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Disastrous site scene after attack

MUMBAI ATTACKS-MY TAKE

The recent triple blasts in Mumbai saw Rahul Gandhi saying  ”We have been successful  in stopping 99% of the terrorist attacks” , a statement shocking both due to its horrendously inaccurate ‘numerical precision’ as well as its futility in providing any relief to the victims or the state. Mr. Chidambaram just hums the same tune

delhi metro

Transportation & others

Tranportation First time in Delhi? Here is what you need to know about the transport: DTC Bus Service : You can go practically anywhere in Delhi using this economical bus service. Remembering destinations might be a hassle, but worry not, the DTC website clears all your doubts. There is a bus stop in walking distance

Inter hostel Aquatics Meet

The Inter Hostel rivalry goes to another level…. the water level Aquatic events for boys were conducted recently and the points swam towards the winners. Kumaon Hostel emerged as the jubilant winner with 59 pts. Runner-up was Shivalik Hostel with 25 pts. Karakoram Hostel was close behind at 21 pts. Kannav Mahajan of Karakoram House

Photo Gallery

The first ever (weekly)Photo Gallery of IITD, presented by Board for Student Publications. The pictures describe the beauty of IITD, its various aspects whether they be social, natural or Architectural and provide a ‘week-in-review’ of activities on campus. Happy Exploring! Photo credits: Abhishek Surana and Parag Goel

Commonwealth games, Corruption wealth games or the Common games?

It is now an event thats been plagued by many problems such as allegations of corruption, financial irregularities, threats of terrorism, and overdue last minute works. Although, there is no doubt these games have hit some substantial obstacles along the way, not the least there seems to be a more discouraging news as some of

Medicine at Indian Institute of Technology

Wheels, pulleys, bearings, crankshafts, rope craft were all that with which engineering was associated long ago. But times have changed. With advancement in technology, the very subject of engineering has roadened its horizon and now includes streams ranging from computers, semiconductors to biotechnology, bioinformatics and genetic engineering. Even the healthcare sector uses state of the

Wall Painting Competition

Fine Arts Club, IIT Delhi organized a wall painting inter-hostel comp event on 18th September. The event took place in Students Activity Centre. The participants left an indelible mark of their talent on the walls around the badminton court. This event was organized for the first time by FAC and it commenced at 12 midnight

WORKSHOP ON SCIENCE JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATION

A workshop was organized by BSP and Technocracy on “Science journalism and communication” on the 7th of September 2010. The workshop was conducted by Mr. Mohit Kumar Jolly, co-founder of NERD and an IIT Kanpur graduate. The workshop kicked off to a start with a brief overview of science journalism, its meaning and more importantly,

Indiscriminate military spending: A sign of things to come?

Maintaining a military has always been considered one of the topmost, if not the topmost, priorities of a country, ever since the concept of civilization began (the Mahabharata is the best case-study for this argument). But, with the passage of time, the hunger for territorial supremacy, and more recently, ‘efforts to wipe out terrorism’ have

Howto make your Backup on CSC Server?

We all have been using Windows since childhood and the biggest problem that we face is CRASH! And along with that we loose most of our data. This is specially troublesome when we are working on some assignment or report and just before the time of submission everything is lost along with the effort that