Union IT and Communications Minister, A. Raja announced that under the rural broadband project by 2012, all Gram Panchayats, Government High Secondary Schools and Public Health Centres will be provided broadband connectivity.
Speaking at the National Round Table Conference on ‘Telecom Sector in Education Development’, the minister said that funds from USO are being extensively deployed to increase broadband connectivity at each block and village level.
IT, pharma and select realty, consumer durables and power stocks trade strongly while the benchmark BSE index Sensex continues to languish in the negative terrain with a sharp loss on account of heavy selling activity in Reliance Industries, Reliance Communications, Bharti Airtel, ACC, Tata Steel, SBI and Grasim Industries.
At 12:28 p.m., the Sensex lost 191.25 points 10,439.87, while the Nifty stood at 3087.30, down 54.80 points.
According to a new study by University of Colorado researchers, women hands carrying far more germs than men's. The study published online Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, said this information could help scientists work out what constitutes a "healthy" level of bacteria, diagnose disease and maybe even get an advance warning of something about to go amiss.
Robert E. Marquis, a professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Rochester Medical Center said, "The findings of the last few decades suggest that many diseases are due to many organisms, and it's the concerted change that leads to disease,"
Karan Johar’s much awaited ‘Dostana’ is all set for a November 14th release.
The film with two hunks (Abhishek Bachchan and John Abraham) and one hot diva (Priyanka Chopra) is already creating new fashion trends among the youth.
Directed by Tarun Mansukhani, the romantic comedy film featuring lot of style and glamour is shot mostly in Urban America.