2. Biggest ever Commonwealth Games begin in Delhi ceremony started in New Delhi on Sunday with a near-capacity 60,000 crowd rapturously applauding the opening laser display. The Prince of Wales, and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, were introduced to the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium along with President PratibhaPatil and Prime Minister as the audience stood for the national anthem.
3. Google has 35 mn Indian SMEs on its radar Having already doubled its small and medium enterprise (SME) customer base in India within a year, global Internet search giant Google is now aggressively trying to reach out to the entire sector for online advertising. India has an estimated 35 million SMEs, out of which only about 200,000 have an online presence through domains, sub-domains and blogs.
4. Continue…. "We plan to reach out to all of them, as well as educate the ones who are not online, on the benefits of online advertising," Google Asia-Pacific Head (Online Sales and Operations) Aliza said. Small businesses with limited budgets for creative and media buying are attracted because they get a cheap platform to extend their footprint and that too, with a quick and measurable return on investment (ROI).
5. TCS inks deal with British Airways to develop IT solution for aviation IT services major TCS today said it has entered into a pact with (BA) to develop IT software solution for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) for aviation. The company along with British Airways will develop IT software, maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), the overhaul, repair, inspection or modification of an aircraft or aircraft component (Aviation).
6. Continue…, This partnership brings to the market a tried and tested solution that addresses key industry requirements, including compliance control, inventory management and maintenance operations, TCS said in a statement. Business solutions and outsourcing organisation has joined with British Airways to launch IT solution, branded as "SWIFT MRO."
