Order of the High Court of Gujarat in the matter of Kandhal Sarmanbhai Jadeja Vs State of Gujarat & Others dated 05/02/2025. The petitioner, Kandhal Sarmanbhai Jadeja is a sitting member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) elected from 84 Kutiyana – Ranavav constituency of District Porbandar. Upon having come to …
Netting in moolah Restaurants in Japan have embarked on a novel method to boost their sales. To engage their visitors as they wait for tables to clear, many have installed a personal computer connected to the Internet. The guests have a choice between browsing through the restaurant's home page and …
IN THE backward regions of the world, there is as much a need for technology as there is for organisational know-how for improving productivity. Effective administration and demand-supply management can be established by cost-beneficial electronics communications and Computer technology advances which make possible a state of 'zero-tag-time' taken to reach …
DESKTOP flatbed scanners are widely used for making layout preview scans and other tasks too. Previously, a drum scanner was needed to achieve true print quality image. Design studies and other firms with moderate volumes of scanning had to commission production scans from outside companies. Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Ltd of …
A DEVICE that fits in a shirt pocket but is still capable of displaying an image a metre wide is being developed by Motorola, the us communications company. When the new high-tech pager hits the shelves in two years' time, it will usher in a new generation of messaging devices …
WHILE cellular operating requirements in India vary greatly from state to state, one thing is certain - the demand for personal communications is increasing at a fantastic pace. India is currently witnessing a cellular frenzy which will boom in the next few years. What does the future hold for Indian …
Ivory Coast has one of the best telephone networks in Africa, yet, the Internet revolution seems to have swept past it. In fact only 12 of Africa's 54 countries are linked to the Internet, raising fears in international policy circles of a further marginalisation of the continent. The two major …
Scientists at Cambridge Universil UK, have announced prc _ developing "single electron logict to herald in chips with data-processing capacity of 1,000 PCs. The principle behind this logicl that small and precise numbers electrons can be controllt form numerous information pri cessing functions. It builds on wo on "single electron …
THE pharmaceutical giants in the industrialised world are seriously hindering progressive research by refusiDgto share significant scientific data with the academics. They are jealously keeping information - garnered by their individual R&D; units - to themselves in a bid to prevent the rival companies from cashing in on it. For …
TO ACHIEVE the goal of "Health For All by AD 2000" through the Primary Health Care Approach, the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI) and National Informatics Centre (NIC), technically and financially assisted by the World Health Organization, have introduced a computerbased national Health Management Information System (HMIS). Using Sattelite-based …
With contputerisation invading nearly all segments, can the courts be far behind? Obviously not. The Bombay High Court trying its hand at modernisation has got itself an on-line information service called Grand Jurix. judges can now, with the press of a button, go through voluminous case proceedings unlike in the …
A SIMPLE distinction between developed and developing countries is that the former category has solutions for which there seem to be no problems while the latter is beset with problems for which there seem to be no solutions. The contributors to this book believe that this divide can be overcome …
People may soon be able not only to choose from hundreds of television channels, but also use their television and telephone,sets to arrange for a telecast of their favourite movies to watch immediately or store for later viewing, and even receive airline schedules, news and catalogue shopping information whenever they …
GENETIC information is extremely precious and insurance companies should not be allowed a free-hand with them: this is the opinion of mps who form the Science and Technology Committee in UK's House of Commons. So far, the insurance firms have been treating the issue of genetic testing with "undue complacency", …
Indonesia's National Family Planning Board has opened a 24-hour AIDS telephone information line -- the AIDS/HIV Information and Consultancy Service -- for Jakarta residents. According to the daily Jakarta Post, the line will provide expert advice and a recorded message giving information on the dangers of the dreaded disease and …
NO INDIVIDUAL can hope to remain anonymous as integration of computing and telecommunications has vastly improved the ability to collate, classify and analyse information about each person. These databases have become as indispensable to the conduct of business and government as wires to an electrical system. Life outside this world …
IN Tins age of information, telecommunications is evolving at a breakneck pace. While a few years ago, even movie channel through a TV cable was something of a novelty, the technological pundits are today close to realising their vision of sending 500 cable channels into each home, simultaneously. Though this …
ARE you an inventive genius worried about copyright? You could patent your well-honed skills or products. The Patent Information System (PIS) of the Government of India, located in all the metropolitan cities, grants patent rights for an invention for a limited number of years. A patent right is a property …
THE South can now begin challenging the stereotypes about itself that had been sold so enticingly till now. The Environmental Liaison Centre International (ELCI), in Nairobi has launched a project to assist Kenyan non-governmental organisations to gain access to electronic communication. For every 1,000 words sent out by the North, …
EVERY show is a dress rehearsal for the next one. This adage, so familiar with thespians, holds true for drugs, too. But the note is deadlier. Naturally, any drug must go through a rigorous series of clinical trials before being unleashed in the market. These come in phases. The first …
"WONDER drug to be introduced on March 10, will relieve patients of painful injections," blazed a recent front page news item in several Indian dailies. One paper went on to describe how Deferiprone, the thalassaemia treatment drug developed by George Kontoghiorghes of London"s Royal Free Hospital, was recently cleared by …
