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Government releases National Cyber Security Policy 2013
02 Jul 2013
The cyber security policy announced today is not comprehensive as it proposes to set up different bodies to deal with various levels of threat alongside a national nodal agency
Penguin, Random House merger creates world's biggest book publisher
02 Jul 2013
The merger has created Penguin Random House, which will control more than quarter of the global book business and annual revenues of around $3.9 billion
Indian IPv6 lab gets approval from international internet body
01 Jul 2013
India joined the EU, the US, Japan, China and Taiwan to have an IPv6 Ready Logo test lab facilities
Shale gas set to halve oil prices in a decade
01 Jul 2013
Last ditch effort of News International staffers to block phone hacking prosecution fails
29 Jun 2013
Petrol price hiked by Rs1.82 amid plummeting rupee
29 Jun 2013
For the third time this month state-run oil marketing companies have increased the price of petrol, this time by Rs 1.82 a litre, as the headlong plunge of the rupee against the dollar has made imports costlier
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Hariman Sharma lets apple travel to India’s warmer climes
10 Feb 2025
Apple, which was the preserve of the cooler Himalayan region in India, is now everywhere – in the East, the West and the South - thanks to one enterprising Himachal farmer, Hariman Sharma.
The cost of neglecting water transport
03 Feb 2025
Inland water transport is widely recognised as a cheaper and environment friendly mode of transport and, as per a report prepared by RITES
Crypto Currencies Trying To Undermine Global Financial System
27 Jan 2025
US President Donald Trump, it seems, is the latest to join the frenzy for personal or corporate currency, with $TRUMP, or what they call a meme coin, giving a further boost to his crypto image.
As costs of saying final goodbyes rise UK families resort to crowdfunding to pay for funerals
By Axel Miller | 16 Jan 2025
The cost of saying a final goodbye to loved ones in the UK has reached a grim new high, leaving families grappling with unexpected financial burdens.
The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
