Maps of the world
Geographical Information Systems is revolutionising the present and portend a happier future. Or so we hope in the maps of our minds.
Will MNCs displace the domestic industry?
MNCs are virtually shutting out indigenous manufacturers from the urban slice of the telecom pie, but the fault is not entirely theirs.
Teasing death
The trials run before introducing drugs into the market are peppered with death-inviting inaccuracies and even brazen lies
Tapping into the source
These are the days of frenetic crossborder data networking. Electronic cilia have crawled into almost every nook in the world where information …
One step ahead
Bilaspur in Madhya Pradesh will be the first in the country to grant right to information to its people
Solutions at a click
Computers pave the way for sustainable agricultural and rural development in five Pondicherry villages
World Bank in a new avatar
While the World Bank launches its 'development gateway', critics gear up to counter the 'caring sharing knowledge bank' that it strives to portray
Capturing nature
CHHOBI MELA–2001·exhibition of photographs on nature and wildlife·The Academy of Fine Arts·Kolkata·January 2001
Betrayal by monopoly
Book>> Common as air, revolution, art and ownership • by Lewis Hyde, Farrar, Strauss and Girar
Too many digital distractions are eroding our ability to read deeply. Here’s how we can become aware of what’s happening
Media multi-tasking is an adaptive response to an environment inundated with information, but it comes at a cognitive cost
A technology-driven circular business model is essential to reach climate change goals
Adopting a “product-as-a-service” business model is one of the most impactful changes we can make today
New book presents untold stories of societal impact of science & technology in independent India
Indian National Science Academy, an apex body of Indian scientists, has come out with a book that shares unknown developments which made …
Bihar government scraps two posts of information commissioners
Activists who had been demanding filling up of two vacant posts of information commissioners cry foul
Countdown to self-reliance
Indian space scientists have been forced on the indigenisation track to launch communications satellites
Patent fears
Scientists in Karnataka are forced by the administration to abandon efforts towards documenting the biodiversity knowledge of indigenous people
Website review: http://www.tarahaat.com
If you are a Net-savvy villager in north India, Tarahaat.com could easily become your favourite haunt on the Web. For starters, the website …
Deliberate omission: Certain provisions in Digital Personal Data Protection Act regression for democracy
By providing wide discretionary powers to the bureaucracy, the new data protection law severely restricts the scope of the Right to Information …
How the ‘strict’ Data Act is diluting RTI
The government made many provisions to insulate itself from most of the data protection, making it less transparent and accountable
Who has rights over a citizen’s body? New twist in Aadhaar controversy
Centre says citizens don’t have absolute rights over their body, but critics point to right to liberty and dignity
Packaged food labels in US to have bigger, bolder display of calories
US Food and Drug Administration behind move aimed at helping people to make better informed choices
Kolkata artist’s project aims to inculcate environmental awareness in rural areas
It aims to make people question popular notions of development at the cost of the environment
Unjust and inaccurate?
Popular cinema, Hollywood and Bollywood, should be sensitive and truthful while portraying wild animals
Virtual war
Wikipedia becomes target of anonymous edits against Russia Wikipedia>>Politics>>Russia/Ukraine
Reforming the cyber nation
Book>> I know who you are and i saw what you did; social networks and the death of privacy • Free Press • US $26
Unravelling science for the lay person
NCSTC-Network, a voluntary organisation, links and helps smaller organisations working to demystify science for the masses and dispelling blind …