California passes Encryption Law SB 178

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Sree Iyer Silicon Valley, CA Quietly, without much fanfare, an encryption bill (SB 178) was passed in California last week. The bill was passed unanimously and...

Science & Technology Minister exhorts IT to develop cost effective Solar...

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PerformanceGurus Staff New Delhi, Oct 17 Emphasising the need for adopting alternate sources of energy to combat climate change, union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan...

Delhi to revise workers’ minimum wages (Lead)

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PerformanceGurus New Delhi, Oct 14 The Delhi government has decided to revise the minimum wages of workers in the capital and crack down on...

Enforcement Directorate gets extension in BOB Forex case

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PerformanceGurus Staff New Delhi, Oct 17 A court here on Saturday allowed Enforcement Directorate (ED) to quiz, till October 23, four accused arrested in connection with...

Angus Deaton – Nobel Prize in Economics in 2015 and India

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R Vaidyanathan Bangalore, Oct 17th Angus Deaton, a professor at Princeton, has won the Nobel Prize in economics for his diverse contributions to the study of consumer spending. His research has...

Sushil Modi, Lalu & Nitish are campaigning but not contesting

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PerformanceGurus Staff Patna, Oct 17 What do Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, RJD chief Lalu Prasad and BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi have in common? They...

Panicky BJP changes face in Bihar

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PerformanceGurus Staff Bihar, Oct 17 Anyone landing in Patna a couple of days ago would have thought he was in Gujarat at the peak of a...

Apple told to pay $234 million to settle with WARF

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PerformanceGurus Staff Washington, Oct 17 A Federal jury in Madison, Wisconsin has ordered Apple to pay $234 million to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), University of...

Tamil Nadu politics in Transition

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R.Vaidyanathan IIM - Bangalore There is lot of churn in the social situation which is reflected in the political scene in Tamil Nadu (TN). The recently...

3 Labs declare Maggi noodles safe, Nestle to resume production soon

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PerformanceGurus Staff Mumbai/New Delhi, Oct 16 Nestle India said on Friday that 100% of the Maggi instant noodles' samples tested in three laboratories have been cleared...

Some of the important observations made by Justice J S Khehar...

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Navin Upadhyay New Delhi, Oct 16 The following are some of the observations made by J S Khehar in his judgment... In analyzing the conclusions drawn...

India’s Supreme Court strikes down NJAC Act

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Navin Upadhyay New Delhi, Oct 16 BJP says it's a setback to Parliamentary sovereignty. Title Description COLLEGIUM SYSTEM A collegium comprising the Chief Justice of India and four senior most...

Government doctor’s certificate for tax benefits not needed: Ministry

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PerformanceGurus Staff New Delhi, Oct 14 The requirement of producing a government specialist doctor's certificate for availing tax benefits on expenditure incurred on treatment...

Google reappears in China

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PerformanceGurus Staff Beijing, Oct 15 Amid speculation that the US online search provider is preparing a return to the world's biggest internet market, technology...

Modern humans settled first in China, not Europe: Study

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PerformanceGurus Staff New York, Oct 15 Modern humans first settled in southern China, not Europe or Middle East as has been previously believed, claims...

Apple faces $862.4 mn payout for using BITS graduates’ technology

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PerformanceGurus Staff Washington, Oct 15 Apple faces the prospect of paying out damages to the tune $862.4 million for using without permission patented technology...

Facebook now lets you filter out painful memories

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PerformanceGurus Staff London, Oct 15 Social networking giant Facebook has introduced a filter to prevent reminding you inadvertently of a photo or friendship you...

Voluntary use of Aadhaar card in some schemes is allowed: SC

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PerformanceGurus Staff New Delhi, Oct 15 The Supreme Court on Thursday relaxed its earlier order to extend use of Aadhaar card on voluntary basis in social...

Shipped 5 million orders in Diwali sale, Snapdeal claims

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PerformanceGurus Staff New Delhi, Oct 15 Domestic e-commerce company Snapdeal on Thursday said that it had shipped nearly five million orders before Diwali, which will be...

India’s housing projects attract $30 bn investment from Malaysia

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PerformanceGurus Staff New Delhi, Oct 15 Malaysia is keen to pump in investments to the tune of $30 billion in urban development and housing projects in...