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05.04.2006 Baramati in the Indian state of Maharashtra is the town that the present Union Minister of Agriculture,Sharad Pawar built. And today, with technology at its heart, it's becoming a showcase as a success of knowledge-based sustained development for India's agriculture minister to place before the world.

05.04.2006 There’s a lovely Latin phrase – terra firma. It means “solid
earth”. It’s the basis for a metaphor we use a lot. We talk
approvingly about someone who has “his feet on the ground”, and disparagingly about people who are “not properly earthed”.

05.04.2006 Come August, nationalised banks in the city will be directly connected to the Lalbazar police headquarters.

05.04.2006 An elaborate exercise is on to prepare an inventory, containing both academic and aesthetic details of the works of art, anthropology and archaeology in Indian Museum. At present, only National Museum in Delhi has such a value-added inventory.

05.04.2006 Hotmail founder Sabeer Bhatia is exploring the possibility of setting up a knowledge city - Nano City - in Haryana.

05.04.2006 The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has agreed to support private and public sector players build capacity for ICT outsourcing in the country.

05.04.2006 The fully featured, high-quality, low-cost desktop PC platform is aimed at first-time computer users and the design is meant to be carried out by PC makers. The platform was unveiled by Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini at a press event in Mexico as part of Intel's "Discover the PC" effort.