Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
India's Bharti Airtel Limited, which has acquired 70 percent stake in Bangladesh's Warid Telecom, has launched a GPS-based vessel locating service to enable the country's fishermen communities to track their fishing boats. This service is in line with...
Monday, December 6th, 2010
At least 70,000 slums in the city will get a breather from the new capital value-based property tax system the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had planned to introduce in March 2011. The BMC has no records of...
Monday, August 16th, 2010
The open source mapping and reporting platform Ushahidi has spawned a hosted service in India that aims to promote effective governance by enabling awareness and citizen engagement. The site, called kiirti...
Monday, May 10th, 2010
New book on drought assessment using SPI, remote sensing and modelling. The Indo-Gangetic Region (IGR), situated in the north of India, occupies nearly 20% of the total geographical area of India. The IGR of India primarily encompasses...
