The Comptroller of Auditor General (CAG) of India has rapped Maharashtra Government for giving "undue benefit of over Rs 20 crore" to controversial Satyam Computer Services Limited by selling land at lower rates in Multimodal International Hub Airport (MIHAN) project at Nagpur. "The Maharashtra Airport Development Company Limited (MADCL) allotted 100 acre l
Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba was planning bomb attacks on the HITEC City, a major IT township here, and the office of a multinational auditing firm. Mohammad Zia Ul Haq, who was arrested yesterday following a tip off by the National Investigation Agency, was directed by his LeT handlers to bomb the Hyderabad office of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, one of the four largest auditors i
Software exports from Tamil Nadu are expected to cross Rs 40,000 crore in 2009-10, Tamil Nadu Information Technology Minister Poongodhai informed the assembly today. Software exports in 2008-09 were of Rs 36,680 crore, she said. She said 69 new software companies had commenced their operations last year. According to a study, the growth of IT sector
National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) would launch its e-governance portal `egovreach` this July to enable companies connect with each other, a top official said here today. There were discussions on asking larger companies to outsource 20-30 per cent of their work to smaller companies. "Instead of forcing a company, they should be m
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) chief Natarajan Chandrasekaran has made the cut as best CEO in the country while rival Infosys` Kris Gopalakrishnan has been ranked the second best by the FinanceAsia magazine. The publication has named Chandrasekaran and Gopalakrishnan as best CEOs, based on a poll of over 300 investors and analysts in Asia. FinanceAsia published th
IT firm HCL Infosystems today posted an increase of 3.44 per cent in consolidated net profit at Rs 60 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2010. However, its net sales declined by 5.88 per cent to Rs 2,814.50 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 from Rs 2,990.63 crore in the same period last year. "The drop in sales has been on account of our te
The Unique Identification Authority of India and the Reserve Bank of India are in talks to explore linking the unique identity number with bank accounts to enable cashless transactions at outlets like `kirana` stores. The Authority has proposed a UID-enabled Bank Account (UEBA) which will give customers access to their account through Business Correspondent (BC) operating a handh
Public sector telecom firm BSNL is contemplating recruiting top talent from the private sector to its management ranks to help prop up falling profits and stand up to competition and is willing to pay the chief executive as high Rs 10 crore a year. The proposal, which also includes paying deserving board members up to Rs five crore annually, was discussed at a meeting at
The Cyber Crime police here have arrested one person from Maharashtra for cheating a man to the tune of Rs 10.7 lakh on the pretext of providing him job, Crime Investigation Department officials said today. The victim, A R Saxena, was contacted through internet by some fraudsters, including a Nigerian, who sent him e-mails regarding a job in a Gulf-based airline and fraudulently
Business Software Alliance in partnership with Center of e-Governance, Karnataka Government announced the launch of programme `Relevance of Software Asset Management(SAM) for Public Sector Undertakings`. The programme was targetted at taking the ISO Standard of Software Asset Management and its benefits to the State-run PSUs in Karnataka. With the program BSA aims
The Centre is in the midst of readying the new e-waste rules, making it mandatory for electronic appliance makers to collect, recycle and dispose the waste generated by them. As per draft notification of the rules proposed to be called the E-waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2010, the manufacturers have also been asked to ensure that their appliances have identification code
City based social activist Harish Sadani has been selected as grand winner at a global online competition organised by Ashoka Changemakers and Campus of Excellence. Sadani`s entry titled "Yuva Maitri" (young friend) was selected, among 155 entries received globally, by the Changemakers` international online community and a team of three judges at a competition on the th
India has been ranked second in the list of "dirty dozen" spam relaying countries, accounting for over seven per cent of global junk mails sent during the first quarter of the year, according to a new study. The country is lagging behind the US, which continues to remain as the king of spam, relaying more than 13 per cent of world`s total junk mails, while China has suc
Media reports that websites of Defence and External Affairs Ministries were attacked by Chinese hackers are being verified and steps taken to secure cyber space, the Rajya Sabha was informed today. Minister of State for Communications and IT Sachin Pilot said during Question Hour that the government is aware of the report and is investigating the information stated in it.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today launched website of the state Higher Education Department (HED) here. The website www.jkhighereducation.in contains details like vision, mission, functioning, academic and development status of the Higher Education Department with special reference to universities and colleges. Informations like literacy and deve
Wives and widows of Air Force personnel can now easily learn about corporate vacancies and apply for them sitting in their homes. The Air Force Wives Welfare Association (AFWWA) and the ICICI Bank today joined hands to launch a dedicated placement website which would provide a platform to the members to accomplish their career ambitions. The website www.afwwasercic
Non government organizations have raised a red banner against the Unique ID project stating that the project and UID Authority have no legal foundation and has been established by just an executive order. Sunil Abraham of the Centre for Internet & Society while speaking to Governance Now said that, “The privacy law has to be first in place then the UID project and not the othe
IT spending in India will reach $67 billion in 2010, an increase of 14.1 percent from 2009 as per the report,Emerging Market Analysis: IT, India, 2010 and Beyond released by Gartner. The IT market in India is expected to grow 11 percent from 2009 until the end of 2013, with IT services growing faster than all other segments at 17.6 percent. Telecommunications will have the slowe
The government is working on developing internet domain names in seven regional languages which would see the present country code `.in` being replaced with `.bharat`. "We are hoping that internet domain name in seven regional languages will be implemented next year," Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Department of IT, Senior Director Govind told re
India becomes the new Chairman of International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Council 2010. R N Jha, Deputy Director General, Department of Telecommunication took over the rotating Chairmanship from Ghana in a meeting recently at Geneva. The Council, ITU’s governing body comprises 46 Member States. In his opening address as Chairman, Jha said that 2010 session of council is
