The information technology sector employs 650,000 workers and professionals directly or indirectly and makes a contribution of 2.4 per cent to India's GDP and 20.4 per cent to its exports, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday.
Communications and Information Technology Minister A Raja on Wednesday warned that withdrawal of Income Tax holiday to Software Technology Parks (STP) in 2010-11 Budget will have 'devastating' effect. He said that the STP scheme should be modified to push growth in the IT sector.
30 companies belonging to the Tata group are listed and have a combined market cap of 478,659 crore.
The millineum's first Mahamasthabhisheka of the 57-ft granite monolith of Lord Bahubali, atop the Vindhyagiri hills in Karanataka will have a Amateur Radio (HAM) facility to assist organisers in communication.
As a direct fallout of the controversy over the Vedic Village resort, the West Bengal government has decided to scrap its proposed IT township, meant to accommodate Infosys and Wipro, near the resort.
On Thursday, Sabeer Bhatia, chief executive and co-founder of Jaxtr, launched a global SIM card for travellers.
The Vellore Institute of Technology invites applications for admission to its BTech programmes.
The telecom regulator on Friday released a list of 40 "defaulter" principal entities, including large banks like HDFC Bank, SBI and ICICI Bank, that are not fulfilling the regulatory norms on bulk commercial messages despite repeated reminders. Hardening its stance on the issue, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) warned that defaulting entities should comply with the stipulated requirements by March 31, 2021 "to avoid any disruption in the communication with customers" from April 1, 2021. "As sufficient opportunity has been given to principal entities/ telemarketers to comply with the regulatory requirements and that the consumers cannot be deprived of the benefits of the regulatory provisions any further, therefore it has been decided that from April 1, 2021, any message failing in the scrubbing process due to non-compliance of regulatory requirements will be rejected" by the system, TRAI said in a statement.
Minister of Communications and Information Technology A Raja said he would consider reducing telephone tariffs after he assumed charge of his ministry.
Modi will have a number of high-profile multilateral and bilateral meetings with global leaders including United States Vice President Mike Pence and Singapore premier Lee Hsein Loong.
Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) reports that applications are invited for Full Time/Part Time PhD Programmes 2007-2008
Nasscom estimates say that 2.4 million jobs would to be created for IT personnel by the end of the Tenth Five-Year Plan.
In a communication to the empowered committee on PLI recently, the Indian Cellular & Electronics Association (ICEA) has stated that except one player (Samsung), all the other eight players (which include vendors of Apple Inc) selected under the scheme were facing numerous challenges in fulfilling the qualification criteria.
If the April launch of the Chandrayaan-2, the country's second mission to the Moon, is not possible, then the ISRO will aim for a launch by October.
More Indians preferred tablets for their computing needs in 2011-12 than netbooks, a smaller form of a laptop.
The government is currently also revising its MSIPS policy to extend its mandate apart from making it more investor friendly.
'We have filed our draft red herring prospectus for a floating IPO for a net offer size of 86.6 million shares.'
Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Milind Deora on why he wrote to the President asking that Kasab be executed soon.
'Initially, Gift City was just another real estate project, but all that changed with Modi moving to New Delhi,' notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
He said India has a rich tradition and a long history of both discovery and use of science and technology.
When Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Milind Deora wrote to President Pranab Mukherjee asking Kasab be executed soon.
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal invites applications for its M Tech / MSc / MBA / PhD Programmes 2007-2008.
Hackers attempted to break into different websites of Andhra Pradesh Government departments on Monday even as a security audit was being conducted at the State Data Centre maintained by Wipro.
The survey covered 47,535 households in rural areas and 36,065 households in urban areas.
'Everyone is confused, lost, worried and unsure about the future.' 'Regular communication from the owners or leaders will keep anxiety at bay for employees.'
To believe that the key job of his senior ministers is to ensure that his image be kept intact whatever be the outcome of his policies is to expect too much even of someone as ambitious as Narendra Modi, asserts Rashme Sehgal.
Today, the biggest challenge for any state is to evolve indigenous hardware options. It is important for the states like Germany, India etc to increase their stakes in the global IT setup and this could allow them to control the US domination, says Ajey Lele.
Tele/video-consults have been effective for patients requiring post-hospitalisation follow-up, especially if they are from outside the city; patients with chronic diseases that need periodic monitoring; and pregnant women who require routine checkup with minimum exposure.
Secusmart provides high-security voice and data encryption and anti-eavesdropping solutions for government organisations, enterprises and telecommunications service providers in Germany as well as globally.
Cyber laws and communications experts feel that Union Minister Kapil Sibal's suggestion of pre-monitoring content of social media websites is a flawed argument, which completely ignores the pre-existing IT-Act in the country, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
IT spending in India is projected to rise 6 per cent to $81.9 billion in 2021 compared to this year on the back of growth across segments like enterprise software and IT services, research firm Gartner said on Monday. IT spending in 2020 is expected to total $79.3 billion, down 8.4 per cent from 2019. "The COVID-19 pandemic stalled many digital transformation projects for Indian enterprises, mainly because of the market uncertainties and reduced cash flows," Gartner research vice president Arup Roy said.
Minister of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora on Tuesday slammed the Mumbai police for 'acting in haste' by arresting two young girls for their Facebook post questioning shutdown of the city for Bal Thackeray's funeral and called for checks to prevent misuse of the IT Act.
'What kind of insensitivity does it take to get taxpayers to cough up for an aircraft costing a few billion for your personal use, at a time when the country you head is in so much trouble?' asks Sherna Gandhy.
He also said the government should reform its policy to safeguard privacy of its citizens.
The protocol aims to "democratise" lending, reduce costs of credit, and ensure accessibility of credit to small companies and street vendors, according to Nandan Nilekani.
Unique Identification Authority of India said the alleged data breach took place on a website that does not belong to it.
Electronic hardware is going to be the next big thing following the success story of software sector, which now contributes eight per cent to the gross domestic product, besides providing jobs to 2.9 million people.
Agarwal said that the current 'R0' or R naught for the coronavirus infection is somewhere between 1.5 and 4.
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