A car that goes 1,000 km with just a litre of fuel
byAbu Dhabi: A team of engineering students in the UAE have designed a car that could potentially travel up to 1,000 km on just…
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Analysts upbeat, markets toast Reliance telecom deal
byMumbai, April 3 (IANS) Indian markets continued to toast the agreement reached Tuesday by Reliance Industries to share the optic fibre network of Reliance…
CDs of best administrative practices released
byNew Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The government Wednesday released video CDs of some of the best administrative practices for their wider dissemination so that…
Six European countries challenge Google on privacy
byParis, April 3 (IANS/EFE) Agencies in six European nations will take legal action against Internet giant Google for failing to rectify problems with its…
Obama launches $100 mn BRAIN initiative to beat India, China
byWashington, April 3 (IANS) Saying that he wanted the next job-creating discoveries to happen not in India or China, but the US, President Barack…
US launches initiative to explore human brain
byWashington, April 3 (IANS/EFE) US President Barack Obama has announced an ambitious multidisciplinary program to create a map of the human brain that could…
Attn. Minu: Strenghtening the IT Act (To go with: ‘IT Act ineffective, toothless’)
by* The IT (Amendment) Act, 2008, reduced the quantum of punishment for a majority of cyber crimes. This needs to be rectified. * The…
‘IT Act ineffective, toothless’ (Second of a two-part series)
byNew Delhi, April 3 (IANS) India has of late witnessed a rise in cyber crime and experts attribute this to a “toothless” Information Technology…
Internet Devta driving rain gods out of business
byAccuracy of weatherman’s forecasts having improved immensely, of late, rain Gods (Devta’s) in traditional hill societies are a restless lot for they find it…
‘India needs more Himalayan Glaciology experts’
byNew Delhi, April 2 (IANS) There has been scientific studies on impact of climate change on Himalayan glaciers but India has very few glaciologists…