‘Gandhian engineering’ vital for 21st century: Mashelkar

October 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study by researchers at the University of Southampton, UK, has found that sea levels have been rising across the south coast of England over the past century, substantially increasing the risk of flooding during storms. The team has conducted a major data collection exercise, bringing together computer and paper-based records from across the south of England, from the Scilly Isles to Sheerness, to form a single data set of south coast sea levels across the years.

October 5th, 2009 ManTech receives $23.3 million NASA contractFAIRFAX, Va. — Government contractor ManTech International Corp.

September 1st, 2009 Jacobs Engineering to build new S.F. hospitalPASADENA, Calif.

August 19th, 2009 KBR to provide services for Angolan refineryHOUSTON — KBR said Wednesday it has been hired to provide engineering services for a proposed refinery in Lobito, Angola. KBR, an international construction and engineering firm, didn't say how much it would earn from the contract with Angola's state-owned oil and gas company, Sonangol, E.P.

August 8th, 2009 LONDON - In a new research, scientists have determined that the use of geo-engineering to slow global warming may increase the risk of droughts. Methods put forward include reflecting solar radiation back into space using giant mirrors or aerosol particles.

July 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Relations between the United States and China will be critical to success on a whole host of global issues, US President Barack Obama said Monday at the start of a two-day gathering of top officials from both countries. "The relationship between the United States and China will shape the 21st century," Obama said in Washington, urging progress on confronting the global economic crisis, climate change, nuclear proliferation and terrorism.

July 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says his administration is building a 21st century education system in America to compete with "China and India and everybody else all around the world". The US has "to ensure that we're educating and preparing our people for the new jobs of the 21st century", he said, talking about the "American Graduation Initiative" Tuesday at a Community College in Warren, Michigan.

July 8th, 2009 PATNA - Polytechnic faculty members have been teaching in engineering colleges with the full knowledge of the Bihar government, a minister has admitted. Bihar Science and Technology Minister Shahid Ali Khan said in the state assembly Tuesday that faced with an acute shortage of teachers in engineering colleges, polytechnic faculty have been deputed as teachers for taking classes in four new engineering colleges.

July 5th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Not many years ago it was a university department that students applied to only to avail themselves of hostel accommodation and library facilities. But there has been a change in trend with the department of Gandhian and Peace Studies in Panjab University (PU) being swamped by aspirants.

June 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Radio astronomers have directly measured the distance to a faraway galaxy, providing a valuable "yardstick" for calibrating large astronomical distances and demonstrating a vital method that could help determine the elusive nature of the mysterious Dark Energy that pervades the Universe. "We measured a direct, geometric distance to the galaxy, independent of the complications and assumptions inherent in other techniques," said James Braatz, of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO).

June 6th, 2009 LONDON - Marine scientists have painted a grim picture of the future, where the 21st century equivalent of Noah's Ark would be needed to save coral reefs from extinction. According to a report in the Times, marine scientists such as Alex Rogers, of the Institute of Zoology, London, warn that unless drastic changes are made, the only way that the rainforests of the sea will survive is through radical intervention such as transplanting them to a Noah's Ark of enormous seawater tanks.

April 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Noted Hindi poet and Gandhian Vishnu Prabhakar died in the capital Saturday. He was 97. Prabhakar was best known for his engaging biography of Bengali litterateur Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, 'Awara Maseeha' and the trademark Gandhi cap he wore till the end of his life.

February 28th, 2009 KOLKATA - At a time when the world is reeling under the economic meltdown, exporters of engineering goods in the country are looking to Africa and Southeast Asia for salvation. 'Though they predominantly buy engineering goods from China, last year they faced some difficulties and now they want India to be developed as a second supplier,' R.P.

February 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government will initiate more measures to support labour intensive sectors with focus on Gandhian economics even as the Indian economy is set to grow by 7 percent this fiscal, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Friday. 'When necessary, the government will take further steps to ensure that labour intensive sectors are less adversely affected,' Mukherjee, who also holds the finance portfolio, told a seminar organised by a leading think tank here.

January 28th, 2009 PATNA - Gandhigiri might be the stuff of blockbuster movies and the way to holding peaceful protests by the new generation, but students who have done their masters degree in Gandhian thought from a Bihar university are finding few takers in the job market. Ajit Sinha and Priyaranjan Kumar, both unemployed, are angry and frustrated men in their late 20s after being jobless despite having masters degrees in Gandhian thought.