India Launches Antitrust Investigation Against Google

Tweet After US and Europe, now India has announced that it is launching its own anti-trust investigation against world’s biggest search engine. Competition Commission of India (CCI) is to look into Google’s business practices, reports Tech Crunch. “Google can potentially engage in read more.....

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US investigation into Standard Charter brings Indian outsourcing into spotlight

Tweet For the second time in a month, Indian outsourcing is finding itself in the news in the US. Department of Financial Services in the US investigating into Standard Chartered bank has found deficient money laundering controls. And one finger is pointing at bank’s outsourcing office in read more.....

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Police officer accused of cheating NRI

Tweet A police officer has been accused by Ireland based NRI to have cheated his mother out of Rs. 25 lakh. Sajjan Singh Yadav, a station house officer in  North Delhi allegedly also misused NRI’s mother’s name to stash officer’s "illegal income" in ‘faux’ bank read more.....

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Olympic gate crasher apologises

Tweet Madhura Nagendra, who gate crashed into India’s Olympic contingent’s opening ceremony parade has apologised for her actions. The presence of the ‘lady in red’, a reference to the top she was wearing, had angered Indian officials. Nagendra was a member of the cast, and had been read more.....

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Dental course costs NRI more than she bargained for

Tweet A learning opportunity turned out to be an expensive lesson for an NRI. The college, where Gisha Palatty is a dental student failed to get her the necessary clearance to appear for her exams. So due to college’s incompetence, she ended up losing an academic year. A 20-year-old student, read more.....

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Were Indians too harsh on themselves at Commonwealth game failings?

Tweet Some observers say that Indians are just too happy to see imperfections at London Olympics For example, a private firm responsible for proving security staff admitted that they could not provide enough people. It took some athletes hours to get to Olympic Village through London because read more.....

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NRI booked for parking car inside his house

Tweet Never mind controlling traffic on the road, a Chandigarh traffic official got over zealous over a car parked inside someone’s property. The car, an i10, that belongs to an NRI of Sector 49 has been parked on his property for the last 6 months. However he received a challan slip claiming read more.....

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Sahara buys New York’s Plaza Hotel

Tweet India’s Sahara group has bought New York’s Plaza Hotel. The hotel, which was previously under Israeli/Saudi Arabia ownership has reportedly been struggling in recent years after it was converted some rooms into condominiums. Sahara paid $570 million for a controlling 75% stake. Saudi read more.....

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India feels powerless even after power has been restored

Tweet Indian economy, which is growing at slowest rate in nearly a decade, may feel the repercussions of the power black out. Country is known to have poor infrastructure. The power outrage, that left half of country’s 1.2 billion people, will highlight the lack of investment in its generating read more.....

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Power blackout in half of India

Tweet Most NRIs would never know what it is like to experience a power blackout. However back home, power cuts are the norm, especially in summer when people are lucky to get their fans or fridges work for more than a few hours during the day. It scaled new height yesterday as all North India, or read more.....

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