3 Indians jailed in Dubai for lewd texting

Three Indians, including two cabin crew of UAE's Emirates Airline, have been sentenced to three-month in jail in connection with a case of exchanging "lewd" text messages, a media report said on......

Can Rupee Dethrone The Dollar?

Those who consider the rupee as a proxy for virility have started thumping their chests and dreaming of dethroning the dollar from its coveted position, observes Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Illustration:......

India crosses a billion telephone numbers in April

Future growth in Indian telecommunications is expected to come from data services and not from voice traffic   The number of telephone connections in India crossed one billion at the end of......

Spectrum scam: What is the actual loss?

Though Indians were no strangers to scams, spectrum loss was beyond their wildest imagination, says Bhupesh Bhandari. A news item tucked away in the inside pages of a newspaper announced that......

Why India needs an independent aviation regulator

India's aviation sector needs a regulator manned by people who understand the business rather than bureaucrats with little knowledge.   Image: The DGCA headquarters in New Delhi.......