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Vikas Swarup, Secretary (West), the Ministry of External Affairs, at UN Human Rights Council meeting

India at 43rd UN Human Rights Council meeting [READ FULL STATEMENT]

Indian diplomat Vikas Swarup touched up on various topics during his address at the 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council, including terrorism, climate change, inequality, J&K and Pakistan.

Feb 26, 2020

Airtel revises its IR packs and services

Great news for Airtel users traveling abroad: Telco finally addresses customer grievances

Airtel finally puts an end to exorbitant bills after incurring unwanted charges during international roaming. Here's everything you need to know.

Feb 26, 2020

Two-pronged strategy to avert telecom disaster: Centre may offer relief on taxes, input costs

Two major telcos including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone idea are facing statutory dues of over crore Rs 35,500 and Rs 53,000 crore, respectively.

Feb 24, 2020

Backlash over Reliance Jio's decision to charge voice calls

Jio makes U-turn on tariff transparency, doesn't want to reveal special recharge packs

Feb 21, 2020

TRAI wants to remove 100 daily SMS limit: What does it mean for users?

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released a draft regulation that aims to remove the current limit of 100 SMS on the users.

Feb 20, 2020

Airtel deposits Rs 10,000 crore AGR dues to telecom department; Vodafone Idea to pay next

Bharti Airtel said it is in the process of self-assessment of accounts and will duly make the balance payments before the next date of hearing (March 17). According to DoT, Bharti Airtel owes Rs 35,500 crore to DoT.

Feb 17, 2020

Nifty, Sensex fall as telecom exposure weighs on banks

Indian shares ticked lower, dragged down by banking stocks exposed to telecom operators after the government ordered mobile carriers to immediately pay billions of dollars in dues.

Feb 17, 2020

Nokia joins Sony, Amazon, Vivo, Facebook, others to pull out of MWC 2020

Mobile World Congress is going to be different this year as many crucial companies cancel participation. HMD Global and Nokia is the latest one to join.

Feb 12, 2020

Samsung India faces mobile retailers wrath with defaced branding, sales seizure

This move against Samsung could likely result in a loss of crores of rupees. Here's why mobile retailers are protesting against the market leader.

Feb 8, 2020

Economic Survey: Govt's key steps to achieve $5 trillion economy, check here

The Economic Survey noted that the year 2019 was a difficult year for the global economy with world output growth estimated to grow at its slowest pace of 2.9 per cent.

Jan 31, 2020

Driving Mobility Through Technology

How Mobility is Touching the Lives of Citizens and Transforming the Society

Jan 27, 2020

2G mobile internet, broadband services to be restored across Kashmir from today

With 2G internet services set to be restored in all 20 districts of J&K from Saturday, January 25 all post-paid and prepaid subscribers will get access to internet. However, access will be limited to 301 whitelisted websites.

Jan 25, 2020

My Country Mobile Provides International Virtual Phone Numbers to over 70 Different Countries

My Country mobile connected to over 1000 telecom operators around the world. My Country Mobile has launched Callmama - Free calling app around the world.

Jan 24, 2020

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Sensex, Nifty tumble as SC dismisses Airtel, Vodafone pleas on payment dues

The SC dismissed petitions by wireless carriers, including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, seeking a review of its order late last year that they must pay the bulk of nearly $13 billion in dues.

Jan 17, 2020

Big blow to Airtel, Vodafone Idea as SC rejects plea for relief on government dues

The Supreme Court in October 2019 upheld a long-standing demand by the country's telecoms department that wireless carriers pay 920 billion rupees ($12.98 billion) in overdue levies.