Laptops: Window to the world in rural schools
byKhairat (Maharashtra): For Walter Bender, co-founder of the One Laptop Per Child initiative, watching 20 children display great familiarity and skills with their XO…
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PDP assures socio-economic growth of Chenab Valley
byDoda: Jammu and Kashmir’s main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today assured the formulation of a comprehensive action plan for the socio-economic growth of…
36 die as firecracker factory catches fire
byChennai: At least 36 people were killed and more than 75 injured when a powerful explosion Wednesday tore through one of the biggest fireworks…
Falling prices, few buyers make Himachal financially powerless
byShimla: Falling prices of electricity generated in the state and lack of buyers have left Himachal Pradesh virtually powerless, financially. Besides tourism and horticulture,…
Manmohan ineffectual, presides over corrupt government: Washington Post
byWashington: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been described as “a dithering, ineffectual bureaucrat presiding over a deeply corrupt government” by a leading US…
SJVN to make foray into thermal generation
byShimla: Moving beyond hydropower, public sector generation company SJVN is intending to make a foray into thermal power and is exploring the possibility of setting…
Kashmir University official caught helping in cheating
bySrinagar: A Kashmir university official today has been caught in helping a B.Ed examinee in cheating. The incident has happened in the community centre of…
UIET Hoshiarpur students go on strike, demand better administration
byHoshiarpur: UIET Hoshiarpur students have taken the tough call of going on a strike against the college administration. The strike was initiated on 24th August and…
Himachal High Court partially strikes down Anti Conversion law
byShimla: Striking down a penal provision in the Himachal Pradesh of Religion Act, 2006 under which a person, who failed to give due notice…
Shackleton Crater on lunar South Pole holds ice
byLondon: Small patches of ice make up five to 10 percent of material in walls of the permanently shadowed Shackleton crater, located near the lunar…