Deployment of advanced technology could solve many problems India faces, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Thursday.


Advanced technology needed to solve problems: PM


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The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued notice to the chancellors and directors of the central and state universities funded by it and other deemed varsities to update their data on the UGC website, an official said.


UGC sets about updating varsity data on its website


Police have busted more than 210 gangs and detained 8,700 people after they were found to have been involved in online crimes, a statement from China's ministry of public security said Tuesday.


8,700 detained for online crimes in China


Banking ombudsman in Karnataka M. Palanisamy Tuesday advised banks to issue chip-based ATM cards with customer's photo to check frauds committed through debit or credit cards.


ATM cards with photo will check frauds: Ombudsman


Former president APJ Abdul Kalam Tuesday highlighted the critical importance of manufacturing and technology in transforming India into a developed nation.


Manufacturing can transform India: Kalam


British scientists have developed a new method to treat brittle bone disease in children.


New treatment found for brittle bone disease


India's first Cyber Forensic Laboratory (CFL) has been set up in Tripura, an official said Monday.


India's first cyber forensic lab set up in Tripura


Children born with genetic birth defects like Down's syndrome are at an increased risk of developing childhood cancer, says a study.


Genetic birth defects may lead to childhood cancer


Internet connectivity on mobile phones and dongle devices were snapped in Jammu and Kashmir Sunday.


No internet on mobile phones in Kashmir (Lead, Supersedes earlier version)


This week, the usually staid TIME magazine got poetic with this headline: "EV Market Gets Another Jolt, $5k Price Cut on Chevy Volt". It was just another bit of excitement in a stream of stories from the global electric car market, a stream that totally passed India by.


India on the cusp of a battery-powered revolution (Comment: Special to IANS)


Your journey to the hills of Himachal Pradesh will not run into rough weather now -- the Shimla weather bureau has brought two major national highways that zigzag through the state on the weather map of India, an official said.


Weather forecasts to aid travel plans in Himachal


Salient points about INS Arihant, India's first indigenous nuclear submarine, and the reactor on board that went critical Saturday, paving way for deploying the vessel after sea trials.


Salient points of INS Arihant nuclear sub


India took a major step towards attaining its long-awaited nuclear weapons triad as a reactor on board the country's first indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant was activated early Saturday, paving way for its deployment by the navy after sea trials.


India moves towards n-triad as INS Arihant's reactor activated (Intro Roundup)


In a major step towards India attaining its long-awaited nuclear weapons triad, the reactor on board the country's first indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant was activated early Friday, paving way for its deployment by the navy after sea trials.


India moves toward n-triad as INS Arihant's reactor activated (Roundup)


India's first indigenously-designed and built reactor for a submarine - INS Arihant - is functioning well but will be shut down sometime later to study reports of its functioning, top atomic energy establishment officials said.


'Submarine reactor functioning well, to be shut down for analysis'


Global technology and consulting firm CSS Corp has unveiled a delivery centre at La Aurora de Heredia in Costa Rica to service its clients in Brazil, Mexico and the US.


US tech firm opens centre in Costa Rica


India has activated the atomic reactor on board INS Arihant, a development that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described as a "giant stride" in the progress of the country's indigenous capabilities.


INS Arihant n-reactor activated; PM calls it giant stride


The nuclear reactor's activation on India's first n-submarine INS Arihant "represents a giant stride in the progress of our indigenous technological capabilities", said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday.


A giant stride: PM on activation of submarine's n-reactor


India has activated the atomic reactor on board the INS Arihant in a major step towards operational deployment of the indigenous nuclear submarine, said sources.


INS Arihant n-reactor activated


London, Aug 10 (IANS/EFE) A scientific study shows that dolphins are the animals with the greatest memory-storage capacity after humans, according to the British magazine Proceedings of the Royal Society B.


Scientists amazed by how much dolphins remember


A special iPhone device can be used to quickly detect heart rhythm problems and help prevent strokes, say researchers.

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