World in your Hands

At   Intel Developer Forum  in San Francisco  August 18th – 20th , two Intel executives discuss how 5G network capabilities will transform the way we live. Imagine taking a trip to a cabin in the woods to get some work done and have a mini-vacation. Today, given our need for wireless connection, that’s a sketchy proposition. You’ve got GPS in your rental car, plus your laptop, your smartphone, maybe a tablet or a smartwatch. But what if there’s no cable? What if there’s no Wi-Fi connection? What if the cellular connection is weak? Forget Googling nearby attractions, getting email or streaming a movie. Maybe it will work, but maybe not. With 5G technology, getting and staying connected will get easier, said Aicha Evans, Intel’s Corporate Vice President and General Manager of the Communication and Devices Group. While you’ll still need a strong provider and robust network, your devices will learn to do things like sync or pair automatically. “I call 5G basically the fusion

Oxygen, water and food are being given to the survivors through holes dug through by rescue workers. BILASPUR:    Three labourers have been trapped for more than 130 hours inside a tunnel that collapsed on Saturday night near the hill town of Shimla in Himachal Pradesh. Efforts to rescue them looked promising on Friday after workers were able to contact two of the men. Images on digital camera were the first proof that the men were alive. They also communicated through microphones. It is not known whether the third man survived. Oxygen, water and food are being given to the survivors through holes dug through by rescue workers, guided by disaster response teams and road experts. The tunnel is being built as part of a highway project. Most of the men working on it were able to come out safely when a part of it suddenly collapsed. Falling debris has been setting back the men who are drilling their way towards the trapped workers; the men are likely to be brought out within 24 hours

   Remember the days when cable channels were not that available and all we had on television was DD channel? At that time, DD was the best thing that had happened to us with programmes like He Man and the Masters of the Universe, Mowgli, Malgudi Days, Vikram Aur Betaal and many more. What would have happened to our childhood without this one channel, DD? The channel, Doordarshan, went live on Sepetember 15, 56 years ago in 1959. To celebrate the 56 years of Doordarshan, let's grab some very, very amazing facts on Doordarshan: On September 15, 1959, UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization), gave India 20,000 dollars and 180 Philips sets to start India's largest broadcasting organisation, Doordarshan It is said that the broadcasting equipment was donated by Germans who had come for an industrial exhibition All India Radio (AIR) supplied floor space and initial news content to Doordarshan In the starting year of the channel, the c

The endless green of swaying paddy fields, the shimmer of sinuous rivers clinging to silted banks, dark stretches of verdant forests and torrential waterfalls gushing down cliffs, this is tailor-made for offbeat travel. Wildlife spotting Kanger Valley National Park and caving What:   The Kanger Valley National Park in South Bastar is the main draw for wildlife and nature enthusiasts. The ancient stalactites and stalagmite formations in the Dandak, Kailash and Kutumsar caves, along with the wildly thick undergrowth in the park, makes this one of India's most coveted forest destinations. Why:   An encounter with bears, leopards, snakes, deer, hyenas, water buffaloes, and a variety of birds provide great excitement. The same goes for Barnawapara, close to Raipur. The thick canopies of pristine copses provide refuge to nearly 50 resident leopards and sightings are pretty common. Udanti, Sitanadi, Indravati and Bhairamgarh national parks are relatively untreaded