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2010: Raja, Tata & Radia figured prominentlyLegal battles involving corporate czars like the Ambanis and Tatas figured prominently in the Supreme Court in 2010, but it was the Niira Radia controversy that threw the light on the corporate prowess in certain quarters of the government.
Rocket failure hits India's prospects in satellite launch market India's prospects of hard-selling its capability to launch commercial satellites received a setback when one of its heavy rockets exploded on Christmas day due to a puzzling snag in the first stage.
American companies eyeing India for hiringA tumultuous 2010 for Indian ParliamentBusiness


Wipro directed to pay $5 Million tax by High Court The Karnataka High Court directed software major Wipro to deposit $5 million by tomorrow evening as four percent Value Added Tax on the softwares they re-exported.
$83 Million fraud in Citibank Citibank is probing a $83 million fraud perpetrated by certain employees of the bank at its Gurgaon branch in India. The scam was engineered by an employee Shiv Raj Puri who was working as a Relationship Manager for the past seven to eight years.
Accor to create 3000 jobs in India next year Tech Mahindra partners Microsoft to offer solutions to telcos


Finance


Mop-up from IPOs, rights issues down 45 percent in NovAfter touching a high in October on account of the Coal India offer, the quantum of funds mopped up by India Inc through IPOs and rights issues in November dipped.
SBI's loans at concessional rates to farm sector SBI announced the concessional rates for dairy, poultry and horticulture sector, under which loans can be availed for 10 percent per annum.
Pulling PF while switching job may soon become a dreamSensex touches six-week high, adds 231 points on investors demand Technology


What's in store for the mobile market in 2011? The mobile market is spiralling toward growth with each year. So with the new year approaching fast, here are the top 10 mobile market trend predictions.
iPad 2 to launch in three versions? With speculations abound in the Web about the iPad 2, the latest one says that iPad 2 will be launched in three versions.
Nexus S upgraded to Android Gingerbread over the air Health chip to provide instant diagnoses


Startup city


No Profits from a profitable idea? Rethink on team buildingA great idea with a well set ROI proposition, still the business hasn't turned around profitable? It has to be the team.
Entrepreneurial Leadership Do they have the intelligence, the drive, the vision, the skills and the perseverance to take an idea or concept and develop it to the point where it will be accepted and even demanded by the market?Magazine


Cover Story Founded by techie Uday Challu and marketing professional Vishal Dhar in 2007, iYogi is the first direct-to-consumer services brand from India. It deploys a global service delivery platform answering tens of thousands of complaints every day.
Thinking of Hosting into Cloud? Think Twice

Cloud hosting is at its peak now-a-days and everyone is either setting up a private or public cloud or is in discussions to get into one.


US Indians


'Awadh visual culture' on exhibit at LA County Museum of Art The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has brought many of the works of the visual culture of Awadh with its innumerable architectural designs to the public eye with its exhibition, 'India's Fabled City: The Art of Courtly Lucknow.'
U.S. Indian groups cry foul at Visa delay Close to 800 people gathered in Houston to protest delays in getting Indian visas to visit friends and relatives. Real estate city


BDA/ BBMP approved 4 BHK Luxury Villas with world class amenitiesNorthwoods is an exclusive setting with only 75 luxury villas spanning across 6 acres of land. Sitting at the very confluence of development, its location is its key USP.
Luxury Homes close to Manyata Tech Park, Hebbal North BangaloreGOLDEN PALMS-home to 390(2,2.5 & 3 BHK) elegantly designed apartments all offering luxurious spaces with unhindered ventilation & spectacular view of the green vistas.


CXO Insights


The Great Indian Testing Dream..!
Pradeep C, CEO, Edista Testing Institute
Software Testing sure does present a great opportunity for growth for major Indian IT Service Providers.
A Case for Policy Initiative for Indian Fabless Company
Ganapathy Subramaniam, CEO, Cosmic Circuits
The worldwide semiconductor market is around $275 billion, and the India market is around $8 billion. Featured communities


WEB DEVELOPER COURSE SiliconIndia is offering web developer course where the Candidates can learn HTML, CSS, JAVA SCRIPT, PHP &MYSQL.languages.For each section, there are tutorials, extra study material, video class..
Science and Technology Welcome to the realm of science. It is the only place where we can find the answer to the most difficult question asked ever-what is the Ultimate Truth? Well, answering that is still


Blogs: Editor's choice


Character protects life Character is said to be "the stable and distinctive qualities built into an individual's life which determine his or her response
Seven blunders that will always haunt India It is a standard practice all over the world that the burden of proving one's status as a bonafide citizen of a country falls onFeatured questions


Which job profile is better programmer or Project manager ?I'm working on a project right now that would benefit most from being in Ruby Rails, but the project manager doesn't
Why a man is puzzled, even after getting success?Happiness is a package which may include things like personal happiness, family life and also professional success.


Most read jokes


What happened to my dog? A lady rushes into the veterinarian and screams, "I found my dog unconscious and I can't wake him -- do something."
A complicated breakfast order! A resident in a posh hotel breakfast room called over the headwaiter one morning and said with a wonderful and cheerful smile.Humor of the day


Blessing on the Birthday A wife invited some people to dinner. At the table, she turned to their six-year-old daughter and said,
Women are extremely determined The FBI had an opening for an assassin. After all the background checks,interviews and testing were done, there were 3 finalists;



Videos


Not sure do I laugh or do I cry? Two little angels. A very cute baby video. Must watch!!
I'm not scared of Monsters, Right? A little girl, so brave.. She is not at all scared of Monsters. You want to be like her? Then watch this video of her's.

Book of the day


Complete Adventures Of Feluda Vol 2 -Buy Now
Nineteen memorable tales of detection featuring Stayajit Ray s master sleuth, Feluda Between 1965 and 1992, Satyajit Ray wrote.....
Complete Adventures Of Feluda Vol. 1 -Buy Now
The Feluda stories that Ray wrote are now available together in a two volume set, of which this is the first....