India's Latest Call centre 'scam' -BBC News

India's IT industry has urged Britain's Channel 4 television to co-operate with the authorities after a sting alleging data theft from Indian call centres.

The Nasscom trade body wrote to the TV channel asking it to share its findings and expressing concern at its methods.

Channel 4, which is said to have spent a year on the report, said it was not its job to act as a "police agent".

Strikes close Indian tech capital

Workers striking over a regional border dispute have brought Bangalore, India's equivalent of Silicon Valley, to a standstill.

Offices, schools and government sites were shut as activists staged a 12-hour stoppage in the state of Karnataka.

Indian BPO under siege after TV sting - Y!News

New Delhi: Thursday could do a lot of damage to the Indian BPO industry. UK-based Channel 4 is all set to air a sting operation, showing two Indian middlemen selling personal and confidential financial information of UK citizens they allegedly obtained from Indian call centres.

But the Indian BPO industry is questioning the story as well as its motivation. "In the US, 148 cases of theft worth over $33 billion was reported last year. Worldwide, a French company has calculated frauds worth something like $60 billion. We are quite aware of it," an industry official said.

Pakistan agrees $43bn development

Pakistan has given a Dubai property firm the go-ahead for a $43bn (£22.8bn) project to develop two island resorts.

Emaar Properties, one of the United Arab Emirates' biggest property firms, will have an 85% share in the 13-year project to develop Bundal and Buddo.

Emaar plans to develop the site near Karachi into a model city with homes, apartments, offices and theme parks.