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Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

'The sooner we junk the rhetoric of freebies, the better'

'Welfare schemes are not a necessary evil, they are a necessary good.' IMAGE: Women commuters in New Delhi show their pink tickets. Photograph: PTI Photo Free electricity. Free bus ride. Free......

15 ways to be a better mom

It goes without saying that mothers have an important role to play in their children's lives. Here are a few tips on how you can be a better parent to your child: 1. Respect and value your......

Jitin Prasada and Akhilesh vow not to let infants die

A day-long conclave organised by the Hindustan Times in Lucknow drew the attention of both the Uttar Pradesh and central governments towards the ever-rising infant mortality rate. Union Human......

Orissa village girl bags global youth award

When Jyotirmayee Mohapatra mobilised a motley group of girls to assert their rights in a remote village in Orissa's Kendrapara district, little did she realise that the effort would fetch her a......

Google to sell laptops to schools at $99

Google Inc began selling basic laptop computers to schools at a price of $99, meeting a price point that prominent MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte famously held out in 2005 as key to bringing......

OLPC aims to sell 1 million laptops in India

Boston-based One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), a non-profit organisation, is targeting to sell 1 million OLPC XO laptops in India by the end of the current financial year. OLPC XO is especially......

3 million rural kids in India to get laptops

A movement to get rural poor children learning on the screen using a state of the art laptops has begun in India. Every fourth child in the world who needs screen based learning environment is in......

India orders 250,000 OLPC laptops

The '$10, world's cheapest laptop', developed in India has been given a quiet burial with the government placing an order for 250,000 XO laptops from the Nicholas Negroponte-led One Laptop Per......

$10 laptop flops, India orders 250,000 OLPC laptops

The '$10, world's cheapest laptop', developed in India has been given a quiet burial with the government placing an order for 250,000 XO laptops from the Nicholas Negroponte-led One Laptop Per......

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