Ford Figo – The ‘cool’ car : Price, Review & Test drive

We had written here when Ford unveiled its ‘cool’ compact car for India, Figo. This has now been launched and is available for the Indian car buyers. It is built on the same platform as Fiesta, and has been built specifically to fulfill the needs of small car buyers in India. Ford wants to make [...]

Sivasankaran venturing into mineral water business – buys 50% stake in Isklar

C Sivasankaran (popularly known as Siva) is known for spotting business opportunities well ahead of time and way before others. Be it Telecom (launched Aircel in 1998) or realty or many other business verticals he was among the first few guys to enter the domain at right time, enhance the value of the business and [...]

[DLF IPL T20 2010] Opening Ceremony Navi Mumbai, New sponsorships & Updates

Just a day to go…to kick off the IPL Opening ceremony and the first match of IPL T20 Deccan Chargers Vs Kolkata Knight Riders.
Here are few updates on whats going on in IPL T20

Opening Ceremony will be on live in Set Max on 12th April, Friday from 6.00pm onwards
It is also live streaming in YouTube [...]

Air India tickets at discount

Air India has been under pressure to perform and has been in debt. As written here earlier, Air India is trying to leave no stone unturned to get the bail-out amount from Govt of India. It has been trying hard to attract more flyers on its flights and has announced a 10% discount on [...]

STel shuts down mobile services in Himachal, Bihar, Orissa – Chinese network equipments security breach ?

S Tel Private Limited (S Tel) is a joint venture between Siva Group (formerly Sterling Infotech Group) and Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco) and is the latest entrant in the India Telecom bandwagon. We spoke about the company here and about its tariff plans here  .
S Tel has acquired Unified Access Services Licenses (UASL) and spectrum to [...]

USCIS to accept H1B applications from April 1 – fiscal 2011 H1B

The USCIS to start accepting the applications for H-1B visas from April one for the fiscal 2011. H-1B is the most sought visa by Indians.  In a statement, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said it will accept petitions for 65,000 H-1B visas as mandated by the Congress.

The first 20,000 H-1B petitions filed on [...]

OOH Media to power Ads on Mega Cabs – Advertisements on roads …

Overall advertisements spendings are expected to shoot up by …OOH Media India Pvt Ltd., is one such media company ready to grab a bigger pie in the Advertisement sector. OOH, one of the “Out Of Home” advertising media is busy in partnering with many companies to expand its advertising spaces across India. . OOH Media has partnered with Mega Cabs, 24 hours A/C Radio taxi service. OOH Media will market advertising inventory for the fleet of 700 plus cabs pan India. Mega Cabs presently operates in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Amritsar and pioneers a computerized communication & dispatch system with GPS (Global Positioning System) based online tracking systems for licensed radio taxis…

Mobile Number portability will be possible by May: Telecordia to do it

Mobile number portability has been a key focus article in moneymint and we have been tracking its various developments here, here, here and here. Now the latest news is that Telecordia, the US based telecom solution has got the nod from the Govt. especially the home ministry to set up its shop in India. As [...]

20 – 50 % rise in Salary for IIM-C grads

Indian Institute of Management – Calcutta has also recorded Rs 1 Crore per annum Salary offer like IIM-A & IIM-B.  The highest annual package offered was Rs.18 lakh, the average being Rs.11.37 lakh. Despite the slowdown in the manufacturing sector, all 28 self-sponsored students of the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C)’s post-graduate programme for executives [...]

Delhi: The most livable city in India

Surprise! Surprise! Delhi is the most livable city in India. This has come out as a result of livability index 2010 survey by CII and Institute for Competitiveness. While Mumbai ranks second and Chennai the third, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Pune and Gurgaon are the other toppers in the order of their ranking.
Steel city of [...]

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