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Non-life insurance policies lack clarity: IRDA 14 April 2012
Insurance Regulatory Authority of India (IRDA) Chairman J Harinarayan expressed his concern on the increasing number of complaints being received by the policy holders of health insurance. While speaking in Hyderabad at the first meeting of the newly-formed Health Insurance...
Keywords: ambiguous, Insurance Regulatory Authority of India (IRDA), health insurance, health insurance
Read MoreThe privacy war: It's Wall Street against it's employees 22 April 2013
US lawmakers effort to block companies monitoring it's employee's personal Facebook and Twitter accounts has irked a new party- The securities regulators and now it's war between the combined force of Wall Street companies and the regulator against privacy loving...
Keywords: us financial regulators, wall street twitter privacy, internet privacy in corporate America, wall street facebook privacy
Read MoreA common emergency response number for the nation... 21 January 2013
Finally, India seems to have woken up to the urgency of having a single emergency response number on the lines of America's 911. This number may be called for any emergency - police, fire or ambulance. To speak more, The...
Keywords: common emergency response number, emergency, nationwide, common emergency response number
Read MoreTRAI mulls customer norms for telcos losing licences 14 February 2012
Users have the option of number portability, allowing them to change their service provider without having to change their phone number, but TRAI feels that many customers are unaware that the existing provider cannot extend services beyond four months if...
Keywords: Videocon, S Tel, number portability, number portability
Read MoreAll should be allowed to bid in 2G auction: Bharti Airtel 08 February 2012
Under a fair market mechanism, all players should be given equal opportunity to participate when a 2G auction takes place, leading telecom firm Bharti Airtel said Wednesday. "We are believers of the market mechanism where everybody must have a fair...
Keywords: Bharathi Airtel, Fair market mechanism, Bid in 2G auction, 2G Auction
Read MoreNumber portability in entire nation delayed 02 January 2014
Full mobile number portability (MNP) service will not be available nationwide anytime soon. The department of telecom (DoT) has not accepted the recommendation for nationwide MNP by sector regulator, said the secretary of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) Rajeev...
Keywords: Number portability in entire nation delayed, number portability, mobile phone companies, Technology
Read MoreCAG can audit telecom companies accounts 06 January 2014
The Delhi High Court on Monday said Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) can audit the accounts of private telecom companies under relevant provisions of the law and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Act. In 2010 telecom tribunal...
Keywords: CAG, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
Read MoreLahore High Court Give Notices to the Federal Govt & Pemra 04 February 2017
After Bollywood banned Pakistani actors, in a counter attack the federal government and the electronic media regulator banned Indian content on television. Taking the further step on this, the Pakistani court on Saturday gave notice to the federal government and...
Keywords: TV, Notice, Federal Government, Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra)
Read More8.44 million new mobile users in February 26 March 2012
The country has added an average of 7 million new users in during the previous months, taking the total number of GSM users in the country to 656.86 million. India's GSM operators added 8.44 million subscribers in February, the highest...
Keywords: Supreme Court, Vodafone, subscribers, Airtel
Read MoreKeep consumers in loop on charges: TRAI 06 January 2012
In a move to bring in more transparency and end consumer woes, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Friday asked operators to ensure that subscribers are informed every time an amount is deducted from their account for different...
Keywords: operators, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited, Telecom Consumers Complaint Redressal Regulations, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
Read MoreDelhi airport to turn most expensive 26 April 2012
The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) has made a decision on Wednesday for increasing the charges at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi by 346 per cent. This means, an average persons will have to burn his pocket from the...
Keywords: Airports Economic Regulatory Authority, Indira Gandhi International airport, user development fee, Indira Gandhi International airport
Read MoreGovt all set to crackdown ads between shows 06 April 2012
A good news for all the television watchers, very soon it will be easy to watch their favourite shows and movies with less advertisements in between. TRAI has decided to restrict and fix an upper limit on the duration of advertisements...
Keywords: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Cable Television Network Rules.
Read MoreIndia’s is second largest country, in terms of Mobile users 21 October 2011
The most controversial and the convenient mobile phone has made the country the second largest subscriber base in the world, just behind China. The gadget with excellent advantages and an equal amount of contra statements has made an average feel...
Keywords: Mobile Number Portability, Teledensity, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Mobile Number Portability
Read MoreIndia needs 30 more airports: Planning Commission 25 January 2012
The passenger terminal capacity in all airports, expected to be 230-240 million this year, is likely to grow to 370 million, the estimates, drawn up in accordance with the investment plans of the airport operators, show. The growth projections for...
Keywords: 12th plan period, 30 functional airports, Airports Authority of India, growth projections
Read MoreBuilders' activities checked 05 June 2013
The Union Cabinet yesterday passed a Bill to regulate the activities of the builders in the real estate business to safe guard the interests of the buyers. Main features of the Bill are, 1. The builders should compulsorily register with...
Keywords: separate Bank Account, building project, Union Cabinet, safe guard
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