The St Teresa’s College has rolled out a project to train almost 12,000 government school students in e-governance at the Government Girls High School on January 16th. According to a report in the Indian Express, the ini
According to an ANI report, BJP`s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi pitched for digital and internet-based governance in the country, while addressing business leaders ahead of national polls. According to the report,
According to a media report, Exams 24x7.com in collaboration with the department of education, Karnataka government will organize free online preparatory examinations for secondary school leaving certificate (SSLC) and pre-university course (PUC)
The wiki entry for Delhi chief minister throws up two important facts: 1. Delhi got its first chief minister, Chaudhary Bramha Prakash, way back in 1952. P
Ojing Darung, Arunachal Pradesh’s labour commissioner, was arrested on February 8 for encroaching on government land. He had dismantled his official residential quarters and constructed a residential complex in its place. As soon he
The much-debated Section 377 of Indian penal code criminalises not only gay sex but also all intercourse against the “order of nature” – a culturally and religiously coloured perception of ‘nature’ that believes sex i
The utility of the electricity regulatory commissions, set up to reform the gargantuan power sector, has come under question, as the AAP government of Delhi led by inimitable Arvind Kejriwal has gone ahead and reduced charges. The populist move, f
India and South Korea have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on digital signatures for facilitating the effective and efficient paperless bilateral trade and commerce. It was signed in the presence of Kapil Sibal, minister for communicati
Less than a day after Sunanda Pushkar, wife of union minister Shashi Tharoor, was found dead, and even before the police can confirm whether it is a murder, suicide or natural death, the verdict – sort of – is out. It’s murder, s
Comparisons being natural in political arena, especially when discussing the Gandhi family, one could not but recall Rajiv Gandhi’s “naani yaad dila denge” comment as Rahul Gandhi began his address at the AICC session in New Delh
Just after Sanjay Gandhi died in a plane crash in Delhi, the AICC session was under way to take stock of the political situation. Having lost a son who played a crucial role in assisting her, Indira Gandhi, the then prime minister and AICC chief,
K S Chandrashekar, joint secretary (IT), Daman & Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, has said that the union territory will become 100 percent e-savvy by the end of this year. One of the main projects for this purpose will be the ‘UT Wide Ar
To boost electronics system design and manufacturing, ESDM, the government can focus on a set of 25 high priority products, which accounts for 82 percent of the overall electronics consumption and develop a supportive ecosystem to set off the disabil
It was a bright and sunny winter morning, just over a fortnight ago, when Arvind Kejriwal, fresh after taking oath as the new chief minister of Delhi, told thousands of people gathered at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi, and beamed nationally by all TV st
The quality of learning in schools in rural India has declined and remained neglected in the nine years of the UPA government, says the annual status of education report (ASER) 2013 prepared by Pratham, a non-profit organisation. While the
The Odisha government is in a state of shock after the supreme court directed the central government to submit the Justice M B Shah commission report on illegal mining in the state. However, a probe by the central bureau of investigation (CBI) is
Robust development of the electronics manufacturing sector in India has been a priority ever since Rajiv Gandhi started the first phase of liberalisation in 1986. It still is. In 2009, a task force comprising various members from the industry a
While the election commission (EC) eventually decided to abandon its plans to tie up with Google for online voter facilitation, the agency has an intriguing story to tell on why it was compelled to even think about the free lunch that the global s
While Maoist operations have been contained considerably in Odisha, the state’s director general of police (DGP), Prakash Mishra, feels there is an urgent requirement to fill up vacancies in the police department for the state to hold the fo
Reward of Rs 20 lakhs, lover, and a better life were the three reasons for Gudsa Usendi, official spokesperson of the Communist Party of India-Maoist Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC), to surrender to the Andhra Pradesh police, accordin
