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CurrentAffairs Trade: The ban imposed on offshoring of government IT and back office projects to locations such as India by state of OHIO in US is against the spirit of free world trade and amounts to creating trade barriers. This decision could trigger similar measures in other U.S. States. This measure is not in the spirit of Indo-US strategic partnership.
“The competency of the automotive and allied industry in producing next generation products lies in its ability to integrate electronics and Information Technology in automotive engineering. The industry, which already accounts for about 60% of the global software requirements, is able to achieve greater levels of customization, is heavily dependent on IT for mass customization,” said Mr A Viswanathan, Country [...]
Eye hospitals should use ICT to provide eye care to rural patients. Though there are at least 15 million people in Tamilnadu State who need eye care, only 20% actually receive it, said Mr R D Thulasiraj, Executive Director, Aravind Eye Hospitals. Speaking at a panel discussion on ‘Creating Health Next’ at Connect 2010, India’s premier ICT event, being organised [...]
India can become a global ‘smart power’ if the government and the industry focus on hardware, rural employment, and R&D in order to connect the ‘disconnected’ – people who are left out by ICT revolution, and to leverage the country’s two key strengths of availability of skilled manpower and large consumer market, said Mr V Narayanasamy, Union Minister of State [...]
“Electronic manufacturing sector has the potential to create 16 million additional jobs in the next four years, and 28 million jobs in the next ten years, if we could focus on policies and interventions that create a critical mass in terms of production facilities and staying power in manufacturing,” said Mr Ramamurthy Sivakumar, Managing Director, Intel India.
Over 1.06 lack candidates did not turn up for verification of certificates so that they can be considered for engineering counseling . This accounts for nearly 31.60 percent of the total qualified candidates in the engineering stream of the EAMCET examination. This is despite the fees reimbursement facility extended by the state government . The number of reluctant candidates is [...]
India is gradually marching ahead to become a knowledge hub in the world thanks to various measures taken by the Government through its Literacy Mission and reforms in the education sector. Realizing that creation of new knowledge and its dissemination are critical to the progress and development of the society, the government has been taking effective steps like strengthening of [...]
With 16.92 Million new additions in wireless, the number of telephone subscribers in India increased to 688.38 Million at the end of July 2010. With this increase from 671.69 Million in June-2010 at a growth rate of 2.49% the overall Tele-density in India has reached 58.17.However, Wireline subscription has declined to 35.96.
The Standing Committee of Parliament, which thoroughly examined The Companies Bill, 2009, has observed that there are several matters included in the Bill, which need modification with a view to harmonizing them with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The Committee has, therefore, desired that all such matters requiring harmonization with IFRS should be considered and appropriate amendments may be [...]
India and Poland have signed a cooperation programme in the field of culture for the years 2010-2013. The signing ceremony was held in New Delhi yesterday after the delegation level talks between the two countries led by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Prime Minister of Poland Shri Donald Tusk. The programme envisages among other things cooperation in the domain [...]
The Indian Air Force (IAF) would usher in a modern, state-of-the-art digital information grid by dedicating Air Force Network (AFNET), a fully secure and reliable network to the nation making it a true net-centric combat force. The AFNET replaces the IAF’s old communication network set-up using the tropo-scatter technology of the 1950s.
Current Affairs Health: The Government of India and Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) today signed a three year grant agreement for US $ 128.4 million (Rupees 609.9 crore) to support the continuation of flagship programmes of National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), M/o Health & Family Welfare. The agreement was signed during a meeting between Shri K. [...]
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