India

1.5 kg IED found on Amarnath shrine route

Srinagar, July 31: Security forces on Thursday unearthed a 1.5 kg Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Amarnath Yatra route and defused it.

Now, $10 Laptop For Pupils!

India is all set to introduce world’s cheapest laptop after proposed Now, $10 Laptop For Pupils!cheapest car nano by TATA. The new laptop will cost around $10 only. It will be 10 times cheapest than already present cheapest laptop in the market. Massachusetts-based non-government organization is selling laptop for $188 at present which is considered as the cheapest laptop in the market. It is aimed toward spreading technical education in India.

Terrorism hits schoolchildren in Ahmedabad

AhmedabadAhmedabad, July 30 : Schoolchildren in Ahmedabad have been badly affected by the recent violence caused through serials blasts. The psychological setback is so intense that many of them are scared and often talk about terrorists in classrooms in school.

As part of an initiative to take out fear from their minds, one school here conducted peace prayers by schoolchildren.

Preeti Jai Shah, supervisor of Jai Hind Doon school, told that the kids have been very much disturbed by the recent blasts. To take out that fear of their minds, the school authorities recently organised peace prayers.

NCERT Comes Up With New Revised ‘Sex Education Syllabus’

NCERT Comes Up With New Revised ‘Sex Education Syllabus’Accepting the advice of National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) quickly came up with revised sex education syllabus yesterday. On Tuesday, the NECRT, in a meeting with NACO, decided to remove the ‘objectionable’ contents and images from the books prepared to teach “sex education” to the teenage students.

Jammu remains paralysed

Jammu & KashmirJammu, July 30 : Jammu continued to observe a shutdown for the seventh consecutive day called by the Shri Amarnath Shrine Samiti against the revocation of State Government’s order to transfer forestland to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board.

All shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed and traffic was off the roads.

Soon, a microlight aircraft in the budget of a luxury car!

Sikar (Rajasthan), July 30 : Believe it or not, you may soon be able to purchase a microlight plane in the budget of a luxury car!

An aviation company based at Sikar in Rajasthan has assembled a two-seater microlight aircraft which can take-off and land from a stretch of just 300 feet, and can traverse 15 kilometres using one litre of normal petrol.

Manufactured by a newly formed company, West Wind Aviation, it will be available to the customer at around rupees 35 lakhs (Rs. 3.5 millon) only. The company is in the process of setting up an assembling hangar in Sikar.

This aircraft can touch a cruising speed of 200 knots per hour.

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