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5 qualities of top women in Indian corporates!

by Kaushambi on February 7, 2012 |

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If you’ve read out earlier feature which covered the top 10 Indian businesswomen last year, then you’ll find this post to be more of an extension of the same. What are the qualities that what have gotten Indian women to the top spots of India Inc? Is it just about having a tough facade, compromising [...]

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Why IKEA may change household furniture Industry in India!

by Kaushambi
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Although the Scandinavian giant IKEA has been trying to come to India since 2000, it hasn’t been able to set itself up yet. And this was mainly because of the tight FDI rules in India until recently. But with the Indian government having finally shifted from a 51 percent foreign ownership cap to 100 percent [...]

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Wow! Indians most willing to donate to Wikipedia…

by Arun Prabhudesai
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This is one news that has made me really happy – According to the study published by Wikimedia, Indians have expressed strongest desire to donate to Wikipedia. Over 42% of Indians are willing to donate as compared to 33% Americans. Wikipedia concluded its annual fundraising on January 2nd and raised a record-breaking USD 20 …

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Now, IRCTC SMS will serve as E-Ticket for train travel!

by Arun Prabhudesai
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Indian Railways is bringing up much needed changes to the system and making life easier for Indian train travelers. For few years now, the only accepted way for E-Ticket confirmation was carrying a physical paper printout of tickets booked online. Tons of paper was wasted purely on this. Few months back, IRCTC announced that …

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UIDAI Phase III Approved & Funded – 20 Cr. Aadhaar cards to be released by March!

by Editorial Staff
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Its nice to see that UIDAI is not only back on tracks, but they are now aggressively setting targets to achieve. Here is a statement released by Government yesterday, The Cabinet Committee on Unique Identification Authority of India related issues (CC-UIDAI) today approved commencement of Phase-Ill of the UID scheme …

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Facebook, Google warned by Delhi High Court Judge – Like China, We will block websites!

by Arun Prabhudesai
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The content filtering row heats up again – A Delhi High Court Judge sent a stern warning to Social Networking site Facebook & Google to ensure checks on Objectionable material uploaded to their websites by users. Justice Suresh Kait told both the company representatives that – “Like China, we will block all …

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Single Brand Retail – Indian Govt. approves 100% FDI!

by Arun Prabhudesai
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Unlike Multi-brand Retail, which faced stiff resistance, Single Brand Retail Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) seems to have been approved without a hitch! Indian Ministry of Commerce & Industry has just released a notification announcing approval for 100% FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) in Single Brand Retail. Earlier, only 51% foreign investment was allowed. …

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Majority Indians still prefer going abroad to work!

by Arun Prabhudesai
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Indians are still attracted to West when it come to employment – Although, India is dubbed globally as land of opportunities, majority of Indians want to go abroad to work. That’s the finding by Work monitor report released by Ma Foi Randstad. And if you think money is the criteria for the move abroad, …

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Top 10 Indian bestselling business books of 2011!

by Kaushambi
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A list of the top 10 bestselling books of 2011 in India would typically include the well known names of Chetan Bhagat, Amish and their likes. But a list of bestselling books in the business category is rare. Let’s take a look at the Top 10 business bestselling books in India in 2011, with a [...]

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MIT scientists develop camera that shoots Trillion Frames Per Sec [Indian Connection]

by Arun Prabhudesai
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I am sure you are aware ultra slow motion cameras – the ones that are used in cricket matches to show those super slow motion videos (of run-outs, cricket shots etc). Those are sophisticated video cameras that shoot at over 1000 Frames per second (FPS) and can capture details that are hardly visible to human [...]

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Linkedin most overused Buzzwords 2011 – Indians go from “DYNAMIC” to “EFFECTIVE”!

by Arun Prabhudesai
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When ever you come across any resume or a LinkedIn profile or even a bio written by self – More often than not, you will find buzzwords, which have become kind of default. Infact, sometimes they are so overused, that they create an exact opposite impression of what the meaning stands. Linkedin yesterday …

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Common Entrance Test for all Under/Post Graduate Medical courses very soon!

by Arun Prabhudesai
commonexams Single entrance Test for MBBS from 2011 – A blessing for the students!

Much to the relief of lakhs of students aspiring to go into field of medicine, Central Government has announced that it will soon be conducting common entrance test viz. National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to Under Graduate (UG) and Post Graduate (PG) medical courses in the country. The Supreme Court of …

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Impact Person of the Year Award 2011 goes to Agnello Dias of TapRoot – Advertising finally gets its due![Event]

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[Note: This event coverage is written by Mr. Pavan R Chawla, Vice President -- Media & Entertainment of Adfactors PR Pvt. Ltd.] Finally, when Chief Guest Shivraj Patil, the Governor of Punjab (and former Home Minister of India) announced the winners of top Industry Award Jagran Presents Impact Person of the Year 2011, it …

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Kolaveri Di notches 2.1 lakh downloads on Airtel Alone! [Airtel Mobitude 2011 stats]

by Arun Prabhudesai
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Airtel has released its annual customer preferences survey – Airtel Mobitude 2011 – of over 170 Million of its mobile subscribers. Except for Kolaveri Di unexpected success, most of the findings are pretty much in line with general mobile user trends. Music downloads is one of the favorite activities of mobile users in India, …

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Awesome Online, Social & Mobile Statistics on Indian Consumers!

by Arun Prabhudesai
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“Did you know that 31% of rural Indians have not even heard about internet (That’s more than entire population of Brazil). On the other hand, India has crossed 100 Million internet user landmark and average Indian internet users spends about 26 minutes on internet every day. India is diverse in every way you can imagine [...]

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