World’s cheapest tablet put up for sale online @ a price of $35
India – Datawind, the maker of the world’s cheapest tablet has put up for sale about 30,000 tablets online at a price of Rs 2500 each, with a delivery period of seven days. The seven inch tablet with Android 2.2 is now available through its portal aakashtablet.com. “We have put…
Land of billion opportunities, not billion problems: Mukesh Ambani
India is a land of billion opportunities and not billion problems, according to Mr Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries Ltd. “Lot of people think that India is a land of problems. I really think that India is a land of billion opportunities and not a billion problems,”…
Fixopan India Joins hands with Thai companies to manufacture and donate Flood relief Boats
Fixopan India Joins hands with Thai companies to manufacture and donate Flood relief Boats. Bangkok, Thailand – 31th October, 2011 – Fixopan Machines Pvt Ltd an Indian company joined hands with Srithai Superware PCL, SCG Chemicals and Thai National Shippers Council to manufacture and donate Flood relief Boats to assist…
India’s longest railway tunnel unveiled in Jammu & Kashmir
BANIHAL: The northern railways on Friday opened India’s longest railway tunnel piercing through the Pir Panjal range in Jammu & Kashmir. The tunnel is part of the ambitious Udhampur – Srinagar – Baramulla rail link project of Northern Railways. At 10.96km long, the Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel is India’s longest…
India’s best-known low-cost airline likes what it sees in Thailand and pursues more Asian markets
As Thailand becomes a hot destination for Indian tourists, Indian airlines are looking at the country in ways they have never done before. Some plan to use the country as their regional hub while also plotting routes now dominated by Thai Airways International. The latest to enter the skies in…
India’s finally got its much hyped ultra-low-cost tablet, Aakash
India’s finally got its much hyped ultra-low-cost tablet named “ Aakash”. The tablet runs onAndroid 2.2 (Froyo) and comes with a 7 inch resistive touch screen with 800×480 reolution and weighs 350 gm. Aakash is a collaboration between the government and a British-based company DataWind. The tablet has a 256…
GITM 2011 Knowledge Sessions to focus on emerging niche segments in India
To feature seminars organised in cooperation with ITB Berlin P Krishna Kumar | New Delhi The Knowledge Sessions at the second edition of Goa International Travel Mart (GITM) this year will focus on the emerging niche segments in India. The high powered conference programme of the Mart, which will be…
Tata plans energy, mining investments
Tata International of India has shown interest in expanding its investments in Thailand, especially in energy, electricity, hydropower, alternative energy, automobiles and parts, say Thai trade officials. The company’s head for South Asia, P.K. Banerjee, met Thailand Trade Representative Nalinee Thaveesin to discuss the group’s intention to explore a wider…
Food & Hotel Thailand 2011 being held until 16 Sep
The Ministry of Tourism and Sports has launched the Food & Hotel Thailand 2011, which will run until 16 September, with an aim to help promote Thailand as an economic leader of Asia. While presiding over the opening ceremony of the 19th Food & Hotel Thailand, Permanent Secretary for Tourism…
Indian Tourists to Thailand is on the increase
By Sun Narin Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) in New Dehli says that the number of Indian tourists in Thailand is up to 552300, increasing 36.21 percent in the first half of 2011 comparing to last year. Chattan Kunjara Na Ayudhya, the director of TAT New Delhi Office, says that…