New Delhi, (IANS) The government Tuesday announced reduction in tariff on import of gold and silver that may provide some relief to the buyers of the precious metals as prices remain volatile in the international markets. Import tariff value on per 10 gram of gold is reduced to $539 from the earlier rate of $550. [...]
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Mumbai, (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Tuesday said the monetary policy department will directly report to Governor D. Subbaro till further orders as Subir Gokarn who was handling it retired from the position of deputy governor Monday. The RBI said in a statement here that the portfolios of deputy governors have been reallocated [...]
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Bhubaneswar, (IANS) Odisha will impose a ban on the manufacture, sale and use of gutka (tobacco-laced areca nut pieces) products in the state, a minister said Tuesday. State Health Minister Damodar Rout said the government is likely to issue a notification in this regard later this week. “I appeal to people not to chew tobacco [...]
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Abu Dhabi, (IANS/WAM) An attempt to smuggle a total of 216 bottles of alcohol out of the UAE was foiled at the Al Ghuwaifat border. Customs inspectors arrested the driver of the truck carrying the bottles, hidden inside the vehicle’s tool box. While passing through the specified path for empty and unloaded trucks, customs inspectors [...]
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Dubai, (IANS/WAM) The Dubai Shopping Festival will present awards to journalists who cover the 32-day event that will begin Jan 3. The Dubai Events and Promotions Establishment, organiser of the shopping festival, announced the DSF’s Journalism Award 2013. Works will be evaluated according to style, quality of research and content, overall presentation, creativity and impact [...]
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The Taiwan tech maker Asus is evidently working on a 7-inch low-price tablet. The device may compete with Google Nexus 7, the small screen tablet Asus developed for Google. There is no confirmed report on the specs and features of the tablet, which may be called the ME-172V. It may be on display at CES [...]
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The 2013 edition of the globe’s largest tech trade show the Consumer Electronics Show – CES 2013 – is to take place in Las Vegas from Jan. 8 to 11. Key tech makers are to reveal their fresh products and upgrades in it. Being the world’s biggest trade fair of tech products and gadgets, we [...]
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Dabangg 2 box office collection exceed Rs 1.27 billion in India, Rs 385 m abroad
January 1, 2013 1 Comment
It is another blockbuster for Sallu bhai. Dabangg 2 box office collection exceeds Rs 1.27 billion in India and Rs 385 million abroad Made with a miniscule budge of just around Rs 50 crore, Salman Khan starrer Dabangg 2 has grossed a very impressive Rs 1.27 billion in the Indian market alone. This is the [...]
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Colombo, (IANS) Sri Lanka deported 100-strong extortion gang of Chinese of Taiwanese origin involved in a multi million yuan racket. Seventy four males and 26 females belonging to the gang operating from Colombo and its suburbs were deported to Taiwan on Monday (Dec 31) on court order. They are alleged to have extorted large amounts [...]
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New Google Nexus tablet, Apple iPad 5, Apple iPad Mini 2, Surface Pro tablet are among the most awaited tech products of 2013 The tablet market has been much lively in 2012. The market received a bunch of nice tablet PCs including iPad Mini, Google Nexus 7 and 10 and Amazon Kindle Fire HD tablets [...]
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RIM BlackBerry10, 1080p FHD handsets, USA made and 4G LTE everywhere are among top tech trends of the year 2013 The tech market has gone through a lot of changes recently. We have a worthy set of new products and trends in market today. The year 2012 brought in many praiseworthy developments. The market has [...]
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Samsung Galaxy Note 2 gets multi-window support on US Cellular after AT&T
January 1, 2013 No CommentIt is becoming more desirable with every passing day. Samsung Galaxy Note 2 has got multi-window support on US Cellular after AT&T thanks to Android 4.1.4 software update For Samsung Galaxy Note 2 lovers this must come as another great news. U.S. Cellular has started rolling out multi-window feature update to their great phablet or [...]
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Mumbai, (IANS) The central government’s direct cash transfer of subsidies to bank accounts of beneficiaries will kick-off in six districts of Maharashtra Tuesday, an official said. Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan will launch the scheme in Mumbai and Mumbai Suburban District while guardian ministers of Pune, Nandurbar, Wardha and Amravati will launch it in their respective [...]
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