10.17 cr people enrolled under 2 social security schemes: FM

Last Updated: Friday, June 12, 2015, 17:48

"As far as the two insurance schemes, Sukasha and Jeevan Jyoti, are concerned we have now touched a figure of 10.17 crore. In just one month and three days we have already crossed the 10 crore figure," Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told reporters here.

Twitter to forgo 140-character restriction for Direct Messages

Last Updated: Friday, June 12, 2015, 14:56

You can also stop people you do not follow from sending you these new, extra-long DMs. You can do that by unchecking the "Receive Direct Messages from anyone" box in the Security and privacy sections in Twitter`s settings.

Finance Minister to meet heads of PSU banks tomorrow

Last Updated: Friday, June 12, 2015, 12:37

The top 30 defaulters are sitting on bad loans of Rs 95,122 crore, which is more than one-third of the entire NPAs of public sector banks. It amounts to 36.50 percent.

Twitter conversations to become clearer

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 9, 2015, 17:01

Tangled conversation threads would no longer be the mess they presently are as Twitter is going to change the way it deals with replies to tweets and grouping replies together.

Facebook Lite makes debut in Asia

Last Updated: Friday, June 5, 2015, 16:20

Facebook released a 'Lite' version of its application that was tailored for people using Android smartphones in places where wireless data bandwidth is scarce.

Facebook Lite makes debut in Asia

Last Updated: Friday, June 5, 2015, 10:51

Facebook released a 'Lite' version of its application that was tailored for people using Android smartphones in places where wireless data bandwidth is scarce.

India needs umbrella for social security schemes: Official

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 3, 2015, 15:42

India needs to have an umbrella for social security schemes to check duplication of benefits for some beneficiaries while a section of people is left out of it, an official in the central labour and employment ministry said.

Cabinet approves re-promulgation of land Ordinance

Last Updated: Saturday, May 30, 2015, 12:51

The Ordinance was promulgated for the first time in December last year.

Nielsen to measure digital ads in partnership with Tencent

Last Updated: Thursday, May 28, 2015, 08:25

Nielsen said it is launching its Digital Ad Ratings, which tracks unique users, reach and frequency of a digital ad across computers, tablets and smartphones for the first time in China.

Congress allegation on social sector spend jugglery of figures: FM

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 22:27

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley termed as "mere jugglery of figures" the Congress' claim of drastic cuts in the social sector spending by the government.

Eight crore families brought under social security schemes: FM

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 21:33

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said 7.5 to 8 crore families, out of the total 25 crore households in the country, have been brought under the Centre's social security schemes launched so far.

Community-curated content is the catchword for e-tailers

Last Updated: Sunday, May 24, 2015, 12:36

The portal is owned by two-year-old start-up Shoptimize India, which is an end-to-end e-commerce solutions provider for retailers looking to set up an online presence and acts as an aggregator of hand-picked products.