Wipro chairman and managing director Azim Premji today said information technology can help increase reach of financial services to the poor in rural areas. Besides bracing up to face the stiff competition, Indian banking system should be ready to shoulder new responsibilities like financial inclusion and penetration into the rural sector to serve the less privileged, Premji said while inaugura
Aiming cost effective promotion of health care systems, the Pune based Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) has developed a `decision support system` software with a knowledge base of integrative medicine, combining best practices in Allopath, Ayurveda , Homeopath and Yoga. Named `Cure@Home`, the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solution can help transcend the hete
Is this an age of online examinations using modern technology? A university here is conducting online examinations of its students by using touchstone application developed by an IT company. Over 2,500 first semester B Tech students of Manav Rachna International University are currently appearing for their online internal assessment, a top varsity officer said. The online semester examina
The Internet search giant Google has launched its web version of Foursquare on a new version of Google Maps. Maps offers to share check-in with your friends connected with latitude and possibly publish your position in your Google profile. While updating its Maps application for Android, it took the opportunity to add a function of its check-in location-based service. It offers a variety
A sailor of the Indian Navy was arrested by the cyber crime wing of Visakhapatnam police on charges of sending obscene SMSes to the daughter of his superior officer, police said today. According to police, M Rana, working at eastern naval command here and staying at `INS Circars`, was allegedly sending obscene messages to the daughter of a commander based in Visakhapatnam. The girl informed
The Haryana Government is creating a database of residents in the state under the centre`s UID project which the state has begun to implement. The database would be integrated with the delivery of citizen-centric services under various social welfare programmes of the state government to ensure that benefits reached the target audience, an official spokesman today said. He said a number of f
Crime investigators could soon find it little more easier to nab suspects, as a team led by an Indian-origin scientist has developed a new software and some algorithms that can automatically match hand-drawn facial sketches to mug shots stored in police databases. Researchers at the Michigan State University in the US said once in use, the implications of their programme would be huge. The r
The cyber crime wing of Hyderabad police has registered a case against the owners of a few websites and blogs which allegedly defame actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi and other film personalities, a senior official said today. Following a complaint a case has need registered against the owners of a website last night, the officer told PTI. "We have evidence against the persons who had host
Post offices in the country will soon start issuing rail and bus tickets along with delivering letters. This is part of Rs 1,850 crore Project Arrow, under which a Head Post Office (HPO) was inaugurated by minister of state for information technology and communication, Sachin Pilot here. "Under Project Arrow, we plan to provide the best and most-advanced postal network in the country," Pilot
UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani today requested chief minister Sheila Dikshit to speed up the process of enrolment for unique identification numbers in the national capital. Nilekani, during a meeting with Dikshit, also explained to her about the status of the ambitious project and sought her cooperation in its speedy implementation in the city. The city government
In what may come as a boon to candidates qualifying for UGC`s National Eligibility Test (NET), e-certificate would be issued to them within six days of declaration of result. "The introduction of e-governance into the system would cut down the time lag for issuing the certificate which now takes anywhere between six to eight months," HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said today
The Law Society of England and Wales has chosen Indian IT company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) as its strategic transformation partner. TCS will work with The Law Society initially on a system development project, which aims to create a more effective online service for The Law Society and its members, said TCS in a statement. In UK, the legal services industry
The global base of internet domain names grew by nearly 3.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief, published by VeriSign. The fourth quarter of 2010 closed with a base of 205.3 million domain name registrations across all Top Level Domains (TLDs). This was a 1.7 per cent increase over the third quarter. Domain registrations grew
South Korea issued a cyber security alert after the websites of 40 government and other agencies came under attack today, the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) said. A KCC spokesman confirmed details of the DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks given earlier by private Internet security firm AhnLab. AhnLab said sites included those of the presidential Bl
Telecom major Bharti airtel today launched third generation (3G) services, that offer Live and on-demand TV channels, video calling and high-speed internet access, in Delhi and NCR. The company has launched its services in Delhi and the National Capital Region spanning Gurgaon, Faridabad and Noida powered by 1,800-plus 3G sites, including Flickr, Twitter, Facebook and other socia
Now, get train timings, fare and other details about the Delhi Metro`s high-speed Airport Express Line at the click of a mouse. The Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited, the Reliance Infra-led consortium that runs the corridor, today launched its newly-designed website. The website, www.delhiairportexpress.com, also allows passengers to give their feedback a
Investment firm General Atlantic is expected to buy a 0.1 per cent stake in Facebook, an investment which will value the social networking site at USD 65 billion. The General Atlantic investment involves the purchase of a block of roughly 2.5 million shares of stock from former Facebook employees, a CNBC report said. The deal will give the investment firm a 0.1 per
As the census exercise enters the penultimate phase, here`s a chance for you to `focus` on India`s "strength in numbers" and win a prize. The Census of India is holding a photography contest, details of which have been put on its Facebook page `Census 2011`. The population enumeration phase of the exercise has just ended and the revision round is going on. To par
The Global Positioning System (GPS) installed in about 30 vehicles of Mumbai police was found to be not functioning when the police control room was unable to trace them during a recent inspection. The new police commissioner Arup Patnaik found out the problem during his inspection of the control room early this week. He examined the working system there, including
Some BPOs and corporates in the national capital are trying to bend the official directive to ensure the safety of women employees while dropping them home late at night, according to the Delhi Police. The police reached this conclusion after the arrest of a driver employed with a prominent low-cost airline in south Delhi for violating provisions of the notification making it man
