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Why switching off lights for an hour matters?

by rabigupta on March 19, 2010

India joined Earth Hour movement last year and it saved about 1000 Mega Watt of Power. This is huge, but there are many people who don’t believe that switching off lights for an hour really makes sense. India faces 20,000 MW of power shortage and initiatives like this can’t help much in a country where [...]

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Every School will have an IT Teacher – You just cant stop Sibal, Can you ?

by Arun Prabhudesai

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Now here is another announcement by Mr. Kapil Sibal –
“We have now a policy. All schools will have an ICT (Information and Communications Technology) teacher. We will pay their salary, which is Rs.10,000 per month”

I don’t think any other HRD minister has made such significant announcements in education so regular basis, We have had [...]

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Delhi gets First Public Air Purifier System – We also want it !

by Viral Dholakia

Delhi seems to be a lucky city – Some days back, it became first city in India to get remote controlled street lighting system, Now it becomes first city to get the first Public Air Purifier System.
Air pollution is bad for humans, there are no two ways about it. It is one the primary reasons [...]

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Trak.in was Hacked – Please Ignore previous post on “Unlock Iphone”

by Arun Prabhudesai

Its unfortunate ! – Trak.in was hacked this evening and hacker was able to post 2 spammy post. It took us around 20 – 25 minutes before we came to know and deleted it.
Unfortunately, Google’s efficiency ensured that post was indexed by Google immediately and it also went to all the RSS readers and Email [...]

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Indian Media & Entertainment Industry Report – To cross 1 trillion rupee mark by 2014 !

by Arun Prabhudesai

Media & Entertainment Industry is big in India spearheaded by the Largest Film Industry in the world – The Bollywood. Although last couple of years have not been good due to recession, the Industry is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13 per cent over the next five years. M&E [...]

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Foreign Universities to Set up Campuses in India – Will it change the landscape of Higher Educational System?

by Viral Dholakia

Most analysts had ruled out further push to the Reform process for the Education industry at least during the FY 2010-11 with nothing to hear in the Finance minister’s Union Budget 2010 speech except an incremental allocation of additional 15% for the sector from the previous year’s Rs. 26, 800 crore to Rs.31, 036 crore [...]

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Does Aircel PEEK Email-only device make sense?

by Arun Prabhudesai

By now, I am sure you may learned about the new Email-Only mobile device – PEEK. It sure has some amount of novelty factor, but does it really make sense – I think NOT !

Lets quickly look at the PEEK advantages – To be honest, I don’t see any if I compare it to [...]

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Tata DOCOMO does it again: Now offers Mobile Daily Plans!

by Arun Prabhudesai

Tata DOCOMO keep surprising us with their offerings – They have been innovative from the word go. Even though they launched their services much later than most of the peers, they have probably done more in changing the landscape on how we use our mobile services.
From one second billing to unlimited GPRS plans to pay [...]

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Accreditation for Hospitals – A step in right direction !

by Viral Dholakia

The health care industry in India is emerging as one of the fastest growing sector of the country. The industry has witnessed a fast growth in areas of medical insurance and tourism. To an extent, the market for high-end health care services with the comfort of luxurious hospitalization is also witnessing a growth, if the [...]

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Internet Access at workplace: Should be or Should Not ?

by Arun Prabhudesai

Internet access at workplaces is restricted in most of the big & medium sized companies. They restrict blogs, social-networking, shopping sites, popular email sites (Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo), forums, dating sites from being accessed while at work. Most companies do this as they think Internet access will affect productivity.

The question is – Does banning / [...]

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Bitter Pill: Is Sugar Industry headed for a Down cycle?

by Viral Dholakia

Just as the world was witnessing a gradual recovery, over the last year, from the worst crises after the Great Depression, the asset class which clearly stood out and could be easily termed as a star performer for the FY 2009-10 is Sugar as a commodity.

Sugar – As the best performer? Na…A jackpot by [...]

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Media Monday: IPL counter strategy by Channels-will it work?

by rabigupta

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IPL may be a hit among masses but I’m sure that it’s a nightmare for marketing guys of all other channels (except Set Max). All major entertainment channels started preparing long back to counter IPL. And its time to analyze what they are doing and whether its helping them or [...]

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How To Sell It Like Steve Jobs ? Apple iPad Selling Like Hot Cakes

by Ankit Agarwal

Call him crazy, arrogant and what not.But Steve Jobs does what he does best, “Sell a product like no one else can”. Well, the technology that goes in any Apple product is top notch too, but then so is the price.However, Steve Jobs manages to hypnotize the target audience with his presentation skills and make [...]

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Expressing Digitally: Bharti Airtel forays into Digital Media and Entertainment Business

by Viral Dholakia

The telecom market in India is slowly maturing and coming at terms to the reality of end of an era of weighing its business prospects led by higher average revenue per user (ARPUs) basis to gradually shifting at encoding the industry prospects, in this new decade, where the business may well be dictated by the [...]

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Indian Internet dilemma!

by rabigupta

I know each one of you is expecting an IPL post here, but I believe that you will be reading this post only if- 1. You are not watching IPL or 2. You are not watching IPL over youtube :).
It’s amazing how this internet industry has transformed and has changed many lives. No one could [...]

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