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Fact Box: Operation TEMPORA – run by British spy agency GCHQ

June 24, 2013

UK’s spy agency ‘GCHQ’ has bigger electronic spying system than US’ NSA As per the latest revelations made by the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden about the electronic surveillance programme, Britain’s spy agency GCHQ (the Government Communications Headquarters) — has clandestinely gained access ..

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Fact Box: 'Ammu'

June 24, 2013

‘Ammu’: Mascot for 35th National Games The official mascot of the 35th National Games has been named ‘Ammu’ which is a hornbill. The games will be hosted by Kerala in November-December 2013. The characterized versions of the mascot showing ‘Ammu’ in ..

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Fact Box: Commodities Transaction Tax (CTT) on non-farm products

June 23, 2013

Commodities Transaction Tax (CTT) on non-farm products from July 1, 2013 As per an announcement made by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), from July 1, 2013, the Commodities Transaction Tax (CTT) shall be levied on the derivative contracts of non-agricultural ..

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Fact Box: India far behind in cyber security compared to US and China

June 23, 2013

Despite being world-known as an Information Technology superpower, India, lags far behind when it comes to official cyber security workforce which comprises a mere 556 experts deployed in various government agencies. If we compare the figures with China, the US ..

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Fact Box: "Hindu rate of growth"

June 18, 2013

Are we moving towards ‘Hindu’ rate of growth again? As India registered a meager GDP growth of 4.8% in the first quarter of 2013 it has rendered dreams of achieving a double-digit growth somewhat blurred. It has also opened the ..

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Fact Box: H.265 / High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard

June 16, 2013

HVEC to replace the MPEG-4 standard New H.265 or High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard will be the successor to the MPEG-4 standard and will be used for delivering high definition images on the small screen of mobile handsets. What is ..

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