Technology News

India to connect with African hospitals, universities

Displaying its prowess in the field of information technology, India will be setting up an e-networking infrastructure in 53 African nations to share its expertise in the field of medicine and education.4:32 PM on June 26

Indian travellers get their first online networking space

Travellers can now bond online to share information and tid-bits about their favourite destinations, food entertainment and holiday itineraries, and also review destinations of their choice.10:32 PM on June 25

Talent crunch hits India's premier aerospace lab

Opening up of the Indian economy and globalisation are taking a heavy toll on the state-run research and development (R and amp;D) institutions, with scientists and engineers, across the board, quitting in droves for greener pastures, a top aerospace official said here late Wednesday.10:30 PM on June 25

Mobile blogging - exclusively for Amitabh

After hosting Amitabh Bachchan's blog site, a social networking website has now introduced Micro blogging exclusively for its celebrated user. New technology enables the Bollywood icon to write brief text updates and publish them from anywhere anytime from his phone.3:30 PM on June 25

India's first 'women-IIT' being set up in Maharashtra

Even as there is talk about starting new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and increasing the number of seats in the existing ones, a move is afoot to open the country's first all-women engineering and technology-oriented institute in Amravati, President Pratibha Patil's hometown in Maharashtra.2:31 PM on June 25

Cisco unveils social network platform for IT community

Networking major Cisco Tuesday unveiled a social learning network platform for the global IT community aimed at talent development to meet the growing demand for networking skills.2:01 AM on June 25

Silicon Valley venture firm to fund Indian start-ups

India-born investors from Silicon Valley have joined hands to fund Indian start-ups in the technology sector with seed capital and mentoring.7:30 PM on June 24

Reliance Globalcom enters into alliance with US firm

The Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group's Reliance Globalcom has entered into an alliance with New York-based Stealth Communications for expanding their voice-over-Internet protocol (VOIP) network across 50 countries.7:30 PM on June 24

'Indo-US nuclear deal should result in two-way trade'

The proposed Indo-US nuclear deal will have to be a mutually beneficial relationship, and not one-way imports of reactors and equipment by India, a top official said here Tuesday.7:00 PM on June 24

TCS to design, implement tax system in Uganda

Information technology major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has bagged a contract from the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to design and install an integrated tax administration system in that country.6:32 PM on June 24

First indigenous fast breeder reactor gets safety vessel

The safety vessel for India's first indigenously-built 500 MW fast breeder reactor (FBR) was Tuesday placed in the reactor's concrete vault at the Department of Atomic Energy's campus in this Tamil Nadu town.6:31 PM on June 24

NIIT ties up with Infospectrum for research solutions

Talent development and training corporation NIIT Ltd has entered into an alliance with Infospectrum India Pvt Ltd to integrate the latter's Educational Research and Planning (ERP) solution tool with its school learning services.6:01 PM on June 24

Talent is the buzzword for Indian animation industry

Lack of skilled talent and big-budget projects are the main roadblocks for the Indian animation industry to sustain its robust growth that has seen its revenue multiply manifold to $306 million, experts maintain.9:02 PM on June 23

Exiled Tibetans use internet as weapon against China

They might not have the guns and the numbers to match the might of the world's biggest army in China, but determined Tibetans living in exile in India and other parts of the world are turning to the internet to wage a 'virtual' war against China.11:01 AM on June 23

Saudi firm gives software solution order to Bangalore developer

Saudi Arabia's leading point-of-sales (PoS) solutions provider Intersoft will outsource its retail software solution to Bangalore-based Taranag Software to ensure secure payment transactions.6:30 PM on June 21