Google.org has announced a contest, called Google.org Gram Panchayat Puraskar (GGPP) which will reward the top five Gram Panchayats in the two Indian states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The reward entails a cash prize worth – INR 5 lakh each (approximately $10,000 USD). This reward aims at recognising the best innovations in local governance through Gram Panchayats in the two South Indian states.
In a partnership for financial inclusion for the excluded, Punjab National Bank (PNB) and Finacle of Infosys Technologies Ltd (Infosys) tied up for core banking services in rural areas. It is said that Finacle will provide new age technology laden banking solution across PNB
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), India’s leading telecom service provider, yesterday announced the launch of India’s first 3G services at India Telecom 2008. The country’s first video call was enabled by Motorola’s 3G network and Motorola’s MOTORAZR2 V9 Ferrari Special Edition mobile phone…
Google announced its India Zeitgeist, a look at 2008 through the collective eyes of the Indian users on the web…
Bartronics Asia Pvt. Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bartronics India Ltd has secured EPPU (Expenditure and Procurement Policies Unit) registration with a S10 (highest) grade from the Singapore Government…
At India Telecom 2008, Sriram Viswanathan, Intel vice president and general manager of the WiMAX Program Office, announced that Intel Corporation is working with Indian service providers and device manufacturers to help bring WiMAX-ready notebooks and netbooks to the India market segment mid-2009…
All one hundred and eighty nine panchayats in Goa are computerised, thereby paving the way for e-governance at grass root level…
The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh will launch the country’s first 3G services on the occasion of inaugurating the India Telecom 2008 today in New Delhi. The service will enable transfer of high speed data, video streaming etc. on mobile phones. The public sector MTNL is rolling out the 3G service…
MCD’s municipal hospitals and the Town Planning department is soon to go online. Land and property records of the corporation are also being digitalised. The MCD has further allied with the Delhi Government for PAMS…
The revised spectrum charges for 2G spectrum as proposed by DoT and endorsed by Authority is as follows: the new revised slab rates applicable to an operator with 2G spectrum …
