mjunction launches shopping portalOctober 13th, 2009 KOLKATA - E-commerce company mjunction Services Tuesday launched a shopping portal hoping to capture 30 percent of market share in online retail trading. "Though the country's e-commerce business is still very small compared to those in the US and the UK, it is growing at a rate of 40 percent year-on-year with the 400 million young population being the main driver," mjunction managing director Viresh Oberoi said.
IndiaMART launches mega sourcing portalOctober 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - IndiaMART.com has announced the launch of its mega sourcing portal, http://sourcing.indiamart.com, which will offer a deep and wide treasure trove of product-related content for prospective buyers and suppliers. Sourcing.indiamart.com will have eight categories - agro, apparel, auto, building materials, electrical, engineering, handicraft and pharma.
It's all in the stars: Lucky nine - Sep 9, '09September 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - If you believe in what the stars say, Wednesday the day of lucky 9 - Sep 9, 2009 - represents tolerance, understanding and forgiving past injustices. And the day will recur only after 1,000 years.
Website on India-Africa ties launchedAugust 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With India and Africa coming closer, a pioneering web portal to bridge the information gap was launched by External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna here Monday.
AOL India launches astrology channelJuly 30th, 2009 BANGALORE - AOL.in has added astrology to its already exhaustive collection of entertainment channels. AOL Astrology channel is partnered and powered by the renowned astrologer Bejan Daruwalla's astrology website 'GaneshaSpeaks.com'.
'Indians pay scant attention to translated literary works'July 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Writer-editor-translator Ira Pande, a familiar face in the capital's literary circuit, feels Indian readers do not pay much attention to "translated literary works". "It is because publishers do not take the trouble to source good translators or invest sufficiently in translated works," Pande told IANS in an interview.
South-East Asian sky to be read by Indian AstrologersJune 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Astroyogi.com, India's leading Astrological portal will now provide astrological guidance to people of Indonesia and Philippines. This has been made possible with the launch of a channel partnership between Astroyogi.com and MSN in Indonesia and Philippines.
Confused where to dine out today? Just SMSMay 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Looking for a restaurant to dine out with your family or need some personalised tips on how to arrange birthday and corporate parties or for that matter big, lavish weddings -- the information is now just an SMS away. A web portal www.planforme.com is offering all this and more.
Mango Network launched one-stop portal for loan, credit card and insurance infoApril 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Getting right information about loans, credit cards and insurance has now become an one-click affair. Mango Network, a leading digital advertisement and entertainment network company in India, has launched a personal finance service portal - ww.MyIndiaFinance.com.
Wedding portal to promote Matrimony DayMarch 19th, 2009 CHENNAI - A matrimony portal has plans of adding to the list of commercialised celebrations by popularising the concept of Matrimony Day, which it intends to mark on April 14 to 'celebrate and glorify the institution of marriage'. Consim Info Pvt Ltd, the company that owns www.bharatmatrimony.com, says the idea is to promote the concept of matrimony and encourage people to enter wedlock instead of live-in relationships.
Beauty queen spills tales of rigour in Hindi translationMarch 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - When done well, a translation can open a new world both to the author and the reader, as was seen in the recently released 'Is Taaj Ke Heere Chubhte Hai', a Hindi translation of Ira Trivedi's popular novel 'What Would You do to Save the World: Confessions of a Beauty Queen'. Translated by Inab Amin and published by Penguin India, the book was released by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
A website for the blind launched in DelhiMarch 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A website to create awareness among the blind and people with low vision has been launched here. The NGO, which took the initiative, claims that the portal is the first of its kind in the country.
Zoya Akhtar writes Hindi films in English!February 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Zoya Akhtar, who has earned rave reviews for her first film 'Luck By Chance', reveals that she thinks and writes her movies in English due to her weakness in Hindi. 'Whenever I write a film it's in English because I'm much faster that way.
Kalki Koechlin took Hindi lessons for 'Dev D'January 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - She is born to French parents, speaks with a Tamil accent and makes her debut with Bollywood director Anurag Kashyap's 'Dev D'. Kalki Koechlin says it wasn't easy mouthing Hindi dialogues, but taking tutions helped improve her diction.
Hindi website of Lok Sabha launchedJanuary 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee Wednesday launched the Hindi website of the lower house. Addressing the launching ceremony at Parliament Library Building, the speaker said the launch of the Hindi website would be beneficial for MPs and the Lok Sabha secretariat.
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