Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC), on Monday approved an average electricity tariff hike of 32 paise per unit ranging from 10 paise to 50 paise per unit for different categories of consumers other than irrigation pumpsets and Bhagya Jyothi / Kuteer Jyothi households.

This is against the 66 paise per unit increase sought by the electricity supply companies (Escoms) uniformly for all categories of consumers other than IP set users and Bhagya Jyothi / Kuteer Jyothi beneficiaries, KERC said in a statement.

A committee headed by Krishna Mohan Sahni, former secretary in the Ministry of Labour, has submitted its final report to Air India, recommending modalities to drastically cut the number of recognised unions in the airline. The recommendation was aimed at facilitating efficient decision-making during negotiations between the management and union representatives.

Despite having paid a hefty sum of $34 million to settle a US visa misuse case last year, Infosys, India’s second largest information technology (IT) services company, will have to retain an independent third-party auditor at its expense to review its visa compliance until 2015.

As part of the settlement with the US authorities, the independent auditor will be responsible for annually reviewing and reporting on Bangalore-based company’s compliance relating to Form I-9, a type of employee documentation.

KOLKATA: Apple will launch the iPhone 5C 8GB model in India by early June to shore up volumes and bump its average selling price (ASP). The product was first launched in Europe and China a little over a month ago and is yet to hit the shelves in the US.

JAISALMER: Sixteen years after India created history by becoming the sixth country to have tested nuclear bombs and joining the elite nuclear club on May 11, 1998, Pak intelligence agency, ISI, is making a lot of efforts to get a sample of the sand in Pokhran. The ISI even today, is reportedly trying to spy this area and get the sand samples of the area in Pokhran where the nuclear tests were conducted.

ISLAMABAD: The people living in Pakistan's volatile tribal regions on the border with Afghanistan have given up hope of some kind of semblance of normality returning to their motherland, which has almost been turned into a no-go area for non-tribal people.

Calcutta, May 11: Bengal is a focus market for IT major Oracle on account of the state’s e-governance initiatives.

Government efforts to modernise departments and leverage IT to provide services to citizens and corporate houses are expected to spur growth and boost the tech ecosystem.

Oracle is bullish on India catapulting to the level of the US in the delivery of citizen-centric services through its focus on building a better technology infrastructure.

Hyderabad: Tech Mahindra Ltd, the Indian software-services company that bought Satyam Computer Services Ltd (Mahindra Satyam), is considering acquisitions to curb its dependence on telecommunications clients.

The company, whose clients include Vodafone Group Plc and BlackBerry Ltd, wants to boost revenue from industries such as healthcare and retail, chief marketing officer Hari Thalapalli said in an interview in Hyderabad.

At a time when the number of nuclear families is growing, and changing lifestyles and hectic work schedules leaving people with little time for their families, senior citizens are increasingly finding themselves neglected.

Observing the alarming trend, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Research and Training Institute (BARTI) has started an innovative three-month certificate course, Senior Citizen Care, which is generating a good response.

Soccer fans who have splashed out on top-of-the-range ultra-high definition (UHD) TVs in time for the FIFA World Cup next month may not get to watch any matches in the new format.

Only three matches will be filmed in UHD, which boasts resolution four times higher than the full HD standard.

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