Industry
Israeli company enables simple mobiles to run smartphone apps
25 Jun 2013
An Israeli technology company has developed a method which allows old or outdated phones to run apps available only on smartphones
Hutchison Whampoa acquires Telefonica’s Irish business for €780 mn
25 Jun 2013
Through the acquisition Hutchison's subsidiary Three aims to become the number one operator in the Irish mobile market with it business plans to invest strongly in creating a state of the art network
Panel moots digital arm for state broadcaster Prasar Bharti
24 Jun 2013
Prasar Bharti, the public broadcaster that runs All India Radio and Doordarshan, may get a digital arm to reach out to the increasing number of internet and smartphone users
Floods trip power generation in HP, Uttarakhand
24 Jun 2013
Nuclear waste leak suspected from double-walled tank at US plant
22 Jun 2013
An underground tank holding some of the worst radioactive waste at the most contaminated nuclear site in the US is suspected to be leaking into the soil.
Parekh warns against conversion of realty loans into home loans
22 Jun 2013
HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh has raised concerns over possible regulatory lapses with lenders restructuring commercial real estate loans into individual home loans
CCEA defers decision on natural gas price hike
21 Jun 2013
Now 60 million women in India are Internet users
21 Jun 2013
Archer Daniels Midland in talks to sell $2-bn cocoa business
21 Jun 2013
Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM) yesterday said that it is in talks to sell its cocoa business, as the US agribusiness giant now focuses on expanding its grains business.
Coalgate: CBI begins grilling former secretary H C Gupta
20 Jun 2013
The Central Bureau of Investigation today began questioning former coal secretary H C Gupta in connection with the coal block allocation scam.
SC to hear PIL over NSA snooping on Indian data
19 Jun 2013
Nine US-based internet companies operating in India through agreements signed with Indian users, shared 6.3 billion information / data with the US National Security Agency