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Archive for July, 2009

KATHMANDU,- HP, the world’s largest technology company, has unveiled its ProBook series notebook PCs in the Nepali market.According to HP, the local authorised dealers Neoteric Nepal, Kastha-mandap International and CAS Trading will supply the new products in the domestic market which will cost around Rs. 65,000 including VAT. The main features of the notebook are [...]

KATHMANDU, – The High Level Commission for Information Technology (HLCIT), Nepal and information technology giant International Business Machines (IBM) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Wednesday to help Nepal achieve its development goals. The MoU aims at long-term cooperation and collaboration in innovation and smarter policy frameworks, technology, research and solutions to achieve development [...]

The latest buzz is social media connections but I wonder how can journalists use there effectively. The rise of social networking and microblogging in the recent past has changed the idea of relationship, sharing and remaining connected to each other. In the virtual world of computers and waves, life is almost null without the connections [...]

KATHMANDU,(Xinhua) – Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Wednesday administered the office of oath and secrecy to newly appointed Minister for Environment, Science and Technology Thakur Prasad Sharma on Wednesday. The ceremony was held at the President’s Office in Nepali capital Kathmandu, at the presence of President Ram Baran Yadav. Thakur is the leader [...]

KATHMANDU: About 121 adult tigers and 400 snow leopards have been spotted at various wildlife reserves in Nepal, a survey by Department of National Park and Wildlife Reserves’ points. The survey also says that the number of adult tigers and snow leopard has not reduced in comparison to 2057 BS when it was estimated that [...]

http://www.ashdenawards.org/winners/crt CRT/N won an Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy in 2007. To find out more visit the link above and check out the Ashden Awards Blog http://ashdenawards.blogspot.com Since its inception in 1989, the Centre for Rural Technology, Nepal, has focused on improving traditional water mills used for centuries by farming communities in the Himalayas. There [...]

OLPC in Nepal

29 Jul 2009

I recently arrived in Nepal to help the local One Laptop per Child implementation, being run by a local organisation known as OLE Nepal. One of the things you learn early on is that this deployment is very much focused on content for the Nepali primary school curriculum. OLPC tends to push for a more [...]

Mushroom farmers are a happier lot these days after mushroom seeds started becoming available in the local market following the production of the same by nine different labs in Kathmandu, Pokhara and Nepalgunj, national news agency reports. Earlier, farmers used to depend on imported seeds. Currently, Commercial Insect Development Directorate, Plant Disease Division, Agricultural Technology [...]

In a den of thieves, an artist, a musician nor an inventor will share their ideas for fear that an ethical standard is missing when it comes to stealing. In an alternate situation, the three might be safe to discuss their creations knowing that the ethical standard will not be challenged. All three, acting in [...]

This year’s finalists include ‘Teksing Bamboowood School’ which is a new classroom design for a lower secondary school in Teksing – Nepal. So what does a teacher shortage in Uganda have to do with the migration habits of Indian salt workers and overcrowding in a Harlem charter school? All are among the problems addressed by [...]


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