National Geographic Channel, in association with Bharti Airtel, has begun the quest for India’s bright young talents with, ‘Airtel Nat Geo Young Explorer’. This is an initiative to identify India’s bright young talents, who have the curiosity and aptitude to explore the world around.

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) announced that it had acquired, through its wholly owned subsidiary Reliance Industries Investment and Holding Private Limited, from Oberoi Hotels Private Limited and certain other promoters of EIH Limited shares in EIH Limited representing 14.12% of EIH Limited at a total cost of Rs 1,021 crores approximately.

Tata Teleservices Ltd (TTSL) is India’s first privately owned mobile operator to sign a deal securing its 3G telecoms supplier. It has selected Nokia Siemens Networks technology and expertise to support the launch of 3G. The network, based on WCDMA 3G and including HSPA+, will allow TTSL to offer high-quality mobile broadband providing fast Internet browsing and better quality voice calls.

Transcend Information, Inc. (Transcend), a worldwide leader in storage and multimedia products, will expand its flash card product line with the introduction of the standard Class 4 Series and the new 32GB “Ultimate” series Class 10 SDHC card, which can store up to 13,104 pictures. The Class 4 SDHC cards are aimed at entry-level users, while the Class 10 SDHC cards are designed for the professionals to enjoy high-speed consecutive shooting and smooth HD video recording.

Music player, FM radio, camera with flashlight, video recording, internet and email access, GPS… These are some of the standard features donning the mobile handsets available in the Indian market now and extensively used by an average Indian, who had been using the device for communication purposes only till a decade back since the mobile phone service was launched in the country in the late 90s. But now, the new features of the mobile handsets are now becoming more pervasive and turning the phone into a Swiss Knife of communications. An IT intelligence firm, IDC India, has just concluded a study on the Indian mobile handset market that goes beyond the number of units sold.

Fujifilm India launches the JV series cameras- JV100 and JV150 in the Indian market. The JV100 and JV150 come with 12 mega pixels and 14 mega pixels respectively with powerful Fujinon 3x optical zoom lenses. These cameras are equipped with the most advanced HD features and its range starts from Rs 7,799.

There are bigger dangers down the road that Saudi Arabi and India are treading. One, government officials are major users of BlackBerry mail. Do they really want to push RIM into a corner where it starts offering decryption to any government which asks? What then stops it from offering to decrypt Indian emails for China or Pakistan, if enough pressure is brought to bear on it?

AT&T and Research In Motion (RIM) introduced the new BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone on the AT&T network. The new handset is the world’s first smartphone to combine a BlackBerry keyboard with a full touch screen experience. The BlackBerry Torch 9800 will be available for $199.99 with 2-year service agreement…

Kingfisher Airlines, India’s only Five Star airline rated by Skytrax, launched a daily direct flights between New Delhi—Ludhiana (Punjab) route. The launch of this new route marks the first time that Kingfisher Airlines is commencing operations from Ludhiana and Kingfisher Airlines is currently the only private airline to offer services to Ludhiana.

Apple launches new iMacs and Magic Trackpad with the latest Intel Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 processors and powerful new graphics. Starting at Rs 74,900 (Inc VAT), the new iMac line is the fastest ever with dual-core processor speeds up to 3.6 GHz, quad-core speeds up to 2.93 GHz and discrete graphics including the powerful ATI Radeon HD 5750. The new Magic Trackpad, with a smooth glass and aluminum design, gives iMac users the same intuitive Multi-Touch gestures that Mac notebook customers have come to love and is available separately for Rs 3,070 (Inc VAT).