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US content makers, ISPs in pact to curb piracy
09 Jul 2011
The music and movie companies, which estimate that digital piracy costs the United States economy $16 billion in lost revenue each year, have been eager for an efficient way to deal with online content theft
India to eclipse China in mobile subscriptions before Q2 of 2012: report
09 Jul 2011
While China is ahead of India by 50 million mobile subnscribers, India is adding subscriptions at faster rate and is likely to eclipse China within the first half of 2012
2G scam: attempts to embroil Chidambaram
09 Jul 2011
105.7 lakh subscribers opt for MNP in May
08 Jul 2011
Sibal refutes waiving penalty on RComm
08 Jul 2011
Sibal says the penalty on Reliance Communications was calculated on the basis of the duration of disruption of services as provided in the agreement between the USO Fund and the anil Ambani-led company
Court to decide if Kalmadi can attend parliament
08 Jul 2011
News of the World ex-editor Coulson jailed
08 Jul 2011
Scandal-hit News of the World shuts down after 168 years
08 Jul 2011
The News of the World, Britain’s 168-year-old tabloid and top-selling Sunday newspaper, is being closed down, following a series of phone-tapping and ‘pay-for-news’ scandals.
Delhi to notify rules under nuclear liability act in Aug
08 Jul 2011
Commercial nuclear activity in the country is likely to receive a fillip with the Centre all set to notify implementation rules of the Nuclear Liability Act by August.
2G scam: NGO moves SC against Sibal, Vahanvati
08 Jul 2011
The centre for Public Interest Litigation has sought a CBI probe into the conduct of current telecom minister Kapil Sibal and attorney general G E Vahanvati in connection with 2G spectrum granted to RComm
2G scam: tainted Maran quits cabinet
07 Jul 2011
Textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran resigned from the union government this morning, a day after CBI officially accused him of complicity in the now infamous 2G spectrum scam.
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