London: Parents could be putting their children at risk if they upload digital photos that are automatically "geotagged" by their camera, a study reveals. Geotagging is the process of adding geographical identification metadata to various media, including photographs. The tools are often built into camera and camera phones and either use the mobile networks or global positioning system (GPS) to pinpoint a given photo. Researcher Joanne Kuzma from the University...
12:15 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Rochester: Picture it: Save for a few disposable point-and-shoots, Kodak is exiting the camera business. Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday that it will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames in a move that marks the end of an era for the beleaguered 132-year-old company. Founded by George Eastman in 1880, Kodak was known all over the world for iconic cameras such as the Brownie and...
10:46 AM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: For a generation that has learnt to articulate thoughts in 140 characters and knows its smartphones and tabs, e-textbooks are only the next step. But some infrastructure bottlenecks need to be taken care of before that education revolution takes place in India, experts say. Technology giant Apple recently launched an app for digital textbooks that saw an astronomical 350,000 downloads globally in the first three days. Educationists agree...
03:51 PM, Feb 07, 2012
HYDERABAD: After the recent 108-hour-long Akhanda Sahasra Sankeerthana for Annamayyas 602nd birth anniversary and Srikanth Gouds make-up of 103 classical dancers in 100 minutes, here is another cultural effort to record yet another Guinness entry at the Ravindra Bharati. Christined after one of the most inspiring poets, Rabindranath Tagore, the theatre is celebrating a two-day Rabindra Nrityotsav, a unique dancing Guinness record feat, marking his 150th birth anniversary celebrations and...
08:27 AM, Jan 30, 2012
Moscow: Undeterred by a Siberian court's rejection of their plea seeking a ban on a translated version of the Bhagvad Gita, Russian prosecutors are planning to file an appeal against the verdict on the holy book dubbed by them as "extremist literature". Prosecutors in the Siberian city of Tomsk argue that the Russian translation of "Bhagvad Gita As It Is" promotes "social discord" and hatred towards non-believers, an issue which...
05:43 PM, Jan 26, 2012
HYDERABAD: Osmania University, once the epicentre of the Telangana movement, is now seeing students ditch the agitating mode to prepare for various competitive examinations. The campus, the scene of many pitched battles between the police and students even a few months back, has completely changed in nature. Says V Srinivas, an MA student of journalism and communication, These days we are busy attending coaching classes. No student wants to let...
07:53 AM, Jan 20, 2012
Ahmedabad: Leading Economist Lord Meghnad Desai on Friday questioned the principles and beliefs of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. Speaking at an event in Ahmedabad, he said he was puzzled over why the apostle of ahimsa defended Adolf Hitler and endorsed the Bhagvad Gita, a text that Lord Desai believes condones violence. Desai was speaking on 'Gandhiji's views on violence', as a part of the 12th Prof Ramlal...
08:25 AM, Jan 07, 2012
As Anna Hazare recuperates in hospital, doctors have advised him not to fast for at least one month. ...
10:55 PM, Jan 02, 2012
New Delhi: A day after a Russian court rejected the petition to ban Bhagvad Gita, Government on Thursday said its observation that the petitioner has not gone through the original text of the holy scripture has been vindicated. "Yesterday, I received information from the Foreign Secretary that the higher court, in which the case was being heard, have rejected the petition and clearly demonstrated that even those who filed the...
06:14 PM, Dec 29, 2011
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"I owed a magnificent day to the Bhagavad Gita. It was the first of books; it was as if an empire spoke to us, nothing ...
03:17 PM, Dec 29, 2011
Moscow/New Delhi: A Russian court on Wednesday rejected a petition, described by India as "patently absurd", which had sought a ban on a translated version of the Bhagvad Gita, bringing cheers to followers here as well as those across the world. The court's decision not to ban the sacred book brought to an end a keenly contested six-month old case that had caused anger among believers around the world and...
05:03 PM, Dec 28, 2011
New Delhi: A Siberian court will hear on Wednesday the petition from a group connected to the Christian Orthodox Church, seeking to declare the Bhagvad Gita an "extremist text". India on Tuesday conveyed to Russia its concerns over the "sensitive" issue of a Siberian court hearing a petition seeking a ban on Bhagavad Gita and asked it to help resolve the matter. Ahead of the court hearing in Tomsk city,...
09:09 AM, Dec 28, 2011
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Tuesday conveyed to Russian Ambassador Alexander Kadakin the country's concern over the 'sensitive' issue of a Siberain court hearing a petition seeking a ban on Bhagavad Gita. Ahead of the court hearing on Wednesday, Krishna called Kadakin and told him that the Russian Government should provide all possible help to resolve the issue. Taking up the issue, which has created a uproar...
01:34 PM, Dec 27, 2011
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Tuesday conveyed to Russian Ambassador Alexander Kadakin the country's concern over the "sensitive" issue of a Siberian court hearing a petition seeking a ban on Bhagavad Gita. Ahead of the court hearing on Wednesday, Krishna called Kadakin and told him that the Russian Government should provide all possible help to resolve the issue. Taking up the issue, which has created a...
01:33 PM, Dec 27, 2011
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