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  GST on cellphones, footwear, textiles to be rationalised on March 14

  Business | March 11, 2020 20:39 IST

  The GST Council is likely to rationalise tax rates on five sectors, including mobile phones, footwear and textiles, and defer implementation of the new return filing system and e-invoicing in its meeting on March 14.

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  Gujarat: Thakor community bans cellphones for unmarried women

  India | July 16, 2019 23:24 IST

  Members of the Thakor community in Gujarat's Banaskantha district have issued a diktat banning unmarried women from carrying mobile phones and fining parents of youngsters opting for inter-caste marriages. The diktat was passed "unanimously" in a meeting on July 14 by elders of the community from 12 villages in the district's Dantiwada taluka, a leader from the community said Tuesday.

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  Five unique ways in which Indians use cellphones

  India | March 22, 2014 6:42 IST

  New Delhi: The rapid growth of mobile telephony is India is a success story.  The mobile industry has boomed and almost every tenth person in India owns a cell phone. Cheap telephone connectivity has caused

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  Now, get extreme weather alerts on cell phones

  India | January 08, 2014 11:58 IST

  Chennai: In a path-breaking discovery, a system has been developed through which extreme weather alerts on your mobile phone can avert casualties.According to Satyajit Ghosh, senior professor at the school of mechanical building sciences at

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  A town in US where WiFi, TV, radio, cellphones are banned

  World | December 04, 2013 7:32 IST

  New Delhi: It is home to the world premiere astronomical telescope The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, or GBT operating from centimeter to millimeter wavelengths but WiFi, TV, radio, and cellphones are banned here,

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  Know how cell phones can be used to measure happiness

  India | August 27, 2013 6:22 IST

  New Delhi: Researchers at Princeton University researchers found that cell phones can efficiently capture information that is otherwise difficult to record, given today's on-the-go lifestyle.Thus they are developing ways to use mobile phones to explore

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  IPL6 fixing: Mumbai Police seize Sreesanth, Jiju's laptop, iPad, cellphones from hotel rooms, bookie Ramesh Vyas held

  Cricket | May 18, 2013 20:38 IST

  Mumbai/New Delhi, May 18 The probe into the IPL spot-match fixing scam was intensified Saturday with Mumbai police seizing the mobiles, iPhones and laptops of cricketer S.Sreesanth and his relative, bookie Jiju Janardhan while the

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  Top 5 mobile phone deals

  September 01, 2012 11:27 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 1: Here is a list of some of the recently launched smartphones that are available for a really attractive price.Not often we find good mid-range smartphones available at attractive prices even after

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  Cars, Fridges, ACs Costlier, LCD TVs, Cellphones Cheaper

  India | March 16, 2012 19:15 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 16: A large variety of day-to-day usage items and services will burn a hole in the common man's pocket with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee proposing to raise excise duty to 12 per

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  All Cellphones In Delhi to Carry Radiation Emission Tags

  India | January 19, 2012 8:27 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 19: Delhi government has decided to make it mandatory for all cellphones sold in the capital to prominently display radiation emission tags to forewarn consumers about the health hazards posed by different

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  Say Goodbye To Passwords On Cellphones

  World | December 04, 2019 11:17 IST

  Scientists at The University of Manchester have developed software for mobile phones that can track your facial features in real-time, reports Daily Mail, London. Eventually it will be able to tell who the user is,

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