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March 12, 2016 US to Blame Iran for 2013 Cyber-Attack on New York Dam: Report
The Obama administration is planning to publicly blame Iranian hackers for a 2013 cyber-attack against a small dam in New York state, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The Justice Department has prepared an indictment against the hackers, two of the sources said, and a public announcement could come as soon as next […]
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NEWS 
March 12, 2016 Reliance Jio to offer free Wi-Fi at 6 stadiums for T20 World Cup
Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio will offer free Wi-Fi services during the T20 World Cup across six stadiums in the country. The services, under the name JioNet, would be available to the spectators of the cricket matches in Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi, Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, IS […]
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ELECTRONICS 
March 12, 2016 Facebook’s Oculus Unveils New Social, Video Features for Samsung Gear VR
Facebook-owned Oculus VR is bringing new social and video capabilities to the world of virtual reality. The company announced an update to its software that will enable Samsung Gear VR users to create a social profile while also leveraging several other features. The update will go live on Thursday. Oculus added that it also plans […]
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March 11, 2016 HackerRank launches new simplified job portal for programmers
Software engineers seeking jobs can scroll through simplified and curated listings posted by companies on HackerRank for Jobs. Bengaluru: Hiring start-up HackerRank (Interviewstreet Inc.) on Tuesday launched a beta-version of a product, HackerRank Jobs, to make job searches easier for programmers. The California, US-based company said that after talking to about 1,000 programmers, it found […]
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March 11, 2016 Govt may form panel to select start-ups eligible for incentives
In August, while delivering the Independence Day address from the ramparts of the Red Fort, Modi floated the slogan “Start-up India, Stand up India” to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship among young people. Photo: Bloomberg New Delhi: The government is likely to set up an inter-ministerial board on the lines of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board […]
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NEWS 
March 11, 2016 SBI launches specialized branch for start-ups
Chairperson of SBI Arundhati Bhattacharya and managing director Rajnish Kumar, National Banking Group (NBG) launch SBI Exclusif and SBI InCube. Photo: AP Bengaluru: State Bank of India (SBI), India’s largest lender, on Thursday opened a specialized branch—SBI InCube—that will cater to the specific financial needs of start-ups. The branch will assist start-ups in cash management, […]
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March 11, 2016 AICTE reduces land requirement for opening engineering schools
National Institute of Industrial Engineering. Mumbai Students coming out of their classroom. Main building seen behind. New Delhi: Technical education regulator the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has reduced the land requirement to set up engineering schools, along with ushering in measures to improve quality, facilitate closure of ailing schools and tide over […]
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March 11, 2016 Engineering admissions fall for first time since 2006
Low capacity utilisation in labour-intensive manufacturing sector and fall in exports have to led to sluggish job creation in the economy. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint New Delhi: The growth of technical education in India since Independence has been phenomenal as the number of engineering seats increased from 3,200 seats in 1947 to 1.9 million in 2014-15. […]
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March 11, 2016 HC pulls up Delhi govt for inaction against school admission malpractices
Two bodies representing private schools questioned the powers of the Delhi government to issue notifications without approval of the Lt. Governor of Delhi. Photo: HT New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Friday asked the Delhi government why it had not investigated or taken any action against alleged malpractices by private schools in the admission […]
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COMPUTERS 
March 11, 2016 Infosys, Wipro join Barack Obama’s $4 billion ’Computer Science for All’ education plan
Photo: Jason Henry/The New York Times Washington: Three major Indian information technology firms—Infosys Ltd, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS), and Wipro Ltd—have joined US President Barack Obama’s “computer science for all” initiative as part of a public-private collaboration, pledging thousands of dollars in grants. Obama announced the plan in his weekly address on Saturday as […]
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NEWS 
March 11, 2016 Budget pegs Rs72,394 crore as education outlay for 2016-17
As part of the pending move, all education credentials of students from Class X onwards would be digitized and kept in a demat format. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint New Delhi: The Union budget on Monday allocated Rs.72,394 crore to education in the 2016-17 financial year, an increase of around 5% over the 2015-16 estimate. Of the […]
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March 11, 2016 Budget 2016 sets stage for hike in IIT, varsity tuition fees
Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint Fees for students studying in publicly funded higher education institutions such as the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and central universities could more than double, with budget 2016 proposing a new funding pattern for the elite schools. The budget proposed setting up a Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA), a quasi-sovereign body which […]
