Vijayawada, July 29th: The Internet Bus flagged off by Google India to reach out to people with limited knowledge and exposure to the Internet, is reaching here on Thursday for a five-day tour. It will visit different educational institutions and public places in the city, before leaving for Machilipatnam for a three-day stay there from August 4 to 6.
After covering Eluru (August 7 and 8), Rajahmundry (August 9 to 11), Kakinada (August 12 and 13) and Bhimavaram (August 14 and 15), the bus will reach Guntur and stay there for five days from August 17 to 21.
The campaign will focus on four themes – information, communication, entertainment and education. Interactive content, both in English and Telugu, will be used to highlight the benefits of Internet in the daily lives of people. The company will also engage local cyber café owners with an aim to build advocacy for this powerful medium. Google has also created platforms like the ‘Be Net Smart’ campaign aimed at students, parents and teachers to educate them on Internet safety.
Kakinada, July 30th: The Literacy program for girl children is taken up in a big way in East Godavari in identified mandals of low women’s literacy. Government has identified areas, particularly slums in all 9 municipalities, and one agency mandal in the district, as areas, which lag in women&r...
Hyderabad, July 30th: The monsoon has betrayed the state this year and a looming drought now stares hard at it. Though the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, has always claimed that the rain gods are with him, this time they have turned their faces away. His prayers and pujas have gone unheede...
Rajahmundry, July 30th: Labor authorities are planning to initiate registration of construction workers in a phased manner from August 15 to help them get benefits from several welfare schemes in the state. The Andhra Pradesh Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Board chairman, Mr S...
Hyderabad, July 31st: The actor turned politician and former union minister, Mr. U.V Krishnam Raju resigned from the Praja Rajyam on Friday. Mr. Raju who lost from the Rajahmundry Lok Sabha seat sent his resignation to the party office. Speaking to the media persons, he said that he took the decisi...
Bhubaneswar, July 31st: Senior IAS officer Jagadanand Panda was found dead along with four members of his family with bullet injuries in the head. The bodies were found at Panda,s family home at Deogan in Orissa’s Bargarh district early on Friday. The police suspects that Panda shot himself a...
Hyderabad, July 31st: The web based counseling for Eamcet that began on Friday in 50 centers across the state turned out to be a major flop show with systems collapsing in few centers and the servers being out of order. A number of students and parents were disappointed with the situation. The new ...
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