Two Indians are among 25 internationally recognised experts named to assist a global body in identifying and prioritising web governance and Internet policy-related issues.Subimal Bhattacharjee, former country head of General Dynamics in India and a well known cyber security expert hailing from Assam, and Sunil Abraham, executive director of the Bangalore-based Centre for Internet and […]
Amazon India Launches EMI Schemes For Kindle E-readers and Tablets
Amazon has rolled out EMI schemes for its Kindle Tablets. Kindle e-reader, Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Fire HD 8.9 and Kindle Fire HD tablets are available in three, six, nine and 12-month EMI plans in India. The EMI facility is being offered on all Kindle devices along with a limited-period special price for the new generation Kindle […]
Goa has high school dropout rate of 28%
The small area and numbers Goa has to deal with has helped the state make enviable achievements in education indices. But Planning Commission’s data shows that the state still ranks a not-so-impressive seventh among states and union territories of India with a dropout rate from Class I to X of 28%.Presumably backward states like Haryana […]