National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has conducted a survey on Household Social Consumption: Education as part of 75th round of National Sample Survey (NSS). Prior to this, surveys on the same subject were carried out during 64th round (July 2007- June 2008) and 71st round …
Computer simulations of the weather workings of the entire planet will be able to make forecasts to within a few kilometers accuracy, helping predict the effects of deadly weather systems. But the world may have to wait 20 to 40 years' for such accurate information on weather events like El …
A Chinese environmental group has singled out Apple for criticism, accusing the company’s Chinese suppliers of discharging polluted waste and toxic metals into surrounding communities and threatening public health. The group, the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs in Beijing, released a 46-page report Wednesday documenting what it said was …
Chinese environmental groups accused Apple Inc of turning a blind eye as its suppliers pollute the country, the latest criticism of the technology company's environmental record. Toxic discharges from "suspected Apple suppliers" have been encroaching on local communities and environments, a coalition of environmental organizations said on Wednesday in a …
Ma Jun, director of one of the Chinese environmental groups that have attacked Apple's environmental record Chinese environmental groups have accused Apple suppliers in the country of systemic pollution, underscoring the pressures on one of the world’s biggest companies as opposition grows in China to environmental degradation as the cost …
A prominent Chinese environment activist has taken aim at Apple Inc. for a second time this year, criticizing the company's policies about disclosing information on its suppliers. Ma Jun, director of the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs, said the Beijing-based advocacy group found polluted water and was told of …
International Business Machines Corp. researchers in Beijing are developing new software to help consumers and companies track—from production to dinner plate—the food they eat to avoid contamination pitfalls that have plagued food manufacturers and consumers globally. The Food Safety Simulator aims to educate shoppers about the reliability of their groceries …
At first appearance it looks like a sleek Apple store. Sales assistants in blue T-shirts with the company’s logo chat with customers. Signs advertising iPad 2 hang from the white walls. Outside, the famous logo sits next to the words Apple Store. But it is all fake. China, known for …
Chinese environment groups have accused Apple suppliers in the country of systemic pollution, underscoring the pressures on one of the world’s biggest companies as opposition is growing in China against environmental degradation as the cost for economic growth. In a report released on Wednesday, five Chinese non-governmental organisations said the …
Handing over e-waste to the nearest waste collector may not be a good idea A decade-old computer system, a dozen broken CDs, an old cell phone or two and chargers, and an old television set – items that would still be part of many households. If you thought giving them …
Every 20 minutes, two laptops from India relay their location to researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The location is determined using Google’s geolocation application programming interface (API) and a picture from the laptops' in-built cameras. Two volunteers from India (one from Kolkata), whose identities have been protected …
Silicon Chips Produce A Lot Of Waste Heat Washington: Coming soon: Magnetic computers which may use far less energy, say scientists. A team at the University of California, which is developing such computers, claims that the future machines will rely on magnetic microprocessors which consume the least amount of energy …
State's annual e-waste likely to touch 35,000 tonnes in 2 years Chennai ranks fourth among the top 10 e-waste generators in the country Huge amount of imported e waste in Chennai CHENNAI: For the past three years, the month of June has been the only time when Jai Krishna and …
Factories making Apple iPads and iPhones in China are forcing staff to sign pledges not to commit suicide, an investigation by two international NGOs, Centre for Research on Multinational Companies and Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbe-haviour, revealed. At least 14 workers at Foxconn factories in China have killed themselves …
NEW DELHI: Starting May 2012, all old computers and electronic equipment will have to be disposed off to authorized collection centres that would deal with electronic waste (e-waste). Though the government had put up the e-waste (management and handling) rules in 2010, they have been notified recently. The problem of …
The Ministry of Science and Technology has decided to import super computers to improve weather forecasts in the country. This was stated by Ashwani Kumar, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Planning and Science and Technology, while addressing a press conference here today. Sources in the Meteorological Department said that …
Scientists have moved a step closer to creating ultra-fast quantum computers by generating 10 billion bits of quantum entanglement in silicon for the first time. The achievement in silicon, the basis of the computer chip, has important implications for integration with existing technology, according to a team from Britain, Japan, …
There is considerable international interest in exploiting the potential of digital solutions to enhance the quality and safety of health care. Implementations of transformative eHealth technologies are underway globally, often at very considerable cost. In order to assess the impact of eHealth solutions on the quality and safety of health …
