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Russian Nuclear Industry to Conquer Country of Pyramids

By PravdaDecember 22, 2010Politics, Science, Technologyalexandria, Bangladesh, bushehr npp, egypt, electricity, gigacalories, gw, haripur, hydropower, India, kudankulam, nuclear power plant, power plant, rachid mohamed rachid, rivers, rosatom, russia, Technology, thermal power, Venezuela, viktor khristenko, vladimir putin, West Bengal

Russia is ready to build a nuclear power plant in Egypt at its own expense, to manage the plant, and even find markets for the electricity. Early next year Egypt is expected to announce a tender for the construction of nuclear power plant with the capacity of 1 GW 150 km from Alexandria. Russia’s Rosatom will participate in the tender.

A meeting of Russian-Egyptian intergovernmental commission on trade, economic and scientific-technical cooperation was held on Monday. From the Russian side it was chaired by the Minister of Industry and Trade Viktor Khristenko. (more…)

The Role of the Internet in Higher Education

By Guest PostNovember 15, 2010Education, Technologyblog, digital studyhall, dsh, education, Facebook, google scholar, hemlock, higher education, India, internet, linkedIn, second life, Twitter, Wikipedia, YouTube

There are many pros and cons to the issue of the Internet’s influences on education, and experts have called it everything from the hemlock of higher education to an innovative boon. While it’s probably neither of these extremes, there are some high and low points of the Internet’s role in higher education that can be observed on their own. By enabling students to take advantage of the positive elements of the Internet for educational purposes and restricting the detrimental sides of the Web, academic success can become a more widespread reality. (more…)

200,000 Malaria Deaths Preventable Annually, says U of T Researcher

By Guest PostOctober 24, 2010Generalaids, assam, canada, cancer, cghr, chhattisgarh, eastern india, healthcare facilities, India, jharkhand, kenneth arrow, malaria, malaria atlas project, malaria parasite, orissa, prabhat jha, premature deaths, simon hay, symptoms, uk, v m katoch

*Deaths in India vastly underestimated*

Professor Prabhat Jha of medicine and an international team of researchers from India, Canada and the U.K. say their new studty shows the number of premature deaths from malaria in India has been vastly underestimated.

The new study is of a nationally representative sample of all deaths from any cause in India, asking family members to describe the fatal illness. Its results show that malaria accounts for about 200,000 (2 lakh) premature deaths before age 70 in India (including 80,000 children below age 15 and 120,000 adults). Previous estimates of malaria deaths were less than 10 per cent of this new figure. (more…)

Population Change: Another Influence on Climate Change

By Guest PostOctober 12, 2010Environment, Sciencebrian o'neill, carbon dioxide, China, climate change, emission, European Union, fertility, global, greenhouse gas emissions, hewlett foundation, human population, India, industrialized countries, national science foundation, nsf, PET, population environment technology model, sarah ruth, shonali pachauri, united nations, urbanization

*Changes in population, including aging and urbanization, could affect global carbon dioxide emissions*

Changes in the human population, including aging and urbanization, could significantly affect global emissions of carbon dioxide over the next 40 years, according to research results published this week. (more…)

IBM Study: New Shift Points to Growth Markets Investment in U.S. and European Jobs

By Guest PostOctober 12, 2010TechnologyChina, denis brousseau, ebidata, Europe, global human capital study, globally, globe, ibm, India, North America, western europe, workforce investments, working beyond borders

*Social Networks Value for Business Use on the Rise*

ARMONK, N.Y. – 12 Oct 2010: In a dramatic shift of workforce investments, growth market companies – led by the twin forces of China and India — are increasingly hiring in North America and Europe, according to the findings of a major new IBM (NYSE: IBM) study of over 700 Chief Human Resource Officers (CHROs) and senior executives from 61 countries and 31 industries worldwide. (more…)

Facebook Captures Top Spot among Social Networking Sites in India

By Guest PostAugust 25, 20104 commentsTechnologyasia-pacific, bharatstudent.com, brazil, Comscore, facebook.com, Germany, India, region, russian federation, sites, Social networking, will hodgman, yahoo! pulse, yahoo!bbuzz

*Indian Social Networking Audience Soars 43 Percent in Past Year*

Mumbai, India, August 25, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a report on traffic to Social Networking sites in India, revealing that Facebook.com grabbed the number one ranking in the category for the first time in July with 20.9 million visitors, up 179 percent versus year ago.

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In India, Traffic to Business and Finance Web Sites Surged 45 Percent in Past Year

By Guest PostAugust 18, 2010Economy, Technologybanking sites, business, category, comscore media metrix, finance, India, web financial, will

*Banking Sites See Strong Growth as More Indians Turn to the Web for their Personal Financial Needs*

Mumbai, India, August 18, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its June 2010 ranking of the top Business/Finance sites in India based on data from its comScore Media Metrix service.

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Building Bridges for Women

By PravdaAugust 6, 2010Culture, Politicsanne-marie goetz, Bangladesh, darfur, governance, India, juba, make women count for peace, pravda, security council resolution 1325, timothy bancroft-hinchey, uganda, unifem, violence against women

Exclusive Interview between PRAVDA.Ru* and UNIFEM Chief of Governance for Peace and Security Ms. Anne-Marie Goetz, who states that the way we think about gender and war has changed in the last decade, although a lot more needs to be done. What is the situation regarding women’s rights in conflict zones, what can Governments do, and fundamentally, what can you do?

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