Russia's lower house of parliament has voted in favour of a law to give the government the power to shut down internet sites without trial. If offending websites cannot be shut down, the law allows authorities to force internet service ...
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A fragrance-release system designed to stimulate appetite,specially-trained"guide dogs for the mind,"and an intelligent wristband that supports people with dementia to stay active safely,are just some of the design prototypes to help people ...
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Australia's federal government will establish an Anti-Dumping Commission and introduce stricter remedies against overseas producers in a bid to protect Australia's manufacturing industry. The changes will be a major boost for Australia's ...
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Australia's Lynas Corp (ASX:LYC) said on Wednesday it has received a temporary operating licence for its long-delayed and controversial $800 million rare earths plant in Malaysia. The permit, which allows Lynas to start operating as early ...
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Japan is set to commence imports of rare earth metals for India in order to hedge against worsening relations with chief supplier China. The Asahi Shimbun reports that Japan is expected to announce the start of imports from India during a ...
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Pakistan and Bangladesh have ordered a block on YouTube in their countries, in protest against Google's reluctance to block a controversial movie trailer that mocks the Prophet Muhammad on the video-sharing site. Pakistani Prime Minister ...
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It is reported that Cairn India is facing some reservoir pressure problems in the Bhagyam field in Rajasthan. Despite getting all the approvals from the government for almost 11 months now, the company is unable to ramp up the entire ...
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His Excellency Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki attended the opening session of the Arab Council of Ministers of Housing and Construction in its 29th session in Baghdad, attended by Deputy Prime Minister Saleh Al-Mutlaq, Foreign Minister ...
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The Government of Bangladesh has taken steps for resumption of construction work by next month for the upcoming ‘garment village’ in Munshiganj, according to a Financial Express report. The Government envisages relocation ...
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The G-Cloud should be held up as a model for how to do frameworks in government, deputy government CIO Liam Maxwell has said. The comments follow moves by the Cabinet Office to freeze all new procurement frameworks, as part of its review ...
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Australia - Audio-visual staging company AVCorp has recently supplied audio systems for several large events held at Sydney's Allphones Arena where they are a preferred supplier. Each gig required a completely different PA set up but due to ...
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A US congressional panel examining the Chinese telecom firms Huawei and ZTE is concluding an investigation into whether the companies' equipment is a threat to US infrastructure and commercial confidentiality with a public hearing. In ...
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O2 and Bauer Media have pledged to commit £5 million towards developing skills in young people through work experience, in a joint scheme called GoThinkBig. Over the next three years, the scheme will offer 30,000 work experience ...
Tags: O2 and Bauer Media, Gothinkbig Scheme, social action project, Ronan Dunne
The department for culture, media and sport (DCMS) introduced its new minister to the broadband industry today with controversial rules aiming to speed up deployment of superfast connections across the UK. Maria Miller, who takes over ...
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New Zealand's prime minister called on Monday for an inquiry into illegal spying on individuals connected with the now defunct file-sharing site Megaupload by one of the country's intelligence services. Prime Minister John Key said Monday ...
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