Pornographic surfing on rise
Thousands of pornography sites are surfed every day in the cyber cafes of the
state capital. According to police, there are over 50 cyber cafes functioning in
the state capital providing round- the-clock net access to people from all walks
of life, youth. The youngsters surf these pornographic sites without any hassles
during these hours, and are also found engaged in chatting on pornographic
sites. In the absences of any effective cyber laws, surfing these pornographic
websites has become a flourishing business for cyber cafe owners, where these
youth usually spend hours together and pay large sums for the pleasure and
privacy.
Balbir Singh, Additional SP, Bhopal, said that police can take action against
the surfer and the cafe owner only if the user is caught red-handed while
watching or chatting on porno sites. But users usually get ample time to delete
the history of the screen before police can swing into action. Meanwhile,
psychiatrist Dr Vishnu Shrivastava said that surfing pornographic sites can
cause chronic mental problems to youth.
Design Edutech's new center
Design Edutech opened its new center in Bhopal recently. PK Maheshwari,
Member, Rajya Sabha, inaugurated the center. The center is aimed at imparting
quality training so as to cater to the needs of the aspirants choosing
information technology as a career option. The courses are designed in a
different way, so that all students can secure a position in the field of
information technology. The center shall offer courses like MS Dos, MS Windows,
MS Excel, HTML, Java, Java Basics, Visual Basics, RDBMS, C, C++, Oops, Unix and
Linux, Web page designing and all DTP courses.
The franchisee of Design Edutech in Bhopal is run by Gourav Kathuria, Upma
Kathuria and Vinod Kathuria (Era Computers). The center is also equipped with
the biggest computer library in Bhopal, so claims, Gourav. The method of
teaching is based on the new concept of computer-based training technique, he
added.
LIC launches MAN system
LIC has launched its Metro Area Network (MAN) system for Bhopal division.
Under the system, 10 branches of the division of LIC would be interconnected
through leased telecom lines. The system would enable, policy-holders to pay
their premium and avail other services like policy status, revival and loan
quotation from any branch of Bhopal, irrespective of the branch where the policy
is serviced. According to a LIC spokesperson, the network would be of great help
to the policy-holders who would have the facility of walking into any LIC branch
and getting their work done.
While launching the network, A Ramamurthy, Chief, LIC said that the
organization had commissioned the MAN in 41 cities all over the country
including Indore and Gwalior. Bhopal is the third in this sequence and the
network would be commissioned in Jabalpur from tomorrow. LIC is emphasizing the
concept of service at the doorstep. A premium could be paid through the Internet
and the policy details can be had through the Internet from anywhere in the
world, 24 hours a day.
Video-conferencing for development
National Center for Human Settlements and Environment (NCHSE) and the Academy
of Administration, MP will jointly organize a video conferencing with villagers
in Ujjain, Dhar, Jhabua and Vidisha districts on various developmental issues.
Agriculture, watershed veterinary, social welfare and self employment schemes
are some of the subjects which will be covered in the video conferencing. The
panel of experts who will interact with the villagers will include Director
General, Academy of Administration, PK Mehrotra; Chairman, NCHSE and other
senior officials.