Boston-based One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), a non-profit organisation, is targeting to sell 1 million OLPC XO laptops in India by the end of the current financial year.
Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to bringing free content to the world, is setting up an office outside the US for the first time as part of its five-year strategy focused on Global South. Wikimedia is also increasing its focus on Brazil, and other regions of Africa and Asia.
The natural beauty of Langkawi and the idyllic time we spent left us craving for more, says Pamela Sinha.
Seven years after she rose to fame with Amber Dhara, actress Kashmira Irani returns to televsion with a youth-based show.
Other events singled out by the New York-based International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, which has presented the annual Webby awards since 1996, were the Iranian election in 2009 when protests demonstrated the power of Twitter and other social network in reshaping democracy.
The four-day event, which will conclude on March 11, saw many foreign aircraft companies display their flying machines. Rediff.com's Venkata Sathish gives a preview.
Thinking of migrating to a more agreeable locale? Then perhaps you should consider moving to Vienna, which has been named the best city to live in for the tenth year in a row. However, the news isn't that great for Indians, with the list released by global consulting firm Mercer showing that Indian cities fared badly in the quality of living survey. The comprehensive survey is done with many factors being considered like housing, crime, political stability, leisure, air pollution, infrastructure, health system, education and economy.
One is really left wondering how India can ever claim to fare better than the United States and the United Kingdom in this space.
The cricketer got engaged to British model-turned-actress Hazel Keech in Bali recently, and we hear the couple is planning to tie the knot in February 2016.
The cricketer got engaged to British model-turned-actress Hazel Keech in Bali recently, and we hear the couple is planning to tie the knot in February 2016.
Swan is one of the firms which got a licence at bargain-basement prices thanks to telecom minister A Raja.
A Pakistan air force aircraft, with five military personnel on board, was allowed to land at the airport in Lucknow for refuelling on Saturday afternoon, official sources said on Sunday.
George Fernandes' underground crusade against the Emergency catapulted him among the leading opposition figures.
India's greatest contemporary architects Charles Correa died on Tuesday night at the age of 84. He was best known for his "open-to-sky" designs, which were reflected in some of his famous projects. Rediff.com takes a look at some popular buildings that got the Correa touch.
They suggest that this method could be applied to help identify warning signs in search data before a range of real world events
Satyarup Siddhanta is the youngest mountaineer in the world to climb both the Seven Summits and the Seven Volcanic Summits.
SIMI does not believe in a nation-state. Its ultimate aim is to have an Islamic Caliphate with an Islamic India an integral part of such an arrangement. And to achieve this, SIMI sees secular, democratic modern India as a hurdle. Yet it is the secular cabal that acts as a cheerleader for SIMI!
'People are just putting the mask below their nose.' 'They are only protecting the mouth, but not the nose.' 'People need to understand that it is the nose which has to be protected.'
'You can still acquire the COVID-19 virus even if you are vaccinated.' 'But if you develop the disease, (after being vaccinated) the likelihood is that it will be mild.' 'It just makes sense to continue to take precautions, because you may be around a lot of unvaccinated people.'
No less than 4.5 million government employees will soon have more money in their pockets. And they can thank Justice Bellur Narayanaswamy Srikrishna for it. Still, public records do not have much information on the man.
Anindya Dutta relies on facts and figures rather than back stories to trace the history of Indian spin bowling, says Partha Basu.
Why the common man doesn't matter to Communists.
Controversial media-mogul Howard Stern asks America to vote for Sanjaya.
'Even after vaccines are given, precautions like using a mask and maintaining social distancing have to be taken.'
The underwater world has never looked so magical, mysterious and mesmerising. These photographs are some of the stunning medal winners in the Underwater Photographer of the Year 2021 contest.
'We are already exhausted, but we can't give up.' 'The battle is still on.' 'We will see some respite by December 2021.'
'It is early days as yet and what is certain is that like all technology Web 2.0 will irrevocably and irreversibly change the way we interact with the Web and with each other.'
The cricketer got engaged to British model-turned-actress Hazel Keech in Bali recently, and we hear the couple is planning to tie the knot in February 2016.
'The 2019 election and the run-up to it will certainly see bots being deployed in large numbers on all sides.'
About one-third of the world's poor live in India but there are countries where 88 per cent of population is extremely poor.
The curse of stardom, especially in a country like India -- which wants its Gods to be tidy and punctilious -- is that stardom forces you to stop exploring the frozen sea inside you, and instead inspires you more and more to perform out of a small puddle, observes Sreehari Nair.
'The Himmatsinghji Report is still 'missing'.' 'It is a great loss for the knowledge of India's borders.' 'It would have an immense value at a time China is bound to shift its attention to other border fronts in the Himalayas,' notes Claude Arpi.
Ticked off by his party for praising the Aam Aadmi Party, Union minister Jairam Ramesh on Saturday changed his tune, saying the outfit was just a "platform", unlike the Congress.
Sanam Teri Kasam is a good soundtrack, promises Aelina Kapoor.
Check out which monuments make the most money for the government.
'Just like humans binge on food when they are depressed, they also tend to shop for instant gratification. which is just temporary. Please do not fall into this trap,' cautions Sheetal Jhaveri.
According to a study by CareerCast, a common requirement among the 10 highest paying jobs in US is an extensive and specialised education and in some cases it might stretch up to decades of preparation.
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