Given India's reliance on coal, electric vehicles could at best be 10% more efficient than petrol in terms of CO2 savings.
The Indian Air Force's Sukhoi-30MKI fighter is a beast that is tamed only by technology. The aircraft's giant AL-31FP turbofan engines, which allow manoeuvres that no other fighter can dream of, are monitored by its pilots on high-tech computer screens called multi-function displays, or MFDs. A quick glance across the MFDs also provides information about on-board weapons and sensors, telling the pilots everything about how the aircraft is flying and fighting.
Though India is a low-bandwidth geography with relatively low Internet penetration, it has a very large number of sophisticated surfers and skilled computer users
Chief executives in 35 of the top Fortune 500 companies were overpaid by about 129 times their 'ideal salaries' in 2008, according to a researcher at Purdue University. Venkat Venkatasubramanian, a professor of chemical engineering, wanted to know if CEOs in top-notch multinational companies are being fairly paid or not.
Internet search engine giant Google has teamed with Intel and Sony to develop Google TV, a platform for bringing the web into the living room via televisions and set-top boxes
SVKM's NMIMS University invites applications for the year 2009-10.
Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 contains some genuine belly laughs, and would have been perfect were it not for its feature-length running time, writes Raja Sen.
Imagine a world in which a human only thinks, and a robot cooks the whole meal.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Gwalior announces admissions to MBA programme for academic session 2009-11.
With approximately 2.9 million young men and women ready to begin their undergraduate and post graduate courses, 'many are pondering ways they might be able to avoid the high unemployment and underemployment rate facing the most recent crop of graduates,' global outplacement consultancy Challenger Gray & Christmas said in Chicago on Wednesday.
Indian IT companies, which participated in the CeBIT 2009 in Hannover, expressed confidence that innovative skills of the software engineers and IT professionals along with their ability to adapt to the rapidly changing situation in the markets around the world will help cushion the impact of the global economic meltdown on the industry in India.
He took the CAT three times. Third time lucky, he finally got a call from IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta and Lucknow.
Rediff readers tell us what their first salaries meant to them.
Candidates appearing for the exam in Kolkata were seen standing in queues while abiding by the social distancing norms.
ABV Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior opens applications for admission to the MBA Programme for 2009-2010.
Vishnu Viswanath, 29, and Meenakshi Moorthy, 30 fell to their deaths from Taft Point in the national park in California. They were identified on Monday as the married couple from India living in the United States.
Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation's scholarships, awards and grants to young men and women under 30 years of age with talent and ability and a desire to transform their lives.
Automobile engineers at car giant Nissan have designed the groundbreaking vehicle for the future, Land Glider, which has four wheels, but is little more than half the width of a family car and is designed with busy city streets in mind.
Nadella has been ranked fifth among 50 global corporate heads by Fortune Magazine in its annual 'Businessperson of the Year' compilation, followed by CEO of Milwaukee-based maker of water heaters A O Smith Ajita Rajendra on the 34th spot, HDFC Bank's Managing Director Aditya Puri on the 36th position and Banga on 40th.
Das had been with SAP for over eight years.
Delhi College of Engineering (DCE Delhi) invites applications for admission to post-graduate courses under the Faculty of Technology, University of Delhi for the session 2009-10.
Set a timer on your computer for a stand-and-stretch break after every 30 minutes.
Applications for H-1B visas totalled a record 233,000 for fiscal 2016, according to figures released recently.
Symbiosis International University offers PG in Geoinformatics.
Larsen & Toubro, India's largest engineering company, has sought permission from the market regulator to sell its 6.9 per cent stake in Mahindra Satyam, which is currently valued at around Rs 900 crore.
Meet the team of four engineering students who created a project that enables companies to effectively utilise electricity and thus reduce their environmental footprint and in turn global warming.
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran's son Charles Anthony is commanding a contingent of the Tamil Tigers, alongside other top rebel leaders like Banu and Lakshman, arrested black Tigers have revealed. Anthony, who returned from Ireland in 2006, is believed to have got a degree in aeronautical engineering and is heading the air wing and computer unit of the LTTE, according to the reports.
Engineering giant Larsen and Toubro, which acquired little over four per cent stake in Satyam in less than a month, is believed to have approached the government on Tuesday, evincing interest to buy the troubled IT company.
Engineering giant Larsen and Toubro (L&T) is selling a third of its 6.9 per cent stake in Mahindra Satyam, formerly Satyam Computer Services. The transaction is expected to fetch Rs 304 crore (Rs 3.04 billion) for the company, said banking sources.
After waiting for months for Satyam Computer Services to honour their job offers, several wannabe Satyamites finally landed at the scam-hit company's headquarters in Hyderabad to get an assurance on their jobs. Satyam has been the preferred choice for many students and colleges alike. But over the last couple of years, the company has either reduced the intake or stopped going to institutes for recruitment. The company usually recruited in advance anticipating new projects.
The company aims to book a profit of over Rs 250 crore from the open market sale, said two sources familiar with the development.
Start young and never compromise, according to expert analysis of the Microsoft founder's ascent to fame.
In 2016, one in two companies is planning to increase head count with hi-tech, shared services and life sciences leading the pack
On a day the Supreme Court gave transgenders third gender status, Rediff.com presents Bharathi Kannamma, who is contesting the Lok Sabha election from Madurai.
At just 17, an Indian-origin student has earned admission to 14 top United States universities, including all eight Ivy League schools considered the most prestigious varsities worldwide.
Satyam Computer moved a step closer towards finalising bids for selling a majority stake in the trouble-torn IT company with the board meeting investment bankers on Thursday.
Blogs may be good to read but the blog you just visited and commented on, could be a storehouse of spam having links pointing to pages that use social engineering tricks and infect your computer.
A team from India's $7 billion engineering behemoth, Larsen & Toubro, which holds 12 per cent stake in Satyam Computer Services started inspecting the books of the troubled company.
Apple Inc has said it will issue a software update very soon to cut off the ability of spies and hackers to grab email and other sensitive data from Mac computers.
University of Washington researchers said some smartphones are starting to incorporate 3-D gesture sensing based on cameras, but cameras consume significant battery power and require a clear view of the user's hands.
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