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1. Red Ribbon Express - The Red Ribbon Express organised by NACO – National AIDS Control Organization – will aim at spreading awareness about HIV, promoting safe behavioural practises and fighting the stigma and discrimination against AIDS. Emphasising on the urgent need of fighting social discrimination against those affected with AIDS, Gandhi said, “It is a battle which can and must [...]
2. Holi – Festival of Colours - “Dipped in hues of love and trust has come the festival of Holi. ” March winds are coming in and winter begins to bow out. Holi is the festival that carries the country into the bright days of summer… Holi – the festival of colors – is undoubtedly the most fun-filled and boisterous of Hindu festival. [...]
3. InCTF – India’s first CTF style Hacking Contest - Amrita University & TIFAC CORE in association with VeriSign proudly present InCTF’10, India’s First National Level “Capture the Flag” Style Ethical HACKING contest. InCTF’10 is from February to March 2010 and is focused exclusively on the student community. You can participate from your own university and no travel is required. No prior exposure or experience in [...]
4. Drupal Wins GRAMMY.com - Personally, I am a Durpal fan. It is, according to me one of the most powerful Content Management System. Here is yet another break through (grammy.com) for Drupal after the White House website (http://www.whitehouse.gov/). Lullabot is a team that focuses on providing Drupal videos, tutorials, training, consulting, and guidance… Now, read on to know how [...]
5. Democratic Journey – Our Republic turns 60 - How has the nation fared since we gave ourselves the gift of democracy? Vikram Raghavan, Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Gyan Prakash,Nandini Sundar and Pamela Philipose look back at the Republic’s often-troubled journey…. Photo: The Hindu Photo Archives On a cold winter’s morning 60 years ago today, 271 men and women huddled together in [...]
6. Why do we apply the holy ash? - The ash of any burnt object is not regarded as holy ash. Bhasma (the holy ash) is the ash from the homa (sacrificial fire) where special wood along with ghee and other herbs is offered as worship of the Lord. Or the deity is worshipped by pouring ash as abhisheka and is then distributed as [...]
7. FOSSTER ‘10 – Feb 20 & 21 - After the Success of FOSSTER ‘09 that was conducted on 28th and 29th of March, 2009; FOSSTER ‘10, the National Level FOSS Conference at Amritapuri Campus is back. It will be held on 20th and 21st of February, 2010. FOSSTER now has an official website http://fosster.co.in [we we not able to reserve fosster.in - which is [...]
8. Google Could Double Web Speeds With SPDY Protocol - Slowly but surely, we’re getting an idea of what Google’s Chrome OS will look like. We know that it will be Linux-based and that the primary interface will likely be the Chrome browser. Still, the search giant was not content to simply turn a Web browser into an operating system. Soon Google was launching a [...]
9. Sun Microsystems in a nut shell - This is a nice video that I found today. Explains Sun in a nutshell.
10. Deepavali – the Festival of Lights - India is a land of festivals where you will see at least one major festival each month. Deepavali (or Diwali) which literally means “rows of lamps” is one of the four main festivals of India. Throughout the world all Hindus celebrate Deepavali or Diwali with great pomp and enthusiasm. The celebration of Diwali lasts six days, [...]

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