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The government will pay five months' dues, July to November, under the recently approved pay scale within seven days, finance minister AMA Muhith said Monday. Until then, however, salaries for November will be disbursed according to the old scale, Muhith...

Sinha has been loyal to the telecom operators for over five years, but can't wait to switch operator on that date to avail of cheaper call rates, SMS-es, roaming benefits and, hopefully, see a complete overhaul of customer care experience...Airtel...

Vogt gives a first look at what astronauts eat while being in space. Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov was the first human to consume food in space, and John Glenn, Jr., the first American to consume food in space. The Cookbook...

Every phone manufactured in India or outside comes with a a unique 15-digit code that identifies a mobile...It prevents the use of stolen handsets for making calls and allows security agencies to track down a specific user. There are three...

Choudhri, physician in Neuroradiology at Johns Hopkins University, who led the study. "When we can make these determinations earlier, the appropriate surgical teams and equipment can be assembled before the surgeon even has the chance to examine the patient," he...

Telecom products distributor Bharti Teletech today said it has entered into an agreement with RAD Data Communications of Israel for delivering the latter's products to the Indian market. As part of the partnership, Bharti Teletech will offer RAD's Next Generation...

In a joint raid, excise department sleuths and police, yesterday arrested eleven people, including two women, for selling locally made brew in 20 litre cans from Herbert Embankment and Surajkund localities, they said. Ten cans and other material used in...

Uddhav, who was here to attend a prize distribution ceremony of a drawing competition last evening, said the strength and growth of the Sena, was on the account of a cartoonist (Bal Thackeray). "With the help of his cartoons he...

On the contrary, PND manufacturers are betting on accelerating their reach in 2010, primarily backed by rising automobile sales. We are big fans of mobile phone-based navigation applications, but there is a lot to like about stand-alone navigation devices.

A recent entrant in the Indian market, Acer is banking to find a footing with affordable Android phones, most probably touchscreen devices, among the 500 million mobile subscribers in India. The company, which has launched eight devices developed on the...