“For India, the need of hour is good governance and for that accountability and transparency are required which can be ensured through technology,” Bandaru Dattatreya said The Impact of Technology depends on user’s mindset, technology used with positive mindset will yield positive results-said Bandaru Dattatreya, the Union Minister of State (Independent […]
Month: November 2016
Jio crosses 50 million subscriber mark in 83 days.
Jio has crossed the 50 million subscriber mark in less than three months after its full-fledged 4G services launch to emerge as the largest broadband operator in the country. Jio has set a record of acquiring 1000 customers per minute since September and 6 lakh per day. Jio has become […]
PM meets a group of underprivileged students from Wardha
A group of underprivileged students from Wardha, Maharashtra met Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today at New Delhi. The students were on Delhi Tour called “Sapane Sach Huwe”, organised by a service organisation.
‘Fundamental rights of underprivileged children should be protected and honoured’
Puja Marwaha, the chief executive officer of CRY (Children’s Rights and You), says it is necessary that all duty bearers for children promise India’s children a childhood which is not begging on streets by Dipin Damodharan When will children become a political priority, lamented Nobel laureate and child-rights crusader Kailash Satyarthi […]
Manju Sara Rajan appointed Kochi Biennale Foundation CEO
First woman CEO of KBF will oversee Kochi Muziris Biennale and other Foundation activities Kochi: The Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF) has named Manju Sara Rajan as its CEO, after the board of trustees, including Foundation President Bose Krishnamachari and Secretary Riyas Komu, approved the appointment last week. Significantly, the top two […]
13th World Robot Olympiad
463 teams from 51 Countries have depicted their skills with their innovative prototypes The 13th World Robot Olympiad, jointly organized by National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) under the aegis of Ministry of Culture and India STEM Foundation (ISF), concluded at India Expo Mart, Greater Noida today. The two day (November 26th – November 27th) […]
Toward X-ray movies
Low-power tabletop source of ultrashort electron beams could replace car-size laboratory devices Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Ultrashort bursts of electrons have several important applications in scientific imaging, but producing them has typically required a costly, power-hungry apparatus about the size of a car. In the journal Optica, […]
Saharan dust in the wind
Scientists find huge reduction in African dust plume led to more Saharan monsoons 11,000 years ago Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Every year, trade winds over the Sahara Desert sweep up huge plumes of mineral dust, transporting hundreds of teragrams — enough to fill 10 million dump trucks […]
All you want to know about Cuba’s Fidel Castro
Havana: Cuba’s former president and leader of the Communist revolution, Fidel Castro, has died aged 90, state TV announced on Saturday. Fidel Castro ruled Cuba as a one-party state for almost half a century before handing over the powers to his brother Raul in 2008. Here is what you want to […]
NITI Aayog leads initiative to convert 100% government – citizen transactions to the digital platform
New Delhi: In a transformative attempt to weed out black money and corruption from public life, the Government of India has constituted a Committee of Officers to enable 100 per cent conversion of Government – Citizen Transactions to the digital platform. The Committee, under the leadership of NITI Aayog CEO […]