Madrid, June 21 (IANS/EFE) The Spanish Data Protection Agency, or AEPD, said Thursday that it has opened sanction proceedings against Google over its new privacy policy after verifying several infractions by the firm.


Spanish regulators open case against Google


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Scientists have developed a new identification mechanism that can detect genetic variations linked to prostate cancer to predict aggressiveness of the disease in a better way, says a study.


New method to predict aggressiveness of prostate cancer


Out of the total 150 million Internet users in the country, around 60 million women in India are now online and use the online medium to manage their day-to-day life, according to a survey conducted by Google India.


60 million  women use Internet to manage everyday life: Survey


The Kerala-headquartered Mind Media Innovations Pvt. Ltd has developed a new smartphone app on baby care to help young parents with baby rearing tips.


A smartphone app on baby care


A central government official Wednesday lauded the efforts of the Tagore Centre for Natural Sciences and Philosophy (TCNSP) to go forward with its establishment "without much money".


Kolkata Tagore hub praised for starting without 'much money'


President Pranab Mukherjee will undertake a two-day visit to the Left Front ruled Tripura from Thursday, an official said here Wednesday.


President to visit Tripura


Scientists have hit upon a novel drug that attacks the tuberculosis bacteria, a finding that could prove to be an effective tool in treating the dreaded disease, says a study.


Scientists discover new TB drug


The country's largest hydropower plants in Himachal Pradesh remained shut for the fourth consecutive day Wednesday following a high silt level in the Sutlej river, triggering a power crisis in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi.


Himachal hydropower units remain shut for fourth day


The demand for light emitting diode (LED) lighting in India is expected to grow by about 40 percent per annum over the next five years, lighting solutions manufacturer NTL Lemnis said Wednesday.


'India's LED lighting demand to rise by 40 percent'


The US technology giant Cisco plans to open a new research and development center in Israel, the company's CEO John Chambers said during his meeting with Israel's Minister of Finance Yair Lapid.


Cisco set to open new centre in Israel


Surinder Rawat, a physical education teacher who had rheumatoid arthritis, got a new lease of life after doctors here performed a replacement surgery on both her knees using a new technology, a doctor said Tuesday.


New surgery for easy knee replacement


India's leading IT services, Tata Consultancy Services, held its goIT summer camp programme in the Cincinnati area exposing students to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) related career paths.


TCS holds camp in US for science, maths students


Saudi Arabia has set up a national e-security centre to protect the country's e-system from hackers, a media report said Tuesday.


Saudi Arabia e-security centre to prevent hacking


The state-run Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and its National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) have jointly set up a research facility here to test bird strikes on aircraft using air guns, the institute said Monday.


Facility to test bird hits on aircraft in Bangalore


Global search engine Google is offering a new format in India to advertise products and brands for users, the company's Indian subsidiary said Monday.


Google offers new format to advertise Indian products


Himachal Pradesh's two major hydropower projects remained shut Monday due to high silt level in the Sutlej river, sparking a power crisis in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi.


North India power hit as Himachal hydro plants shut


The so-called 2G scam, where suspected government corruption in the award of telecom spectrum led to the cancellation of 122 service licences across the country by the Supreme Court, is one of the reasons for recent tariff hikes, apart from denting the global image of India's flourishing mobile phone industry, experts maintain.


Telecom scam fallout: Higher tariff, dented image


India's atomic power plant operator, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has again shifted the commissioning of the first unit at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) to the next month, instead of end June.


Kudankulam's commissioning shifted to next month


With the number of registered users on its website touching around one million, the internet connectivity increasing in tier-two cities in the country and the subscriber numbers going up, Big Flicks Pvt. Ltd. is planning to increase the number of movie titles in its library by 1,000 to 3,000 this year, said a senior official.


Bigflix's to beef up movie library size


Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan seems to be in awe of Deep Space, said to be the country's first indoor roller coaster, which he launched Friday at the theme-based amusement park Adlabs Imagica in Khopoli, outside the city.


Varun Dhawan launches indoor roller-coaster


Superstar Aamir Khan, whose forthcoming film "Dhoom 3" will be released in the IMAX format this year, is happy that the technology has been launched in the country. He says audiences will have an amazing experience watching the films on it.

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