New Delhi, Aug 29 : Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology awarded the fifth “Computer Literacy Excellence Awards for Schools” for the year
2007 to Amity International School, Gurgaon.
Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Jyotiraditya M Scindia was also present on the occasion.
The award includes a cash prize of Rs. 1.5 lakh along with a trophy and a certificate of excellence presented at a function to school principal Neetii C Kaoshik at Vigyan Bhavan on August 28.
Washington, August 29 : An Indian-origin scientist in the U. S. has devised a way to create six-dimensional images that respond to changes in light and the viewer''s direction, by adapting the basic technology used in cheap 3-D postcards and novelty items for the purpose.
"We are the first ones to build a display that changes with lighting. We''ve finally found a way to build the most realistic display," Discovery News quoted Ramesh Raskar, a scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as saying.
Washington, August 29 : A study on a newly discovered living species of giant clam called Tridacna costata suggests that modern humans’ dispersal out of Africa into the Red Sea and adjacent regions 110,000 to 90,000 years ago might have been driven largely by competition for marine resources.
Fossil evidence reveals that the new species called Tridacna costata once accounted for more than 80 percent of giant clams in the Red Sea, while it presently represents less than one percent of giant clams living there.
Claudio Richter of the Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany says that new species appears to live only in the shallowest waters, making it particularly vulnerable to over-fishing.
New Delhi, Aug 29 : External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that New Delhi is working with the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) countries to secure a clean waiver on the India-US civilian nuclear deal.
The net and PC devices would soon be available at a low price. These devices are being developed by the Indian Institute of Science. These devices are being built with the help of Intel’s Atom processor.
The director marketing of Intel, Prakash Bagri confirmed that the prototype of Netbooks and Nettops has alredy been developed and these are expect to strike the market with in a month. The new products are the part of “Connected Indians” plan of Intel.
Various other companies such as Acer, HCL, Lenovo, Wipro and Zenith are also providing support to complete the project for connecting a billion Indian populations. The big market of India has less than 50 million Internet users and small number of Broadband users.
Sofia (Bulgaria), August 29 : A stone clock from the first Bulgarian kingdom has been discovered, among other findings, near Mogila village, Kaspichan municipality, in Bulgaria.
According to a report in www. news. bg, some Bulgarian citizens accidentally came across two stone blocks near a Proto-Bulgarian fortress, out of which one portrayed a “stone clock” or “stone calendar”.
The fortress is a part of the system, constructed for the defense of the capital Pliska. It closely resembles the Madara fortress, but is considerably smaller.
At the initial investigation, enormous treasure-hunter decays could be seen, reaching a depth of 4 meters.
New Delhi, Aug 29 : Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology awarded the fifth “Computer Literacy Excellence Awards for Schools” for the year 
New Delhi, Aug 29 : External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that New Delhi is working with the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) countries to secure a clean waiver on the India-US civilian nuclear deal.
