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New exhibition

wing opened

Aimed at familiarising people with the current and emerging technologies in the field of information and communication, a new wing exhibiting the latest innovations in digital information was opened on Tuesday at the National Science Centre here.

Named `Digital Information Revolution,' the new gallery was inaugurated by Union Minister for Information, Broadcasting and Culture S. Jaipal Reddy who said such exhibition centres ``would help promote scientific temper in the minds of people, especially the youth.''

Set up as an extension of the existing exhibition centre of the National Science Centre here, the new wing showcases and explains to the visitors, latest technologies such as virtual reality and digital speech recognition in a lucid manner.

The exhibits in the section also explain number systems, binary-decimal representation of information, digital and analog systems, evolution of computers and their role in dissemination of information.

The revolution in information and communication brought about by the Integrated Cicuit (IC) to the latest innovations such as video conferencing and digital thumb-print recognition are also showcased at the permanent exhibition centre near Pragati Maidan. — PTI

Army website

launched

For ex-Servicemen who are craving for a second career, jobs may be a mouse click away with the Army launching an e-recruitment portal on Tuesday.

The Army Placement Agency (APA)'s website — www.apa.co.in — would serve as a common platform for the ``ex-Servicemen on the look out for a second career'' and the agencies searching for such persons.

Launching the portal, Army Chief General J.J. Singh said, ``this is our endeavour to help our energetic, enterprising and productive retired personnel find a suitable job.''

The General said that the new initiative, which saw nine months of ``hard work'' for execution, would open up new avenues of jobs which were otherwise ``restricted'' due to the ``large areas of responsibility bestowed upon by the APA.

The website, which will have an ``all India identity and reach,'' would also provide awareness about the APA.

It would have separate sections for both the job hunters as well as the potential employers and the registration is free of cost.

A security system has also been installed to check all entries for any possible fraud.

The website will also help the personnel to prepare resumes, get interview tips and negotiate salaries. — PTI

DDA employee held

on bribery charge

The CBI has nabbed an Executive Engineer of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Monday while accepting a bribe of Rs. 15,000 from a contractor for extending official favour.

The CBI arrested Executive Engineer North Zone O.P. Rai for allegedly demanding and accepting the bribe from the complainant for clearing his pending bills, the CBI spokesman said here on Tuesday. The contractor had lodged a written complaint with the CBI against the engineer. After preliminary interrogation the accused was produced before the designated court for remand.

He has been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Corruption Act. — UNI

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