Most of us woke up with a pleasant notification from what’sApp a couple of days back. There will be no fees attached to using the service anymore. From US to Australia, from the Scandinavian nations to distant South Africa, users cheered this latest what’sApp notification with equal euphoria. But the interesting element in this whole story is not that users can get free access to what’sApp but the commercial implications […]
India’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi kicked off the ambitious Startup India Initiative on Saturday. This program has a fund allocation of $1.5 billion or close to Rs 2000 crore and aims to fill the gaps in the economy and provide an impetus to overall development and job creation within the existing construct. Given the rising number of successful entrepreneurs across the country, India is quite on its way towards […]
In the most recent development with regards to the Pathankot attacks, Pakistan has reportedly arrested Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar, his brother and several others of the same organisation who are said to be associated with the attacks in Pathankot. This detention and the eventual sealing of their office happened after India demanded constructive action ahead of the Foreign Secretary-level talks. However many experts believe that this is just a […]
The recent terrorist attacks in India has perhaps clarified one basic fact that whether talks with Pakistan proceed at a desired pace or not, it is unlikely to address the core issue of terrorism in India which is being continuously abetted by Pakistan. If we chart out even the immediate history in terms of Indo-Pak talks, one fact is amply clear and that is the painful similarity of the way […]
In the past few weeks we have witnessed many raging debates on the issue of free basics, net neutrality, what’s better and what’s not? Today happens to be the last date for giving responses to the TRAI Paper on zero-rating platform approach, the key issue. The telecom regulator has even gone to the extent of asking those in favour of Facebook’s Free Basics to elaborate with specifics instead of the […]
In continuation of our ongoing series on Free Basics By Facebook, here we unveil the key reason that most people polled by the Clamorworld Survey consider it extremely flawed, motivated by individual gains and hardly a social cause. It has been rightly pointed out that Indians who can afford a reasonably good digital device like a mobile/tablet/computer to access facebook can surely pay for the other useful websites that are […]
I am sure most of you reading this post are already aware of this phrase, “Free Basics By Facebook.” Some of us tried to delve deep into it, some got buoyed by the basic sentiment reflected in the opening two lines while there are many others who just rubbished it as another gimmick by Facebook. But the question remains, “What Exactly Is Free Basics By Facebook?” Why is it creating […]
As we draw curtains on 2015, it is almost the dawn of worrying times for the Indian Pharmaceutical sector. It is raining warning letters for many India-based pharma companies. The latest to be hit is one of the most major pharma players in the country, Cadila Healthcare. The company saw a double digit slump in the stock market after the US Food and Drug Administration received warning letters for two […]
If you have been following the Parliamentary proceedings in the past few years, it would not come as a surprise to you that the 2015 Winter Session of the Parliament saw the least number of bills being passed since 2010. If countries like UK take pride in not wasting a single Parliamentary hour, we in India could perhaps gloat about the exact opposite, of wasting as many hours as possible. […]
It is battle royal in the streets of Delhi. What started as a political brawl is now being dragged to the court. Yes I am talking of the tussle between Finance Minister Arun Jaitkey and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Jaitley has personally gone and filed a defamation suit against AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal, Deepak Bajpayee, Ashutosh and Raghav Chadha seeking Rs 10 crore damages for ‘slander’ and baseless charges in […]
