The government also wants to ensure that content meant for radicalising youths, from outfits like Islamic State, doesn't find circulation in India.
Free Basics offers a limited version of the Internet on mobile phones.
Whether the experiment will continue will be determined after assessing the impact of these 15 days - from January 1 to 15
Dealers say there's been a 20-25 per cent drop in demand.
Most of the apps have been developed in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati and other regional languages
But mobile wallet companies say many consumers are not ready to give out their PAN
Tech giant says it's also targeting millions of small ventures and other potential users.
Exports in October and November fell 28 per cent and 17 per cent, respectively.
The Kunal Bahl-led firm wants to add 1,000 sellers every three months in its loan scheme.
Pichai will visit India accompanied by the heads of various Google business units
A weaker rupee against the US dollar and the Japanese yen along with margin sustenance pressures have forced companies to raise prices.
There are around 4,500 tech-based start-ups in India.
Companies are using additional service workforce and offering part waivers on charges to affected car owners.
The George Institute for Global Health has launched a nutrition application in India for this, called FoodSwitch.
Leading tyre maker Apollo also saw a production loss of 450 tonnes till December 2.
For the first time the government is organising an event where consolidated efforts would be made to help start-ups.
In 2014, foreign tourist arrivals grew by 10.2 per cent over 2013.
HMSI is likely to announce a tie-up with Snapdeal for online two-wheeler sales next month.
Yatra sees 15-20% cancellations in confirmed bookings to France.
He will be in Mumbai for a day to deliver a keynote address at Future Unleashed.
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