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Aakash: An idea promised the sky, but India is still waiting
The notion that India's weak manufacturing sector can catch up to China in advanced computer hardware also strikes some experts as far-fetched.
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For Vodafone in India, a swift but bumpy rise
Despite adding tens of millions of customers, Vodafone has found this vaunted high-growth market full of unexpected hazards.
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India Asks Google, Facebook to Screen User Content
Top officials from the Indian units of Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and Facebook are meeting with Kapil Sibal, India's acting telecommunications minister, on Monday afternoon to discuss the issue, say two executives of Internet companies.
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Coming soon a new and improved 'Aakash', promises govt
The government has said that the preliminary feedback from field trials indicated a few more desirable features such as a higher battery life, better firmware and a faster processor. Hence, keeping the same order quantity and maintaining the same price point, the improvements were discussed with Datawind and it was unanimously agreed that beyond th...
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The safest place during an earthquake: Expert advice
Professor Sudhir K. Jain is an expert in earthquake engineering, and member of several global groups devoted to reducing fatalities during earthquakes. His mantra, and that of many other earthquake experts, is simple: earthquakes alone don't kill people, poor engineering does.
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India's air the world's unhealthiest, says a study
India's has the worst air pollution in the entire world, beating China, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh, according to a study released during this year's World Economic Forum in Davos. Of 132 countries whose environments were surveyed, India ranks dead last in the 'Air (effects on human health)' ranking.
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$1 visit to doctor for India's under-privileged
A private hospital, a for-profit micro-finance company and an information technology company have joined forces to attempt what state and local governments have struggled to do for decades - bring quality, affordable medical treatment to India's hundreds of millions of poor people.
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$1 visit to doctor for India's under-priveliged
A private hospital, a for-profit micro-finance company and an information technology company have joined forces to attempt what state and local governments have struggled to do for decades - bring quality, affordable medical treatment to India's hundreds of millions of poor people.
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What's India's airline regulator worried about?
India's airlines have a host of problems, according to a report by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation prepared late last month. The report includes numerous complaints about several airlines. Here are the important highlights.
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Coming soon a new and improved 'Aakash', promises govt
The government has said that the preliminary feedback from field trials indicated a few more desirable features such as a higher battery life, better firmware and a faster processor. Hence, keeping the same order quantity and maintaining the same price point, the improvements were discussed with Datawind and it was unanimously agreed that beyond th...
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Clinton urges countries not to stifle online voices
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and other international leaders urged countries and private businesses on Thursday to fight increasing efforts to restrict access to the Internet by repressive governments and even some democratic ones.
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'Chilling' impact of India's April internet rules
Kapil Sibal's demand that Internet companies self-censor users' content is just the latest move by the Indian government to restrict information on Facebook and other social media Web sites. The most stringent government push came in April, when the "Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules 2011" were introduced.
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Dear Dr. Mallya, Sir Richard is on the line
A lion-maned airline baron with a voracious appetite for publicity, love of fast cars and a bevy of beautiful, red-skirted female employees was suddenly under fire.
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Modi's new avatar makes Society magazine cover
Narendra Modi's fast: For their most recent front cover, Society magazine, an Indian monthly dedicated to lifestyles of the rich and well-connected, made an unexpected choice - Gujarat's chief minister, Narendra Modi, arguably India's most controversial major political figure.
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Aakash: An idea promised the sky, but India is still waiting
The notion that India's weak manufacturing sector can catch up to China in advanced computer hardware also strikes some experts as far-fetched.
-
For Vodafone in India, a swift but bumpy rise
Despite adding tens of millions of customers, Vodafone has found this vaunted high-growth market full of unexpected hazards.
-
India Asks Google, Facebook to Screen User Content
Top officials from the Indian units of Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and Facebook are meeting with Kapil Sibal, India's acting telecommunications minister, on Monday afternoon to discuss the issue, say two executives of Internet companies.
-
Coming soon a new and improved 'Aakash', promises govt
The government has said that the preliminary feedback from field trials indicated a few more desirable features such as a higher battery life, better firmware and a faster processor. Hence, keeping the same order quantity and maintaining the same price point, the improvements were discussed with Datawind and it was unanimously agreed that beyond th...
-
The safest place during an earthquake: Expert advice
Professor Sudhir K. Jain is an expert in earthquake engineering, and member of several global groups devoted to reducing fatalities during earthquakes. His mantra, and that of many other earthquake experts, is simple: earthquakes alone don't kill people, poor engineering does.
-
India's air the world's unhealthiest, says a study
India's has the worst air pollution in the entire world, beating China, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh, according to a study released during this year's World Economic Forum in Davos. Of 132 countries whose environments were surveyed, India ranks dead last in the 'Air (effects on human health)' ranking.
-
$1 visit to doctor for India's under-privileged
A private hospital, a for-profit micro-finance company and an information technology company have joined forces to attempt what state and local governments have struggled to do for decades - bring quality, affordable medical treatment to India's hundreds of millions of poor people.
-
$1 visit to doctor for India's under-priveliged
A private hospital, a for-profit micro-finance company and an information technology company have joined forces to attempt what state and local governments have struggled to do for decades - bring quality, affordable medical treatment to India's hundreds of millions of poor people.
-
What's India's airline regulator worried about?
India's airlines have a host of problems, according to a report by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation prepared late last month. The report includes numerous complaints about several airlines. Here are the important highlights.
-
Coming soon a new and improved 'Aakash', promises govt
The government has said that the preliminary feedback from field trials indicated a few more desirable features such as a higher battery life, better firmware and a faster processor. Hence, keeping the same order quantity and maintaining the same price point, the improvements were discussed with Datawind and it was unanimously agreed that beyond th...
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Clinton urges countries not to stifle online voices
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and other international leaders urged countries and private businesses on Thursday to fight increasing efforts to restrict access to the Internet by repressive governments and even some democratic ones.
-
'Chilling' impact of India's April internet rules
Kapil Sibal's demand that Internet companies self-censor users' content is just the latest move by the Indian government to restrict information on Facebook and other social media Web sites. The most stringent government push came in April, when the "Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules 2011" were introduced.
-
Dear Dr. Mallya, Sir Richard is on the line
A lion-maned airline baron with a voracious appetite for publicity, love of fast cars and a bevy of beautiful, red-skirted female employees was suddenly under fire.
-
Modi's new avatar makes Society magazine cover
Narendra Modi's fast: For their most recent front cover, Society magazine, an Indian monthly dedicated to lifestyles of the rich and well-connected, made an unexpected choice - Gujarat's chief minister, Narendra Modi, arguably India's most controversial major political figure.
