New Delhi, Dec 5 The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Thursday said it has issued 51 crore Aadhaar numbers and is in the process of completing its mandate of covering 60 crore people by the end of the current fiscal. “With generation of about 11 lakh Aadhaar numbers every day, the flagship programme appears […]
Bangalore/Chennai, Dec 1 Cruising at 32km per second, the Indian spacecraft to Mars is now in the sun’s orbit on its way towards the red planet after leaving earth’s gravity early Sunday, making India the first Asian country and fourth in the world to leap into interplanetary space. “The spacecraft (Orbiter) is on course to […]
Chennai, Oct 13 (IANS) The scrapping of moral instruction classes in the schools, the near absence of physical sporting activities and lack of adequate parental supervision at home are some of the reasons for students turning into killers or committing suicides, a cross-section of people in this southern metropolis say. The general lowering of tolerance levels […]
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Suspension orders will be handed over to the principal of B.R. Ambedkar College for allegedly abetting the suicide of a former colleague, the Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA) said Saturday. Pavitra Bharadwaj, 40, a former laboratory assistant at the college, set herself ablaze Sep 30 outside the office of the Delhi […]
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) First they set fashion trends with their on-screen and red carpet wardrobes. Now actresses like Kareena Kapoor, Lara Dutta, Malaika Arora Khan and Deepika Padukone are taking their creative instincts a step further by creating apparel lines for mass brands, which in turn are minting good business. Several labels are thus […]
New Delhi, Oct 1 Cloud computing has in the last few years caught the imagination of IT leaders in emerging nations like India, Brazil and China who are excited about its transformational and innovative potential while in developed markets it is mostly seen as a cost-cutting tool, says a global study. “IT leaders in emerging […]
Bangalore, Oct 2 Former McKinsey partner and strategic consultant on emerging markets Ireena Vittal has joined the board of Wipro Ltd as a director, it was announced Wednesday. “Vittal, who has two decades of experience as a thought leader, will serve as an independent member on our board,” the company said in a statement. As a […]
Bangalore, Oct 2 Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is partnering with semiconductor firm Analog Devices to spur innovation in research and development (R&D) of micro-electro-mechanical systems (Mems) and nano science. As Indian subsidiary of the US-based major in signal-processing, Analog will be one of the premier scince institute’s industry affiliate programme at the centre for […]
London, Oct 3 Scientists analysing images of Mars have discovered a network of supervolcanoes that could have buried the red plant in ash when they were active billions of years ago, Sky News reported Wednesday. The discovery by researchers at London’s Natural History Museum and NASA suggests that early Mars was more active than previously thought […]
Sydney, Oct 3 In a pathbreaking effort, Australian and Chinese researchers have successfully isolated a molecule in centipede venom that reportedly has the potential and potency to be developed into a painkiller as powerful as morphine. The findings were published this week in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Xinhua reported. Researchers […]