As part of its efforts to encourage development of IT applications in Indian languages, software major Microsoft Corporation India has launched 'Indic Developer Challenge', a nation wide contest aimed at budding local language developers in engineer

'I would encourage desi parents to have frank conversations with their children about sex,' says Pooja Makhijani.

This is the complete text of President A P J Abdul Kalam's address to the nation on the eve of the 56th Republic Day.

'Never pretend to know the answer to something you have no clue about!' says Rhodes Scholar Swati Mylavarapu.

JRD was a philanthropist, a patron of the sciences and the arts, a man of rare sensitivity, a man with a passion for literature, fast cars, skiing, and flying; and above all a great leader.

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The text of President A P J Abdul Kalam's address to the joint sitting of Parliament.

'They are employing graduates who have just passed out, paying them Rs 5,000 and making them teach. I said \n\nall this must stop,' says Dr U R Rao, whose report on technical education has created huge controversy.

A multinational cow genome project has been launched that is expected to benefit both \n\nhumans and agriculture

'The convergence of ICT, nano-technology, and biological sciences is on the horizon. India is better placed to exploit this revolution than any other nation,' the President, in his address to the nation, said.