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Robotix in partnership with Ford Motors is creating Phiro, affordable robots that brings computational thinking and coding to the physical world. Phiro Unpl-ugged for children between the ages of four and eight and Phiro Pro for people below 18, will help them learn coding in an easy and…

To reduce India's dependence on Colombo and Singapore ports for handling cargo traffic, the Narendra Modi government is planning to build a mega transhipment hub at a cost of over Rs 5,000 crore. The transhipment hub is expected to come up near Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu around the inte…

Have you ever waited for a letter that would bring happiness and joy, bad news and sadness? If not, then you might be someone born after the 90’s. Even for those born before that time, the endearing habit of writing letters has become  a distant sweet memory. October 9-15 marked Nationa…

Investors at a roadshow organised by the Ministry of Shipping to attract funding for the development of lighthouses as tourism destinations raised the bogey of poor infrastructure and single-window clearance during a discussion chaired by State and Central government bureaucrats on Monda…

The Income-Tax Department has started a pilot project of using e-mails for sending notices, getting replies as well as carrying out tax assessments in an attempt to make sure taxpayers don't have to visit I-T offices physically, in small cases. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBD…

Extramarks Education, a digital learning solutions, has announced the launch of a quiz based reality show ‘Finding Kalam’ on the 84th birth anniversary of former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam. According to a press release, the competition to be conducted among school children (VI t…

Ahead of next year's state Assembly polls, an Electoral Assistance System tapping mobile and online facility for accessing voter details, was launched here today, claimed to be the first such in the country. Through the new facility - EASY - a voter can get his or her voter card …