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Eagle eye: Kerala district to monitor NREGS online

IANS - 08:26 AM

Kalpetta (Kerala), May 12 (IANS) Transparency is the name of the game. The names of job seekers, the wages they are paid and many other details of employment under the government's flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) will soon be made available online in a Kerala district.

  • Software company in Rs.800 mn scam: ex-students IANS - Sat, May 10

    Chennai, May 10 (IANS) A case of cheating has been registered Saturday against Shiv Kumar, the promoter of software company Vispro, for allegedly cheating software professionals to the tune of Rs.800 million ($20 million), the police said.

  • Yahoo-Google pact seen likely after 'brilliant' trial IANS - Fri, May 9

    San Francisco, May 9 (DPA) An advertising alliance between Yahoo and Google was viewed as increasingly likely Friday after Google CEO Eric Schmidt said a two-week test had been a 'brilliant' success.

  • Kerala software exports touch Rs.12 bn IANS - Fri, May 9

    Thiruvananthapuram, May 8 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Friday said software exports from the state touched Rs.12 billion for the last fiscal.

  • South African mobile firm confirms Bharti Airtel bid IANS - Tue, May 6

    Johannesburg, May 6 (IANS) After nearly two weeks of speculation and denials, the South African mobile network company MTN has said it is in 'exploratory' discussions with the New Delhi-based Bharti group for a possible takeover or a strategic alliance.

  • 'Offshore angel' restored an Aussie's faith in call centres IANS - Tue, May 6

    Sydney, May 6 (IANS) The thought of your call being diverted to a call centre thousands of miles away often arouses feelings ranging from uncertainty and insecurity to sheer disdain, but for one Australian it restored his faith in call centres.

  • What to avoid when buying a notebook IANS - Tue, May 6

    Washington, May 6 (DPA) Go shopping for a notebook computer today, and you're likely to focus on the specs that manufacturers tout: dual core processor, large screen, size, and lightweight.

  • Nethotzone launches free Internet kiosk for farmers IANS - Mon, May 5

    Ahmedabad, May 5 (IANS) City-based Nethotzone Monday announced that it would launch a free internet kiosk at an agricultural fair being held in Vadodara to provide valuable information to farmers free of cost.

  • Chinese official denies government hand in cyber attacks IANS - Mon, May 5

    New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Chinese officials Monday dismissed as 'baseless' reports that their government was involved in cyber warfare targeting Indian computer networks and stressed that such activities were not in sync with the developing trust between the two countries.

  • Security gaps discovered in Adobe Flash Player, updates recommended IANS - Sun, May 4

    Bonn, May 4 (DPA) Users of Adobe Flash Player are advised to update the latest version of the software after security gaps were discovered in early releases of the media viewer.

  • Nine of 10 e-mails are spam IANS - Sun, May 4

    Mainz (Germany), May 4 (DPA) Most daily e-mails are not sent between friends or even business partners. Instead, 92 percent of e-mails sent between January and March 2008 were spam.

  • Pakistan erects mobile towers near LoC, worries India IANS - Sun, May 4

    New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) In what Indian security officials find alarming, Pakistani mobile phone service providers are believed to have erected nine mobile towers in their territory along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.

  • Lockheed Martin reaches out to Indian innovators IANS - Wed, Apr 30

    New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Buoyed by the response to its initiative in reaching out to young Indian innovators to enable them translate their ideas into commercial products, US aerospace major Lockheed Martin is extending the programme beyond its original two-year timeline.

  • Sops for software firms extended by a year IANS - Tue, Apr 29

    New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Bowing to the demands of the IT industry, the government Tuesday announced the extension of the tax benefit scheme given to the country's software firms.

  • China's mobile phone users rise to 574 mn IANS - Fri, Apr 25

    Beijing, April 25 (Xinhua) The number of mobile phone subscribers in China has risen to 574 million by March as more fixed-line users switched to mobile services on lower rates, according to the ministry of industry and information.

  • Future computers will talk and feel IANS - Wed, Apr 23

    London, April 23 (IANS) A computer that can interact with humans and react to their non-verbal gestures is being developed by a European team.

  • Biocon net zooms by 275 percent IANS - Tue, Apr 22

    Bangalore, April 22 (IANS) Biocon Ltd posted has a net profit of Rs.4.35 billion (approx $108 million) for fiscal 2007-08, registering a whopping 275 percent increase year-on-year (YoY) over the same period last year at Rs.1.58 billion.

  • Existing IITs opposed opening new ones this year IANS - Tue, Apr 22

    New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The seven existing Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) - respected globally as institutions of excellence - had opposed the opening of three more IITs this year but the government went ahead anyway.

  • Tata Consultancy posts 19.3 percent growth in 2007-08 IANS - Mon, Apr 21

    Mumbai, April 21 (IANS) Despite fears of a global meltdown in the IT sector, India's leading software service provider Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has reported a 19.3 percent growth in net profit at Rs.50.26 billion ($1.25 billion) in 2007-08 fiscal.

  • Zip, zap...IIT Delhi's F1 car for Silverstone circuit IANS - Sat, Apr 19

    New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) A Formula 1 car designed by students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi will zip zap zoom on the famous Silverstone circuit - which hosts the British Grand Prix - in July.

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