News, Analysis & Opinion about Indian Business
To take on Zee’s Indian Cricket League, the recently formed Indian Premier League (IPL) by BCCI is on the verge of attracting big money and for the first time introducing corporate flavour to Indian sports. IPL is scheduled to start in April 2008 and there would be eight teams representing an Indian city playing 56(…)
Mobile phone subscribers in the four metro cities can soon move from one cellular operator to another without having to change their mobile phone number. So if you are not satisfied with the services offered by your current service provider, happily move over to another one without losing any of your existing contact information. The(…)
A large crowd is made by Photoshop cloning the original few people in the rally, many times over, placing them side by side in the photographs creating the perception of huge public participation.
You can now buy a ticket to space for around $ 200k. The astronomical price is expected to gradually drop to around $20,000 levels within 2 years. But the price is still well below the ticket price of NASA space shuttle flights which costs up to $1 billion.
Truveo India – Lookup ollywood trailers, news videos, music and cricket highlights on the web. AOL India has also developed Hindi and Tamil variants similar to the efforts of Yahoo! India.
Send and Receive emails in Hindi using Yahoo! Mail Hindi. Also available is the Yahoo! Messenger for Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi and Gujarati.
Now consider that in the context of what Google is doing in Bangalore, at a larger facility in Hyderabad, and at two smaller offices in Delhi and Mumbai, where it has hired more than 1,100 Indians, almost 10% of its global workforce.
Get national highway maps, driving directions and travel route maps for all cities and towns in India including accurate distance and taxi fare. The best way to get road maps directions and print the travel routes.
Indian equity investors never had it so good. After multiplying their capital, thanks to the tremendous bull run, they can now even trade in shares without paying any brokerage fees thanks to Anil Ambani’s Reliance Money. All demat account holders of Reliance Money (owned by Reliance Capital) could trade in shares for value upto Rs.5(…)
Who is looking for sex online ? Google Trends say that most searches for sex come from Indian cities like Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai.
Indian Government is considering an Internet policy that could change the life of web users in the country.
If you are looking to watch full length bollywood movies, hindi songs or cricket match hightlights, Google has a solution – YouTube India at www.youtube.in
Sending Online Photo print of your digital photographs or photo gifts like T-shirts, Mugs, calendards, greeting cards is all the more simple with HP Snapfish entering India. You can order Digital Photo prints on the web.
Indian investors can now do global hunting for investing in equity shares by choosing among the blue chips such as Microsoft, IBM, Wal-Mart, Coca Cola and Google. India’s number one online trading site, ICICIDirect.com has launched its overseas trading facility for Indian investors to invest upto $2 lakhs in a financial year in Equities, Exchange(…)
In the run up to unlocking value in the tower business by telecom companies, there is now talk of a possibility of a merger of the tower business of three GSM mobile operators – Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular which would create a mega tower company. Telecom companies already have an agreement to share(…)
Buying Gold in India – According to the World Gold Council Report, India stands today as the world’s largest single market for gold consumption.
In what may be the first ‘itinerary-based holday’ in India, Oberoi Hotels and Resorts have launched a holiday package called as ‘India in Luxury’. The package would be targeted towards top-end independent travellers from US and Europe. There are four itineraries to choose from ranging from 9 days to 22 days and cost for an(…)
How to Calculate Your Tax Liability on Capital Gains – both long-term and short-term gains
The Income Tax Act provides for a specific way for adjustment of losses arising from sale/transfer of capital assets. But to start with the process for set off, one has to first separate the capital losses into short term and long term. A short term capital gain/loss arises when an asset is sold after holding(…)
Microsoft is trying something unique to make Windows Live Hotmail popular among Indians (especially the young crowd). Instead of the default @hotmail.com or @live.com address, you can now opt for other email address choices that relate more closely with your personality, interests or lifestyle. Microsoft has registered hundreds of web domains like ilovebikes.in, iammarried.in, leavemealone.in,(…)
