Infosys soln to help access remote healthcare

Infosys Technologies on Wednesday announced that it has deployed a patient management tool for a health information technology initiative to improve healthcare access for rural and underserved patients.
The company collaborated with the University of New Mexico (UNM) to improve patient outcomes by designing and implementing a web application that facilitates real-time flow and access of [...]

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Cuddling Premature Babies may Help Ease Their Pain

A new research shows that cuddling up against their mother’s bare skin can help babies born as early as 28 weeks recover more quickly from painful medical procedures.
According to the Canadian study, very premature babies benefit from skin to skin contact with their parents.
Writing in the journal BMC Pediatrics, the McGill University team said it [...]

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Rs 18.45 Cr action plan for Pamba river

The Pamba river in Kerala will be made pollution free by setting up sewage treatment plant, waste collection and disposal system system and improving sanitation facilities around it. The Ministry of Environment and Forests in India has sanctioned a Rs 18.45 crore Pamba River Action Plan for the purpose.
The amount has been sanctioned under the [...]

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The Pamba river in Kerala will be made pollution free by setting up sewage treatment plant, waste collection and disposal system system and improving

New Internet users or mobile devices will not be able to access the Internet as Internet address shortage was ticking and if current trends continue, addresses will run out by 2011.
Nearly 85 per cent of all available Internet addresses are already in use by May 2008, a new report by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and [...]

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India to invest Rs 2 lakh Cr in Railways

The Government of India has decided to invest Rs 2 lakh crore for the modernisation, capacity increase and completion of new projects of Indian Railways during the Eleventh Five Year Plan.
Stating this at a meeting with students and faculty members of International Business School, INSEAD in Singapore, India’s Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav said that [...]

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India ranks 29th in world competitiveness

The large emerging economies are performing well with China at 17th position followed by India at 29th, Brazil at 43rd and Russia at 47th position, says IMD’s World Competitiveness Year Book 2008.
Larger markets like China, India and Russia have come into the picture and they are providing new dimensions to world competitiveness.
These countries are growing [...]

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India ranks 29th in world competitiveness

The large emerging economies are performing well with China at 17th position followed by India at 29th, Brazil at 43rd and Russia at 47th position, says IMD’s World Competitiveness Year Book 2008.
Larger markets like China, India and Russia have come into the picture and they are providing new dimensions to world competitiveness.
These countries are growing [...]

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Uttarakhand SWAN swings NIC way

Reversal of policy from Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode to the National Informatics Centre (NIC) has pushed Uttarakhand to the fringe in implementation of state wide area network (SWAN) project.
According to the latest Status Report released by the Department of Information Technology (DIT) in India, Uttarakhand has slide down from middle of the inverted pyramid [...]

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J&K police stations to be paperless

Stage now looks set for turning the police stations across Jammu and Kahmir paperless. The National Informatics Centre (NIC) in Jammu and Kashmir has formalised the process with a five-day training programme for police officials of the state recently.
The programme is a part of rolling out Common Integrated Police Application (CIPA) in the state, which [...]

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J&K police stations to be paperless

Stage now looks set for turning the police stations across Jammu and Kahmir paperless. The National Informatics Centre (NIC) in Jammu and Kashmir has formalised the process with a five-day training programme for police officials of the state recently.
The programme is a part of rolling out Common Integrated Police Application (CIPA) in the state, which [...]

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