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| AIR starts Bhojpuri news |
| All India Radio has begun a 5 minute news bulletin in the vernacular Bhojpuri language from its Gorakhpur station at 5:35 pm on popular demand. It will be relayed by Varanasi & Obra stations, newsonair reports
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| BSNL IPTV to cover 100 cities soon |
| BSNL which has 30 million landline subscribers across the country, hope to cover 100 cities soon by Mar' 09 on its new Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service. Cable subscribers count 82 million as per the latest figures, reports BS
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| BPOs branching out in rural India |
| Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies are fast branching out in rural country side. Due to many factors including cost, the rural areas are witnessing a spurt in BPO set ups amidst them. This is encouraging rural empowerment in a big way, reports Business Standard
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| Virgin mobiles goes online with a bang |
| Virgin mobiles have gone online with a bang. The Richard Branson promoted Virgin Mobile, a joint venture with Tata Teleservices, is an youth centric service which is trying to cash in on the huge 44% internet population of 19-24 years in India, reports TOI
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| RTI Ordinance passed in Bangladesh |
| Right to Information (RTI) Ordinance has been passed in Bangladesh soon after the implementation of Community Radio initiatives across the country. These citizen involving acts are putting the Bangla democracy in good light, reports BNNRC
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| IGNOU courses via IPTV, mobiles soon |
| IGNOU's educational Gyan Darshan TV will soon be avaialble on the Internet via IPTV services to be launched on a mass scale soon in the country. 20m people worldwide are expected to avail IPTV by Dec '08, reports The Hindu
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| Giant Ganpati goes global |
| Indians' foray into things online diversified as a popular 47 feet statue of Lord Ganesh installed in Hyderabad has gone global with going online. This pandal is now seeing virtual serpentine queues and especial puja from devotees across the world, reports IBNLive
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| 9.16 m people go mobile in August '08 |
| The mobile subscribers' base grew to 305.24m as the nation witnessed an added mobile population of 9.16m in August '08. In July 9.22m Indians went mobile, reports The Hindu
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| Smaller SLR digital cameras coming |
| A digital SLR (single lens-reflex) camera wighing just 385 gm with interchangeable lenses aimed at female buyers is coming soon from Japan's Matushita which will soon change to Panasonic from Oct 1 '08, reports TOI
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| Digitised land records @ Rs20 in Punjab |
| In the first of its kind initiative at
Morinda tehsil in Punjab, India one can have digitised land records by paying
Rs20 at the land mutation centre opened on Sep 25' 08. By 2009, all the 19
districts of the northern state would be computerised in Punjabi language,
reports iGovernment
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| BPOs diversifying into regional languages |
| The domestic BPO industry is booming while the
international one faces some tough times. This is resulting in Indian BPO giants
tapping into talents who are fluent with regional languages or dialects like
Tamil, Bhojpuri, Marathi, Punjabi etc. They are even training them in these
languages, reports TOI
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| City centric job portals come in vogue |
| A city centric job portal has been launched by an Ireland based online recruitment company, Saongroup. The concept is based on the research that 80% of the jobseekers would like to work within a radius of 20kms from their homes/residences. Earlier last year they also launched a similar portal in Pune, reports The Hindu
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| Departmental websites launched in Lakshadweep |
| Continuing its Online spree, the UT of Lakshadweep opened websites for three of its administrative departments namely - Planning and Statistics, Social Welfare and Tribal Affairs and Information Technology. The UT is at the forefront of e-governance, reports iGovernment
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| German Radio relaunches its Bangla website |
| Deutsche Welle (DW), Germany's international broadcaster, has announced the relaunch of its webpage in Bengali s recognition of the growing importance of the internet in Bangladesh as a source of information and as a platform for radio and TV broadcasts.
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| Mobile population touches 30 cr |
| World's # 2 nation in terms of number of mobile phone users, India has now about 30 crore mobile phone users as per the latest figures. The GoI hopes to have 50 crore users by 2010 though the broadand users stood at 50 lakh only, reports HT
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| National Portal launched for Teachers on Teachers' Day |
| A national portal on teachers has been unveiled on Teachers' Day (Sep 5 '08). The portal has been developed by the National Knowledge Commission in association with Azim Premjee Foundation and is expected to create a vibrant network of teachers, reports iGovernment
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| Google phone in India by Dec '08 |
| Android platform based Google phones, unveiled this week internationally, is expected to be available in India by December '08. HTC, the handset makers of Google Phones, expect a rich bounty from the fastest growing mobile market in the world, reports Rediff
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| Skype experience coming on mobiles |
| A slew of web enabled mobile phones are making calling not onlly cheap but also the quality is almost same as that on computers. Special wi-fi chips inside mobiles are ensuring that, reports Manorama Online
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| Offshoring boosts job scenario in UK |
| Contrary to popular perception major offshoring countries like UK finds, according to a study, that the job scenario actually got boosted there and not at all suffered as the firms chose to outsource work from UK to low wage countries like India or China, reports TOI
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| SAARC Digital library coming up in India |
| In a landmark digital development, a South Asian level digital library has been commissioned to India at a modest budget of Rs 4 crore. The move will help regional preserve its intellectual wealth, reports livemint
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| Migrants can call @50 paise/per minute |
| The Tata Teleservices & Virgin Mobile Network has made even pre-paid services dirt cheap @50 paise per minute after the initial 3 minutes of the call, reports rediff
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| Airtel IPTV coming soon |
| Right on the heels of its DTH launch, Bharti Airtel is about to launch Airtel IPTV service soon in major cities across the country. The move would mean Bharti offers mobile, broadband and digital services to its customers, reports mint
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| Google eyes fast growing online games |
| Google is eyeing the lucrative online gaming segment. Approximately 25% of the internet users play games online and it is growing at the rate of 17% annually. Google senses a lot of scope for its AdSense here, reports mint
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| 'Online' in line to outshine 'in line' payments |
| e-payments are poised to grow at 70% in the next 2 years in India outshining 'in line' payments by cash as debit and credit cards sees a boom in numbers, expected to reach 210m by 2010. At present only 17% to 20% payments are done electronically in India, reports The Hindu
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| India has 300 million mobile users and growing |
| Indians have taken a liking to mobile phones as a fish takes to water. At the last count, the number of cell phone users stood at a staggering 300 million and growing. It is estimated that by 2020 all working adults would have a mobile phone with them, reports TOI
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| CRS coming up of tribals in Kerala |
| A community radio initiative for the mainly tribal population and small farmers is coming up in Kerala from December this year. The initiative from Wayanad Social Service Society, an NGO, is the first of its kind in Kerala, reports iGovernment
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| India's first female dalit CR hits airwaves |
| In Andhra Pradesh, India a female dalit community radio station has gone on air. It is claimed to be India's first dalit radio station, ''by dalit women & for dalit women''. It is making waves in media circles, reports TOI
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| 'Airtel digital TV' launched |
| The DTH market is hotting up nicely with leading mobile service providers entering the fray. After Reliance's 'Big TV', Bharti's 'Airtel digital TV' has been launched. With this the media and entertainment space in the 'direct to home' segment has been crowded even more, reports The Hindu
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| Oxford, Cambridge lectures online |
| 8 Century old institutions, Oxford and Cambridge universities, have decided to offer their lectures by eminent professors online for all. This simultaneous launch on iTunes is also seen as the next battle in the historic rivalry, reports The Hindu
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| BT BSNL come together in India |
| Its a merger worth noting as two 'B's Brtitish Telecom (BT) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has decided to come together on a single platform in India. It is expected to alter the telecom space in a big way, reports DNA
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