Mumbai, Sep 3 – An Indian-origin US official Friday said that providing information on the web to increase access to official data is a priority for the American government.
‘We created data.gov in 2009 with an aim to increase access to government data as close to the authoritative source as possible,’ said Vivek Kundra, US chief
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September 03, 2010 by Editor | No Comments
Increasing access to government data our goal: US official
September 02, 2010 by Editor | No Comments
India to build world’s largest solar telescope
Bangalore, Sep 2 – India is inching closer towards building the world’s largest solar telescope in Ladakh on the foothills of the Himalayas that aims to study the sun’s microscopic structure.
The National Large Solar Telescope (NLST) project has gathered momentum with a global tender floated for technical and financial bidding by the Bangalore-based Indian Institute
August 30, 2010 by Editor | No Comments
Employment registration to go online in Haryana
Chandigarh, Aug 30 – Job seekers in Haryana will not have to go to employment exchanges to get their names registered. An online facility is being activated from Sep 1.
Haryana’s Labour and Employment minister Mahender Pratap Singh said Monday all the services of the department, like registration of job seekers, registration of employers and posting
August 30, 2010 by Editor | No Comments
India’s second moon mission to carry five instruments
Bangalore, Aug 30 – India’s second moon mission in 2013 will carry five scientific instruments on board the spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 that will also have a lander and a rover to ride on the lunar surface, the space agency said Monday.
‘Russia will provide the lander and the rover is being built by our scientists and engineers,’
August 30, 2010 by Editor | No Comments
BlackBerry gives in, India grants two month extension
New Delhi, Aug 30 – BlackBerry phone maker Research in Motion (RIM) Monday gave in to the Indian government’s pressure and said it would consider setting up a server in India to help security agencies monitor its encrypted data.
In doing so, RIM got a two-month extension for continuing its services, the home ministry said.
There
August 30, 2010 by Editor | No Comments
Police seek Dhoni’s help in anti-Maoist campaign
Ranchi, Aug 30 – Jharkhand Police have sought help of Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in a campaign against Maoist rebels.
Jharkhand Director General of Police (DGP) Neyaz Ahmad met Dhoni at his home in Harmu housing colony Monday. The Jharkhand police chief termed the meeting a courtesy call.
However, according to informed sources, Ahmed sought
August 30, 2010 by Editor | No Comments
India moves ahead with robotic revolution in surgery
New Delhi, Aug 30 – A robot performing surgery sounds like a scene out of a Hollywood sci-fi flick. But fiction is fast turning into reality in Indian operation theatres where high-precision robotic surgeries – a less cumbersome procedure than conventional operations – are gaining acceptance.
Leaving behind the days of low technology methods, doctors are
