Built with design precision, the Micromax MAd A94 - priced at Rs 8,490 - sports a 4.5 inch full touch screen sporting a 5MP rear and front camera allowing users to capture all their favorite moments in supreme clarity. Promising efficiency, the smartphone packs a 1.2 GHz quad core processor and a

23 January 2014 | (IANS) The central bank said from April 1, 2014, public would be required to approach banks for exchanging these notes. Currency notes issued before 2005 will be completely withdrawn from circulation by the end of the current financial year ending March 31, the Reserve Bank o

In its quest to provide the best services to its customers, the Emirates Identity Authority has announced that UAE citizens can now extend the validity of their new or renewed Emirates ID cards for 10 year. The new service is in line with Emirates ID efforts to save the time and effort of its custom

Dubai’s push to fast track infrastructure development will get a major fillip with the start of Dubai Tram service soon. The Roads and Transport Authority will start test run of the Tram within the next two weeks time. RTA said the first zone test-run will start from January 26th, 2014 and it’s n

Indian handset maker Micromax has launched a new budget smartphone A66 Bolt priced at Rs 6,000. The handset is available for purchase on the company's website, with a promised delivery time of 7 to 10 business days. Micromax A66 Bolt sports a 4.5-inch TFT display (480x854p). The phone is powered

The decision taken by the Haj Ministry to issue Umrah visas during the month of Safar has proved to be a boon to domestic tourism with about 750,000 pilgrims performing Umrah during the month. Al-Sayed Ahmed Sheikh Alwi, an expert in the economics of Haj and Umrah tourism, said the ministry had, wi

As many as eight candidates have secured a 100 percentile in the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2013 - for seats in the 13 Indian Institutes of Management.  All the candidates who achieved this feat are male and from an engineering background. Two of the candidates have a masters degrees. While thre

An Algerian man believed to be the world’s oldest person died at the age of 130 years in hospital in the North African Arab country after he was admitted two years ago for the first time in his life, newspapers reported on Monday. Mubarak Rahmani was born in 1884 in a desert village near the bord

Charleston, West Virginia:  The White House has issued a federal disaster declaration in West Virginia, where a chemical spill that may have contaminated tap water has led officials to tell at least 300,000 people not to bathe, brush their teeth or wash their clothes. The chemical, a foaming agen

MUMBAI: Professionals looking to switch jobs this year can expect to get an average salary hike of around 25-30%, which is higher than what those switching jobs managed for themselves last year, according to estimates made by a recruitment firm. These hikes look attractive at a time when most compan

Thiruvananthapuram , January 07:The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram (IISER-TVM) invites applications from highly qualified young scientists holding Ph.D. in the areas of Biological, Chemical, Mathematical and Physical Sciences/Engineering/Technology for the Inst

January 06: A US research agency has awarded an Indian American neuroscientist, Khaleel Rezak, a five year USD 866902 Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) grant for further research on his projects. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Rezak for his research on how the b

New Delhi: India's largest software services firm, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), on Saturday said it will set up the world's largest corporate learning and development centre in Thiruvananthapuram with a total capacity to train 50,000 professionals every year. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, wh

What seems to have changed the fortunes for Fasaludheen Kuttipalakkal this time is the birth of his baby, who is only three days old.  Fasaludheen Kuttipalakkal, an Indian tailor in Dubai, has won two Infiniti cars and 100,000 dirhams at a raffle at the Dubai Shopping Festival. The 33-year-old

Jan 5, 2013 | Press Release | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: BPO division of Infosys will visit Shree Guru Sudhindra BBA College, Bhatkal on 10th January 2014 for recruiting freshers from BBA/BCA/BCom/BA/BBM/BSc divisions. The selection process will begin from 9.30 am and will include Group Discussion

Despite efforts to meet falling demand, the Australian information technology sector is experiencing a costly skills crisis and needs to bridge the gap by hiring IT graduates for major projects. The IT sector which contributes about AUD 42 billion to the nation's economy every year, is expected t

1 Jan 2014 | NDTV Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur has set a record among all IITs with more than a thousand of its students securing cushy jobs in the first phase of campus placements, officials said today. Around 1,010 students of the Kharagpur campus accepted job offers in the first round of placement

New Delhi: The price of non-subsidised cooking gas (LPG), which customers buy after consuming their quota of subsidised cylinders, was hiked by a steep Rs. 220 per bottle on Wednesday on firming international rates. The 14.2-kg cooking gas cylinder that consumers buy beyond their entitled nine bo