By Arun Kumar Washington, (IANS) With the India-US civil nuclear deal removing the biggest obstacle in their relationship, a US think tank has said their concerted cooperation could help India’s global rise and provide a rich opportunity for US businesses. “The 2008 US-India Civil Nuclear Agreement did away with the biggest obstacle in the relationship-India’s [...]
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A report in a leading tech blog suggests Microsoft Surface Pro release date to be January 26. Here we discuss expected features and price details of Surface Pro Several months after its launch, sales figures for Microsoft’s much talked about tablet Surface RT have yet to show any improvement. Redmond based software giant’s entry into [...]
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CES 2013 live updates are being awaited by tech fans across the world. Toyota and Audi self driving cars are being showcased during the Consumer Electronics Show. As the race for manufacturing what can be called driver-less cars gains momentum Toyota Motor Corp. and Audi have announced that they are about to launch autonomous vehicles [...]
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Mumbai, (IANS) The December 2012 salaries of over 20,000 civic employees of Mumbai were released Monday after several unions threatened extreme steps. The salaries of these employees were not released for want of Aadhar cards. “After Municipal Commissioner Sitaram Kunte gave an extension of two months for the unique identity card (UID) or the Aadhaar [...]
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Kochi, (IANS) The 11th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) saw state Minister for Non-Resident Keralites Affairs K.C. Joseph assuring representatives of the Kerala diaspora that he would discuss with the central government various issues raised by them. Joseph touched upon issues like the scrapping of the customs rules which limits the quantity of [...]
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Kolkata, (IANS) India needs to strengthen its translational research sector to become one of the five global scientific powers by 2020, eminent agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan said here Monday. “We need to strengthen our translational technology to become one of the five global scientific powers by 2020. Many of the scientific researches have got applied [...]
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For many it may be a surprising report, but to be true HTC J Butterfly has beaten Apple iPhone 5 in Japan as SIM free Butterfly is set to land in UK after hitting Australia In weeks after its decision to internationalize the Japan-only phablet the J Butterfly, HTC has launched the gadget SIM-free in [...]
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By Gyanendra Kumar Keshri New Delhi, (IANS) The demand for steel in India is expected to rise 7 percent in the next financial year beginning April 1 as compared to the sluggish 5.5 percent projected growth in 2012-13, according to a senior official of Tata Steel. Managing Director H.M. Nerurkar said the overall outlook for [...]
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Facebook stock price is moving up, albeit slowly following new features added to the social networking giant including Facebook jobs app. FB’s stock price went up to $29.26, around $.50 higher than its opening today alone Beyond the daily chit chats, Facebook has leaped on to the new arena of job recruiting network. Facebook has [...]
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Three color variants for Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini are being rolled out now. The market-hit midrange handset from the Korean tech maker is to gather more momentum with additional color options like; grey, black and red. At its original release, the device turned up in standard blue and white colors options only. Of course, the [...]
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The three are among the best tablets available in the market. Google Nexus 10 vs Apple iPad 4 vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 specs and display comparison makes excellent reading The year 2012 was a wonderful year, especially for tech buffs. They got their hands at the best smart-phones and tablet that came with [...]
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More and more reports are appearing about it and Apple iPhone Mini to sure to follow iPad Mini. Specs and price rumors are already everywhere More and more reports are appearing in the media about the imminent launch of a smaller iPhone version, already being called iPhone Mini. The handset, as a report in Forbes [...]
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By Gyanendra Kumar Keshri New Delhi, (IANS) Tata Steel, which has incurred huge losses in the recent quarters largely due to weak demand, expects all its units, including the European one, to register growth in fiscal 2013-14 that begins April 1. “In Europe, we expect a modest two and a half percent growth against the [...]
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Algiers, Jan 6 (IANS/WAM) Algeria and Turkey have decided to extend their natural gas agreement for another 10 years starting from 2014. The Algerian Minister of Energy and Mining Youcef Yousfi said: “Algeria signed an agreement in 1988 with Turkey to buy four billion cubic metres of liquefied natural gas per year and which is [...]
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