Nandan Nilekani to head national identity card project

July 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Terming the unique identity project as a "great initiative", Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates Friday said the software giant wanted to partner with India in the ambitious project that will give a unique identity number to each of its citizens. "Microsoft wants to be a part of the unique identification project," Gates told a conference organised by the IT industry lobby, National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom).

July 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Microsoft founder Bill Gates Friday said it would be a "big mistake" if the US imposes curbs on the entry of skilled workers from abroad, putting his weight behind "smart people" from countries like India who want to work overseas. "I can't make any predictions.

July 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Microsoft founder Bill Gates Friday said it would be a "big mistake" if the US curbs the entry of skilled workers from abroad, rallying behind the "smart people" from countries like India that has a globally recognised outsourcing industry. He also said Microsoft will like to partner the Indian government in its ambitious plan to give a unique identity number and a biometric card to each of its 1.17 billion people.

February 15th, 2009 BANGALORE - Infosys Technologies vice-chairman Nandan M. Nilekani Monday admitted that the global economic meltdown has affected hiring in India's IT industry.

July 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - City-based e-governance firm MGRM has tied up with Bell ID, an identity card solutions provider headquartered in the Netherlands, to tap emerging opportunities in e-governance and identity management verticals in India. The joint venture will become operational in the next quarter or as soon as necessary formalities are completed, MRGM said in a statement.

July 2nd, 2009 BANGALORE - Israeli IT firms will partner with Indian vendors to jointly bid for the ambitious unique identification (ID) card project of the Indian government, a visiting Israeli IT industry official has said. "Israeli IT firms with domain expertise in e-governance and homeland security will bid for the unique ID card project jointly with Indian vendors, as local participation is key to such projects dealing with critical mass," Katrin Melamed, business development manager for the Israeli software industry, told IANS here.

July 10th, 2009 India's Infosys says quarterly profit up 1.6 pctMUMBAI, India — Indian outsourcing bellwether Infosys Technologies Ltd. reported a slight rise in quarterly profit and warned of a steep drop in revenue as its global clients struggle to cope with the economic slowdown.

February 10th, 2009 PANAJI - Goa will launch 'Cyber Treasury', a state-wide area network that enables entrepreneurs to pay commercial taxes, including value-added tax (VAT), online, state Finance Secretary Udipta Ray said here Wednesday. Chief Minister Digambar Kamat will inaugurate the project at a national conference on e-governance to be held in Goa Feb 12-13, she told reporters.

October 15th, 2009 TORONTO - Identity theft and online fraud are likely to harm e-business prospects in the long run, warn experts, who are asking legislators to strengthen laws against cyber crime. Susan Sproule and Norm Archer of McMaster University, Ontario, who conducted the study, say identity theft and fraud are an increasing concern for consumers who interact with online businesses routinely.

October 5th, 2009 Dealertrack upgrading identity theft trackerLAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. — Dealertrack Holdings Inc., which makes software for auto dealers, said Monday it has upgraded a service that tracks identity theft prevention.

July 5th, 2009 UK spy chief's family details posted on FacebookLONDON — Photos and family details about the newly appointed head of Britain's international spy agency have been removed from a social networking Web site. The Mail on Sunday newspaper reports that the information was posted by the wife of John Sawers on her Facebook page.

March 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The National CDM Authority (NCDMA) in the Ministry of Environment and Forests took a further step in applying the principles of e-governance by launching a new website today. It will enable CDM project proponents to file applications and upload their project documents directly from the comfort of their offices.

December 27th, 2008 WASHINGTON - Influential political scientist and former Harvard professor Samuel Phillips Huntington has died aged 81, the university reported on its website. Huntington, who retired from active teaching at Harvard in 2007, died Wednesday at Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, the website said Saturday.

September 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Mines Minister B. K. Handique on Friday inaugurated the 45th Meeting of the Central Geological Programming Board (CGPB) and exhibition in the national capital.

April 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - As India seeks to emerge upfront in today's knowledge economy, the national elections will give its verdict on whether information technology can help politicians reach out to their vote banks, as US President Barack Omaba did last year. And Dataquest magazine, in its cover story on this aspect in its upcoming issue, feels it is the growing realisation of the power of IT that prompted the two main political parties - the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress - to give significant importance to it in their manifestoes.