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Pune finds better way to build better roads

A recent post on Avashya commended the Pune Municipal corporation for fully embracing the benefits of technology to reach out to its constituents. The city has recently overhauled its website and has provided the community with much needed services and features.…

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SME News Portal

TradeIndia launched a news portal targeted for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that will be a “one-stop information library” for the sector.

The entire business module of Tradeindia revolves around the pledge to help SMEs build a self-reliant India. To keep SMEs informed…

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Two major stories in green technologies

Here are some updates on two stories that have occurred in the last few days within the green space.

1. Emergent Ventures has raised Rs 40 Crore in financing.

IDFC Private Equity appears to be the first private equity firm to invest in…

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Evening Edition

  • State weakness report: Brookings Institute ranks India 67th out of 141 states in their new report that measures state weakness based on the criteria of economic, political, security and social welfare.
  • Technology: Google released today Voice Search in Hyderbad which enables users to…

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Conference: The Great Indian Developer Ecosystem, May 19-23

From Avashya:

India has a rich content pool of software programming talent. To recognize young India’s software prowess the corporate India keeps on organizing events. The Great Indian Developer Ecosystem is one such event, to be held in May 2008. The…

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Grievance site for NRIs

From Avashya:

Tasveer-e Hind Foundation has launched Tasveer-e-Hind.com that aims to address grievances of the small and medium income NRIs (non-resident Indians) and forward their problems to the government through the internet.

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Text 5676775 for AB+ … seriously

Here is an amazing application of mobile technology.

Initially started as a normal website www.indianblooddonors.com offering blood donors and recipient a place to exchange blood, a new service has been added to this website. Thanks to a newly activated service run by…

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Midday Newsfeed

Headlines from around the town:

To mark the International Women’s Day, Indian anti-poverty network Wada Na Todo Abhiyan has released a report highlighting the recommendations of the Women’s Tribunal Against Poverty held in…

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Point of Discussion: Will rural India embrace social networks?

An interesting post on Watblog.com, which came to my attention via Avashya, asks the question: How Will Rural India Deal With Social Networking? It is a very intriguing question to ruminate about as more and more technologies aim to connect…

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Whatever you can do I can do cheaper …

Capitalizing on the attention given to the Tata Nano, a group of 5 students has built a functioning car that is priced at only Rs. 11,000, or 1/10th the price of a Nano. Using otherwise unusable scrap material, the car’s…