are opting for licensed software, bringing down piracy levels to 65 per cent in 2009 from 68 per cent a year ago, a BSA-IDC report today said. While the PC software piracy rate, or installations of unlicensed software on personal computers (PC), has fallen, the dollar losses caused by software piracy continued to remain in the USD 2 billion range, it said.
Fresh from the success of IPL`s live streaming on its subsidiary You Tube, Google is looking at broadcasting other sports on the platform, even as it promises to be "better prepared" for next year`s IPL and offers an improved experience to viewers in India. "This year certainly surpassed expectations, so we are very pleased. We did not expect that many viewers in I
GSM operators` association COAI today said the rising cost of spectrum could affect telecom growth plans, particularly in rural areas. The share price of leading telecom operators nosedived after TRAI made new recommendations on 2G spectrum pricing. Airtel shares on the BSE closed 3.11 per cent lower at Rs 285.20 on the BSE, while Idea Cellular closed at Rs 59.70,
Media major HT Media today posted over six-fold jump in its consolidated net profit at Rs 47.99 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 on account of increased advertising and circulation revenues. This is against a net profit of Rs 7.59 crore registered during the same quarter last fiscal. "We re-launched Hindustan Times as a young brand and also expanded
IT firm IKF Technologies today said it will hire 1,500 people during this fiscal to cater to new e-governance projects that it will undertake. "There are a lot of projects that we are looking at undertaking this year and for that, we should hire another 1,500 people this fiscal," IKF Technologies Chief Executive Officer Mukesh Goyal told reporters here. T
IT major Cisco Systems Inc today announced the launch of a website, www.myhumannetwork.com, a platform with a social cause where people can connect and collaborate with each other without any boundaries. Cisco has partnered with 40 NGOs and individuals across the country and is now targeting over 250 NGOs and individuals over the next 6-9-months, a top company official said.
A Ukrainian national, wanted by the US in connection with a case of global computer hacking and credit card fraud ring, was detained in the capital soon after his arrival at the IGI airport, officials said today. Sergey V Storchak, holding Ukrainian passport AX-332255, was taken into custody by CISF from the aircraft on May eight when he arrived here on a Jetlite flight S2-120 fr
Bihar deputy chief minister S K Modi today urged the Centre to arrange for e-payment in all banks for realisation of taxes. Lack of e-payment facility with banks other than the State Bank of India was the biggest
India Post is the official carrier of Unique Identity Numbers and will deliver the UID communication to the citizens of India. Department of Posts has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on April 30, 2010 to this effect. The MoU has been entered into for a period of two years. The Department would use i
One day national seminar on enforcement of cyber laws was concluded in New Delhi on Saturday. The Chief Justice of India , K.G. Balakrishnan inaugurated the seminar which was organized with the objective to train and sensitize all stakeholders including adjudicating officers of the states, investigating officers, prosecuters and victims of cyber abuse. Emphasizing the nee
To meet the exceeding demand of animators in the country, Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC), a leading institute offering high-end 3D animation and VFX training jointly with India`s open university IGNOU has begun a degree course in Bachelor of Arts in 3D Animation and Visual Effects . "Unlike other Open and Distance Learning (ODL) courses of Indira Gandhi National
Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan today advocated placing "restrictions" on websites that exclusively circulate pornography and hate content. "Government can place restrictions on websites that exclusively circulate pornography and hate speech," Justice Balakrishnan said here. A few months ago, he had suggested an outright ban on such webs
The Income Tax Department has cautioned the public against fraudulent e-mails which ask for their credit card details on the pretext of refunding excess income tax, the government said in the Lok Sabha today. "The department has clarified that it does not send e-mails regarding refunds. The general public has, therefore, been cautioned not to respond to such mails regarding
