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Jaipur Literature Festival is from 21st to 25th Jan
Jan 6th
DSC Jaipur Literature Festival will again play host to authors, publishers and book lovers from 21st January Ц 25th January 2010, at the heritage property, Diggi Palace in Jaipur. The organizers believes it as an unquestionably AsiaТs leading literary festival. The DSC Jaipur Literature Festival, now this time also in its fifth year, promises a
Unicode has lowered the price for individual and student memberships
Jan 6th
According to the annoucement made by Unicode in a mailing list, the Unicode Consortium has lowered the price for individual memberships to $75 per year and student memberships to $35 per year. The new rates are effective January 1, 2010 and existing memberships will be extended in accordance with the new lower prices to promote
Fifth Gorakhpur Film Festival to begin from 4th Feb
Jan 5th
The fifth Gorakhpur Film Festival, Cinema of Resistance,to begin from 4th February. This will last on 7th February 2009. This time the premier of leading Indian filmmaker Ranjan Palit’s new film ‘IN CAMERA’ will take place in this Gorakhpur film festival. Besides this new film, Anupama Srinivasan’s movie ‘I WONDER’ and Debranjan Sarangi’sа ‘THE CONFLICT:
PIFF 2010 will be held from 7th to 14th January 2010
Jan 4th
PIFF 2010 will be held from 7th to 14th January 2010 and will display its cinematic universality to a host of film personalities, celebrities, press, technical delegates and movie buffs from across the world. According to the Pune International Film Festival webiste, PIFF 2010 is the official festival of Government of Maharashtra as a joint
Entire eco-system for scientific research must be addressed – Ansari
Jan 4th
The Vice President of India, Shri M. Hamid Ansari has said that the potential of India as a global power, however, and its vision of inclusive growth and optimal utilization of the human potential of all its citizens, cannot be realized without encouraging greater participation in quality higher education and scientific research. Addressing at the
Students should have ambition & Dream in life – Kalam
Jan 4th
Former President of India Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam has said that students should try to get inspiration from the life and works of grate scientists . He was inaugurating the childrenТs science congress organised as part of 97th Inidan Science Congress in Thiruvananthapuram today. Each students should ask the question what I will be remembered for.
24 litterateurs selected for Sahitya Academy award
Dec 30th
24 litterateurs in Indian languages selected for Sahitya Academy award for 2009.а Praduman Singh Jindrahia (Dogri), Kailash Vajpeyi (Hindi), Jess Fernandes (Konkani), Raghu Leishangthem (Manipuri), Vasant Abaji Dahake (Marathi), Phani Mohanty (Oriya), Damayanti Beshra (Santhali), Puviarasu (Tamil), Vaidehi (Kannada), late Manmohan Jha (Maithili), Samiran Chhetri СPriyadarshiТ (Nepali), Major Ratan Jangid (Rajasthani), Prashasya Mitra Shastri (Sanskrit),
FUEL of Gujarati Localization
Dec 30th
A workshop on standardizing FUEL into Gujarati was successfully completed on 27th Dec 2009. This meet was organized on 26th and 27th December 2009 in Ahmedabad. It was hosted by Infineon Infotech India Pvt. Ltd. In this meet along with translators and localizers some major linguists and government officials were also present. More than 10
Our best minds are not turning to science – PM
Dec 29th
by Dr. Manmohan Singh (Following is the text of the speech of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh at the foundation stone laying ceremony at National Institute For Science Education And Research, Jatani, Bhubaneshwar) I am delighted to be here today to participate in the foundation stone laying ceremony of this National Institute of Science
FUEL Gajarati Meet from tomorrow
Dec 25th
A workshop on standardizing FUEL into Gujarati is organized on 26th and 27th December 2009 in Ahmedabad. It will be hosted by Infineon Infotech India Pvt. Ltd. Including two linguists there will be Gujarati Localization community members to work continuously during the workshop to achieve the FUEL evaluated translations for Gujarati. In this meet along
