The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has approached Union Law ministry to get legal aid on the issue of increasing base price for 3G and broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum allocation.
Interestingly, the telecom department is not is the favor of increasing base price of 3G spectrum as it can discourage companies to participate in the auction process. Low participation by companies may decrease competitiveness that can lead to significant losses to state exchequer.
With the motive to help New Delhi face any nuclear threats from Pakistan and other "volatile" countries in the region, the US and India are engaged in talks over sale of missile shield systems which is also a part of their overall strategic partnership.
The media reports which quoted unnamed US diplomats said, "The preliminary talks took place mainly at a scientific and technical level and American defense officials had conducted computer simulations with their Indian counterparts."
London, Jan 8 : To guard New Delhi against any possible nuclear threats in the future, the United States is planning to sell a missile shield system to India.
The US is in preliminary talks with India over the sale of missile shield systems, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
Citing officials at the US Embassy in New Delhi, the Financial Times said talks took place mainly at a scientific and technical level, and US defence officials had conducted computer simulations with their Indian counterparts.
Sydney, Jan 8 : Climate porn, flashpacking, toxic debt, wellness tourism and fanta pants-these are just some of the new words and phrases that have made it to the Macquarie Dictionary''s online edition.
According to the editor of the Macquarie Dictionary, Susan Butler, there was a big influence of America quite large on the list of words she selected, owing to the recent elections in the country.
"There were two big things that happened in 2008. One you can''t use because it''s a proper noun, and that''s Obama. The second was subprime," The Sydney Morning Herald quoted Butler as saying.
London, Jan 8 : Samsung Electronics has launched a new line of LCD televisions, which is being hailed as the world''s slimmest television ever created.
The wafer thin television includes a LCD (liquid crystal display) screen as well as an LED (light emitting diode) backlighting system.
In the face of global economic downturn, the South Korean company is hoping to capitalize on consumer interest with its ultra slim TVs, reports the Telegraph.
A prototype of the new flat-panel television is to be displayed during the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which opens on Thursday.