02.04.09

Indian battles for life after ‘racist’ attack in Rome

Posted in Human Rights Council, Media Council at 4:19 pm by admin

PTI | London

An unemployed Indian youth from Punjab is battling for his life in a hospital in Rome after three youngsters beat him up with a bottle and set him on fire in an apparent “racist attack”.

35-year-old Navtej Singh Sidhu, a construction worker from Moga who has been in Italy for the last five years, but jobless for the last 4 months was sleeping in the Nettuno railway station, 65-km south of Rome when he was brutally attacked on Sunday morning.

Sushmit Biswas, First Secretary in the Indian Embassy in Rome who was the first to visit Sidhu, told PTI over phone the victim had sustained 40 per cent third degree burns, besides a skull fracture.

According to Dr Verardi, the therapist attending him at Saint Eugenio Hospital, Rome, Sidhu’s condition is still critical.

“He will be under observation for the next 72 hours,” the doctor said.

INDIA EXCELS IN TECHNOLOGY

Posted in Scientific Council at 4:17 pm by admin

The ‘world’s cheapest laptop’, developed in India, was unveiled by Union Minister for Human Resources Development Arjun Singh at the Tirupati temple on Tuesday evening.

The laptop, jointly developed by several organisations, such as the University Grants Commission, the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, will be priced at around $10 to $20 (about Rs 500 to Rs 1,000), officials said.

The project has already created a buzz in the laptop industry across the world.

The laptop has 2 GB onboard memory with wireless Internet connectivity. To make it useful for the students, especially in the rural areas, the scientists have made it low power consuming gadget.

Thus, let us promote philosophy of cheap & best for always and in particular during economic down turn.

Dr. H.Thomas