FirstPost on Business: Cheerleader fired for blogging on party players

Indians are in a hurry to marry their daughters off even before they turn eighteen, Google objects to India’s internet norms and an IPL cheerleader is kicked out for blogging on flirtatious players. And a lot more.

IPL cheerleader thrown out for blogging on flirtatious players

South African cheerleader Gabriella Pasqualotto has become an internet sensation and a mini-celebrity back home after being kicked out of the IPL for secretly blogging on player behavior in post-match parties. More

47% of Indian women marry before 18

That India marries off its daughters in such a hurry that they have little time to grow out of their teens is a fact that no longer raises eyebrows. But what should come as a shock to a country that preens itself over its growing. Read more

NSE defers decision to induct brokers on board

Brokers may have to wait for some more time for representation on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) board. The country’s largest stock exchange, which recently amended its rules and bye-laws to allow trading members to hold up to 25 percent . Details

Google Objects to Indian internet rules

Google Inc. told Indian regulators in a confidential memo that tough proposed restrictions on internet content could hamper the company and others in a promising market by exposing them to liability for a broad swath of material published by third parties. Details

Bsnl, Mtnl may get Rs 3,000-cr govt aid

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is expected to soon finalise a subsidy plan of Rs 2,500-3,000 crore for state-run telecom majors BSNL and MTNL to give them support. More

JPC will finalise draft report on 2G probe by July-end

There isa healthy precedent in Parliament that two Committees (JPC and PAC) do not take the same subject. As far as possible over-lapping of subjects should be avoided and this is the internal instructions given to the officers of Parliament of the Standing Committees, says JPC head PC Chacko. Read

Australia cuts spending to cool inflation

Australia’s government will end 23 years of spending growth to ease inflation from a mining boom and support the return to a budget surplus, even as it plans measures to help companies hurt by a record-high currency. Details