Retail inflation eases to 9.86 percent in July
August 21st, 2012 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) India's retail inflation declined marginally to 9.86 percent in July as compared to 9.93 percent in the previous month helped by easing in prices of ... Read more...
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Bihar to computerise jails
June 28th, 2012 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 28 (IANS) Bihar has roped in the National Informatics Centre(NIC) to develop a software to computerise all prisons."NIC is developing a software for the computerization of prisons and ... Read more...
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Website not hacked: Health ministry (Lead)
June 21st, 2012 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Denying that its website had been hacked, the union health ministry told the Supreme Court Thursday that the allocation of seats for post-graduate (PG) medical ... Read more...
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Admission software hacked, medical student tells court (Lead)
June 19th, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday was told by a petitioner that the software developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) for online counselling and admission to ... Read more...
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Admission software hacked, medical student tells court
June 19th, 2012 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday was told by a petitioner that the software developed by the National Informatics Centre for online counselling and admission to post-graduate ... Read more...
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MPs can now use iPads in house
June 4th, 2012 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Lok Sabha MPs would soon be able to use iPads in the house with a parliamentary panel clearing wi-fi connectivity in the lower house of ... Read more...
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IT making panchayats transparent: Minister
March 28th, 2012 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) India's panchayats are becoming more transparent with over 40,000 elected village bodies using online software for annual planning and another 70,000 for accounting under e-panchayat ... Read more...
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Apex court’s nod to e-counselling for PG medical courses
March 23rd, 2012 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (INAS) The Supreme Court Friday permitted the online counselling for allotment of 50 percent seats of all-India quota for admission in post graduate medical courses in the ... Read more...
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Rationalise motor vehicle tax rates, urges minister
February 14th, 2012 - 1:40 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) To reduce transaction and logistic costs in the transportation sector Road Transport and Highways Minister C.P. Joshi Monday urged state governments to rationalise motor ... Read more...
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Need to rationalise motor vehice tax: minister
February 13th, 2012 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) To cut transaction costs in the transportation sector, Road Transport and Highways Minister C.P. Joshi Monday urged state governments to rationalise motor vehicle tax ... Read more...
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MPs go hi-tech, Rajya Sabha paperless
September 7th, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) It's the high-tech pill for going green and saving reams of paper -- members of India's upper house of parliament, equipped with tablet ... Read more...
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Over 8,000 cyber attacks on CWG ticketing system: Menon
August 12th, 2011 - 12:51 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) There were over 8,000 cyber attacks on the Commonwealth Games' ticketing and scoring systems in October last year but these were repelled, National Security ... Read more...
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Social security pacts with more countries soon
August 5th, 2011 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 5 (IANS) India is in talks with several countries for concluding bilateral social security agreements (SSAs) that would make it possible to reach the fruits of Employees' Provident ... Read more...
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117 government websites defaced in past six months
August 3rd, 2011 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The communications and information technology ministry Wednesday said that 117 government websites were defaced in the first six months of the year and that steps ... Read more...
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Computers to monitor midday meal scheme
August 2nd, 2011 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 2 (IANS) Quality of food, stocktaking and complaints. All these and more will soon be streamlined with the central government finalising plans for a computerised monitoring system of ... Read more...
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Click to keep tabs on fair price shops
July 19th, 2011 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) There's good news for the capital's 3.1 million "ration card holders", a term used for those who can access the 2,500 shops under the public ... Read more...
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NIA website taken down to tighten anti-hacking security
July 5th, 2011 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Days after the hacking of the website and internal mails of the National Security Guard (NSG), the government Tuesday ordered temporary shutting down of the ... Read more...
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Video conferencing systems launched in Guwahati High Court
May 2nd, 2011 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, May 2 (IANS) For quick disposal of cases, the Guwahati High Court Monday began introducing video conferencing systems with its benches spread across six northeastern states.Among all high courts ... Read more...
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Bihar eyes major IT development
April 4th, 2011 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, April 4 (IANS) The Bihar government has decided to constitute a Bihar Information Technology Authority (BITA) to develop and expand the IT sector in the state to attract investment.The ... Read more...
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Rural Service Delivery exhibition begins in Delhi
March 24th, 2011 - 9:50 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar. 24 (ANI): A two-day national conference and exhibition on technology solutions for rural service delivery began here this morning.Inaugurating the conference, Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology ... Read more...
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Indian semicon industry told to invest in nanotechnology
February 21st, 2011 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 21 (IANS) The fledgling Indian semiconductor (semicon) industry has to invest in the research and development (R&D) of nanotechnology to face the challenge of disruptive technologies and shrinking innovative product ... Read more...
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Another 383 post offices to be upgraded
January 4th, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The government plans to upgrade another 383 post offices across the country to international standards under the ongoing "Project Arrow" of the department of posts, Minister of ... Read more...
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Insurgency still persists in border areas: Tripura CM
January 4th, 2011 - 5:57 pm ICT by ANI
Agartala, Jan 4 (ANI): Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has said that although militant activities have been curbed in the state, the problem is yet to be completely uprooted completely.Inaugurating the Tripura ... Read more...
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Tripura gets eye-in-the-sky to track terrorists
January 3rd, 2011 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 3 (IANS) Tripura Monday launched a satellite-based imagery system to track terrorists and curb crime in the northeastern state.Tripura is the second state in India after Jharkhand to introduce the ... Read more...
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Tripura introduces online RTI plea filing
December 31st, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 31 (IANS) Tripura Friday became the first Indian state to introduce online filing of Right to Information (RTI) complaints.Chief Minister Manik Sarkar launched the service of the Tripura Information Commission ... Read more...
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Setting up of telemarketer’s register postponed
December 15th, 2010 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has postponed the dates for setting up of the national telemarketer register (NTR), a nodal point for the registration of ... Read more...
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Government websites must follow security guidelines: Pilot
December 14th, 2010 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) All government websites must adhere to the web security guidelines and those issued by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), Minister of State for Communications Sachin Pilot ... Read more...
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CBI registers case for defacement of its website (Second Lead)
December 4th, 2010 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), whose hacked website was still down Saturday evening, has filed a case for the defacement of its website by a group ... Read more...
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CBI website hacked by ‘Pakistani Cyber Army’ (Lead)
December 4th, 2010 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) The website of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was hacked by a group identifying itself as the 'Pakistani Cyber Army', which also claimed to have hacked ... Read more...
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CBI website hacked by ‘Pakistani Cyber Army’
December 4th, 2010 - 10:56 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) The website of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been hacked allegedly by a group identifying itself as the 'Pakistani Cyber Army', which also claimed to ... Read more...
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Advance Passenger Information System in six international airports: Govt
November 30th, 2010 - 9:38 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Nov.30 (ANI): Minister of State for Home Affairs Mullappally Ramachandran said on
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introduced ... Read more...
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Goa film festival to have e-ticketing for delegates
November 11th, 2010 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 11 (IANS) More than 7,000 delegates who have registered for the 41st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) at Goa can now avail of e-ticketing facilities at the Nov 22-Dec ... Read more...
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India to emulate Gujarat in mother-child health tracking
September 15th, 2010 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Sep 15 (IANS) The country is set to emulate Gujarat in tracking pregnant women and children on a continuing basis through a constant monitoring of their health, nutrition and immunisation profile.
Twenty-three ... Read more...
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Indian home ministry computers under virus attack
August 16th, 2010 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Unknown hackers hacked the internet account of the Indian ambassador to Uzbekistan and dispatched virus-attached emails to some officials of the home ministry, sending the security establishment ... Read more...
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Cabinet’s nod to e-visa, immigration project
May 13th, 2010 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday approved an over Rs.1,000 crore e-project to streamline and integrate visa, immigration and foreigners registration and tracking process.
The core objective of the ... Read more...
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