India Inc. - Page 3

The Ministry of External Affairs has issued a blanket ban on blogging, social networking or web email services aimed at preventing cyber attacks and leakage of classified information.

This ban would hit social networking sites like Facebook, Orkut and Ibibo, peer-to-peer sites like Kazaa, photo-sharing sites like Flickr and Picasa, or external email services like Gmail, Yahoo or Hotmail.

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If you try visiting Wall Street Journal online from an IP address based in India, you’ll automatically get redirected to the Indian Edition of WSJ.com.

The all new India edition was added to the WSJ.com websites this weekend and includes coverage from the New Delhi and Mumbai bureaus of Wall Street Journal.

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India’s first catalogue store, Hypercity Argos, a joint venture between Shoppers’ Stop’s Hypercity Retail and Argos, UK has decided to wind off its 5 store Indian operations within 2 years of opening it.

The reason cited is the non-performance of business and did not warrant further investment. However, there may be more to it as international retailers need funds for expansion and are witnessing slump in sales.

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There is a storm brewing in the Indian blog world today.

Chyetanya Kunte, an Indian blogger based in Netherlands, was unhappy with the way a mainstream media journalist reported news about the Mumbai terror attacks and decided to blog his thoughts (scroll all the way down to read his original blog post).

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LIC launched its much advertised policy, Jeevan Astha with great fanfare hoping to garner Rs.25000 crore in 45 days by delivering guaranteed returns.

However the scheme ended with much below expectations by garnering just one-third of target amount. The biggest attraction of the scheme was said to be the tax-free nature of investment thus making it suitable for those in higher income tax bracket.

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Tips to a Successful Management Career – Chapter 1

Management is an extremely competitive profession; where one is pitted against the best of the best. He has to beat the performance benchmarks amongst his peer group, in order to forge his way ahead and have a successful career.

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Airtel digital TV interactive, the name for its IPTV services has been launched this month but is available only to residents of Delhi and NCR.

The new service would surely gain acceptance especially because its a Triple Play – TV, Phone and Internet, and that the total cost would work out to be lesser than individual cost.

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The greatness of art does not lie in its esoteric form; it lies in its ability to reach out and communicate far and wide.

Art must aim to be inclusive; rather than exclusive. And there lies the success of Slumdog Millionaire; despite being dark and real, it is quite entertaining. Good background music, tight screenplay, fine balance of reality and fantasy and great performances.

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After the unveiling of the logo of ET Now, the new business channel by Bennett, Coleman & Co. to be launched by March 2009, speculations are rife about the impact the new channel would have on existing business news channels.

The biggest strength with ET Now is that it has the strength and backing of the brand ‘The Economic Times’, the largest read business daily in India as such high expectations are natural.

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A survey was recently conducted across major cities in India to determine parameters that Indian consumers take into consideration when buying a mobile phone. Here’s a summary:

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