New Delhi: With increasing popularity of high-speed internet services and proliferation of tablets and smart phones, the number of networked devices would double to around 2 billion in the country by 2016, networking company Cisco has said. "In India, there will be two billion networked devices in 2016, up from one billion in 2011," Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast said. Globally, the forecast projects there will be nearly 18.9...
08:54 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Jamshedpur: Tata's JUSCO is a company that takes its Corporate Social Responsibility very seriously. It is the equivalent of a municipal corporation for Jamshedpur, providing 24-hour portable drinking water, uninterrupted power supply and infrastructure for the local population. For the not-so-privileged of Jamshepdur, a regular day begins stocking up drinking water from a tanker. A free service by the Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company Limited, popularly called JUSCO, the TATA...
09:50 AM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Thursday announced the results for the Combined Defence Services (CDS) examination for the year 2011. A total of 356 candidates have qualified for admission to the 133rd Course of Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun; Naval Academy, Ezhimala, Kerala and Air Force Academy, Hyderabad (Pre-Flying) Training Course. The exams were held by the UPSC in September 2011 and the interviews were held...
10:50 PM, May 31, 2012
Oro Valley: The summer travel season has arrived, and with gas prices going down, it's time to plan a road trip. For a Memorial Day weekend trip to Arizona, I checked four free services that provide driving directions - Google, Yahoo, AOL's MapQuest and Microsoft's Bing. I made it from Phoenix's airport to a friend's wedding outside Tucson without getting lost, and I made several sightseeing stops along the way...
10:47 AM, May 31, 2012
Moody's Investors Service says the depreciating rupee will only have a "limited" impact on India's sovereign ratings, as only 7 per cent of total government debt is placed overseas, comprising 5 pct of gross domestic product. The bigger pain would come in the private sector, Moody's said in a weekly credit report out on Monday, given that a falling rupee will raise the cost of paying back foreign currency borrowings....
03:04 AM, May 29, 2012
Cuttack: Services on Monday clinched the 66th Santosh Trophy after beating Tamil Nadu 3-2 in a pulsating final at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Monday. Services mid-fielder Sanju Subba (45th) scored the first goal - his right footer curling away from Tamil Nadu goalkeeper Akhil Soman. Subrata Sarkar doubled the lead in the 49th minute while VV Farhad tapped it past an onrushing Akhil for Services' third goal in...
09:56 PM, May 28, 2012
Kolkata: For the convenience of passengers travelling by Metro during peak hours, the underground train services would now be available at an interval of every five minutes, officials said on Monday. Metro spokesperson and DGM Protyush Ghosh said the new rescheduled timing would be applicable from Tuesday during peak hours. At present Metro services are available at a gap of every six minutes as the trains make 270 trips during...
09:40 PM, May 28, 2012
Nairobi: Bharti Airtel said on Sunday it would roll out 3G services in Rwanda in the next quarter and reiterated plans to invest $100 million in the central African country. Airtel launched its mobile services in Rwanda in March, and presently runs a 2G network. It said then that IBM and Ericsson would help build and manage its network. "Although Kigali is currently operating on a 2G network, the company...
01:57 AM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: The government on Thursday approved starting a passenger bus service to Myanmar and increasing the number of flights to the neighbouring country. "The Cabinet has approved the proposal for introduction of bus service in its meeting today," a source said. The proposal, mooted by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, is for signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the neighbouring country for the introduction of passenger...
07:46 PM, May 24, 2012
The Indian Engineering Services (IES/ES) constitute of engineers that work under the government of India to manage a large segment of public sector economy which constitutes Railroads, Public works, Power, Telecommunications, etc. A combined competitive examination is conducted by the Union Public Services Commission (UPSC) for recruitment to the Indian Engineering Services. The Examination constitutes of a written examination followed by an interview for personality test. The recruitment of qualified...
05:26 PM, May 22, 2012
India has extensive forests which are an important resource. India thus requires scientific management of its forests. The British India Government recognized the need of a premier forest management service and constituted the Imperial Forest Service in 1867. The Imperial Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, presently & popularly known all over the world as FRI was established at Dehradun in 1906. Since then, the training program shifted to Dehradun. The subject...
03:54 PM, May 22, 2012
The Indian Civil Service forms the backbone of the Indian government machinery and constitutes all the major departments which run the state and central administration. The three types of services recruited through the Civil Services Examination are All India Services, Central Services, and State Services. The Civil Services examination is one of the most prestigious examinations conducted by UPSC. Historically it has been of the most sought after career by...
03:45 PM, May 22, 2012
The Union Public Service Commission, popularly known as UPSC, was accorded a constitutional status as an autonomous entity in the new constitution on 26th January, 1950. One of the major functions of the Commission is recruitment to services and posts under the Union through conduct of competitive examinations. The Commission usually conducts a number of examinations every year on an all-India basis for direct recruitment in various fields, such as...
03:36 PM, May 22, 2012
London: A new mobile service will soon give parents control over their children's cellphone use, whom they chat with or text and also allow them to switch off their phones, wherever they are. Mobile phone company Bemilo is offering the service to parents worried about text bullying, sexting and the disruptive use of phones in schools. It will operate on Vodafone network. Campaigners say the phone deal, which is intended...
10:10 AM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: Cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines has paid Rs 15 crore as service tax dues in April this year but is still to pay up Rs 54 crore arrear, Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) Chairman SK Goel said on Monday. "They (Kingfisher Airlines) are paying their monthly dues every month. They are also paying their arrears. Last month, they paid about Rs 15 crore...Rs 54 crore total arrears left,"...
01:57 AM, May 22, 2012
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