Telecom
Super secure, Blackphone hacked at DefCon
12 Aug 2014
Reliance Jio joins Cellular Operators Association of India as core member
12 Aug 2014
Earlier, COAI had opposed the Department of Telecom's issuance of a unified licence to RJI against payment of about Rs1,673 crore in 2013
Yahoo joins Google to boost email security
08 Aug 2014
Tech giants are teaming up to strengthen their defences against government intrusion and hacking
Apple, Samsung to end patent war outside US
07 Aug 2014
While the two companies would withdraw ongoing legal proceedings regarding patent infringement outside the US, ongoing cases in US courts would proceed for now
Facebook joins GSM operators lobby group COAI
07 Aug 2014
Facebook becomes the first non-telecom company to join COAI, whose membership was restricted to cellular operators and telecom infrastructure companies
Telefonica offers to pay $8.9 bn for GVT
05 Aug 2014
The deal would create the largest telecom provider in Brazil
Google tip off leads to arrest over child abuse
05 Aug 2014
Micromax overtakes Samsung to emerge as India’s largest mobile phone supplier
05 Aug 2014
Micromax had a 16.6 per cent share of India's handset shipments in the April-June quarter while Samsung saw its share fall to 14.4 per cent
Nigeria to cut telecom taxes to boost investment
04 Aug 2014
Telcos owe DoT over Rs2,100-cr penalty for subscriber non-verification: CAG
04 Aug 2014
Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular, Reliance Telecom, Aircel, Tata Tele and BSNL together owe the Department of Telecom (DoT) Rs2,116.95 crore in penalties for non-compliance of subscriber verification
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
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India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation