Suketi Himalayan Fossil Park suffers neglect
byNahan (Himachal Pradesh): Lack of interest and neglect on the part of the government, Suketi Fossil Park, also known as Shivalik Fossil Park, is losing…
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Let Net strengthen democracy: Iceland president
byNew Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Iceland President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson has called for a new model of e-governance where rulers must “surrender to the…
Gates Foundation to continue support to Kerala sanitation projects
byThiruvananthapuram, April 7 (IANS) The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) has committed to continue supporting sanitation projects in India and make the facility…
India successfully test fires nuclear-capable Agni-II missile
byBhubaneswar: India today successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Agni-II strategic ballistic missile from a military base in Odisha, a defence official said. The test was…
India test fires nuclear capable Agni-II missile
byBhubaneswar, April 7 (IANS) India Sunday test-fired its nuclear capable Agni-II strategic ballistic missile from a military base in Odisha, defence sources said. The…
12 billion mobiles in the next 10 years (Comment)
byOne kilogram. That’s what it weighed, the bulky prototype used for a wireless phone call by a Motorola engineer in 1973. For the real…
Mobile users in Middle East victims of cyber crime: Study
byAbu Dhabi, April 7 (IANS/WAM) Lack of precaution by mobile users can have unfortunate consequences. Close to two in five mobile users in the…
Silent Conversations and the Coming of Internet Devta
byBefore the Internet, such things happened only between Man and God, in a language that had no script, like the Revelations. But while these…
British Library to archive billions of webpages
byLondon, April 6 (IANS) Embarking on the biggest expansion of its archiving power since 17th century, the British Library intends to record the country’s…
Costa Rica to install Internet access in public schools
bySan Jose, April 6 (IANS/EFE) The government of Costa Rica announced Friday a plan to install access to the Internet in every public school…