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Now your US Visa interview on Video Conferencing !
There is good news for those who have to travel far off places at main centers of visa interview, like Mumbai, for the purpose of getting clearance to travel to the United States. They have already made the Visa application filling fully…
Bharti Seals Zain Deal to Fulfill its African Dreams
Finally, Bharti Airtel can now be termed as emerging-market multinational. Bharti and Zain Telecom on Tuesday signed a legally binding agreement in Amsterdam where Bharti acquired most of the African assets of Kuwait’s Zain telecom for a…
Rupee Dollar Fight – Rupee back in limelight !
Rupee has again started scaling heights that we saw in 2007 & early 2008. I have been following Rupee Dollar exchange rates closely for a while now, and from what I can see 2010 mat well see rupee breaching the Rs. 40 mark once…
Bank Fixed Deposit rates at lowest – Will it rise?
Returns from bank Fixed deposit (FD) are at their lowest point, attracting lower interest from the retail investors on account of low value for money when compared with high inflation rates. This leads to very negligible real rate of return…
Understanding Patents: An Overview [Part 2]
This is the second in a series of articles about intellectual properties. The first article gave an overview of the differences between patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks. It is recommended that you read that article before…
Top Ethical Companies in the world – Not a Single Indian !
In this era of hyper-competition and result-oriented nature of businesses, it is difficult to run huge empires on ethical grounds and standards. Ethics refers to the study and process of human conduct, as a part of the society or an…
2010 brings in Education Revolution of Sorts !
Calendar year 2010 is proving to be a revolutionary year for the Education industry. The sector has witnessed a slew of initiatives under the leadership of HRD minister Kapil Sibal to say the least.
The ministry has clearly conveyed its…
Copyrights, Patents & Intellectual Property Rights: An Overview
I am not a lawyer, so do not treat this as legal advice. However, I have learnt about copyrights, patents and other intellectual property issues the hard way, and hence feel qualified to give you practical 'big picture' advice (which might…
Unique Identification (UID) to Foreigners as well !
Once the Unique Identification (UID) scheme is implemented, don’t be surprised to know that even the foreigners could be eligible to get a UID card to be registered in their name under the scheme. The government is planning to inculcate a…
India’s GDP to touch 205 Trillion Rupees by 2020: Edelweiss Report
On March 17, Edelweiss Capital has released a research report “India 2020, Seeing Beyond’ which says that India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is likely to quadruple over a period of 10 years. It further states that India is likely to be a…
Asia’s Economic clout Post-Global Recession !
The Asian economies have come out stronger than the western countries in the face revival period witnessed over last one year after witnessing a huge impact of global recession.
The global recession has ensured an actual shift in…
Best & Top ZooZoo Advertisements during IPL
TV Commercials during NFL Season are major talking point in the U.S. However, I see that no one talks about Indian TV advertisements during major events. Last year ZOOZOO Ads were craze during IPL, every one was talking about it. Even…
Delhi gets First Public Air Purifier System – We also want it !
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…
Foreign Universities to Set up Campuses in India – Will it change the landscape of Higher…
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…
Richest people on earth: 2 Indians make in top 5 billionaires list !
Indian Billionaire’s have made pretty big strides in their net worth over last year. Forbes released their annual list of Billionaire’s and 2 Indians feature amongst the top 5 ! There are some notable changes at the top of the list as…
B-School Placement Salaries: Are we being told the real Truth?
Finally, the placement season of ‘Top’ Indian MBA grads has begun (or, shall I say, ended the way it’s been projected that all have been placed already?). And with the placement seasons come eye-popping Salary figures as headlines in major…
Ecologically Green: Biodegradable Chewing Gum finds its Way on the Street
Chicza chewing gums, who claim to be the first ones to manufacture biodegradable chewing gum ever sold, went on sale in Waitrose stores in Britain. It is organic and biodegradable chewing gum pitted against highly-adhesive chewing gums…
30 Terabyte Hard-drive by an Indian – Gets offered 1.4 cr salary by Seagate !
Microsoft Founder Bill Gates once said (I admit it is so clichéd to quote this), “640K ought to be enough for anybody” – Even a 64 Gigabyte Hard-Disk is now looked down upon. 30 years since that statement was made, we are now looking at…
Now a Mobile Phone that runs on AAA battery !
With Urban mobile subscriber base close to saturation point, most of the handset manufacturers are aggressively targeting the rural Indian market to increase their subscriber base. However, one of the biggest impediments is that many…
Bangalore Cops Armed With Blackberries, Will It Help Keep Corruption In Check
Next time you see a cop on Bangalore’s road playing around with a Blackberry in his hand, you better be careful.He might just be checking your history of traffic violations and might hold you down for not clearing you earlier violations.…