In the wake of the insults hurled at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, ruling Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi, and prominent religious figures, on several Web pages, it is being threatened by the Indian government that it may resort to the enforcement of rules for extracting derogatory content from the Internet.

The telecom scam regarding the 2G spectrum allotment has been the hottest issue at parliament session this year. Right from the demand for a JPC to probe into the matter, to taking regular digs at the former accused telecom minister A. Raja, the opposition is sitting on the heads of the UPA government.

The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has floated a tender for expression of interest (EoI) for mass production of Rs 1500 laptop meant for the students in the country.

According to the bid document, the ministry believes that after the testing of 100,000 pieces to be carried out by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Rajasthan, the requirement will grow to grow to 10 million pieces.

The Indian Institutes of Science Education & Research (IISER) will set up science magnet schools under the existing Navodaya Vidyalaya scheme in order to integrate school and university education.

Kapil Sibal, Human Resource Development Minister announced the introduction of a new alternate admission procedure for engineering schools. The step is taken to reduce the pressure on students who aimed to get admissions in selected Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).