Oklahoma tornado: Search for survivors nears end

     Rescue workers are combing the ruins left by the gigantic tornado that killed two dozen people, including nine children, in Oklahoma on Monday. Officials say the search for survivors is nearly over as efforts turn towards recovery.

Lankan army to reduce military presence at former LTTE stronghold in north.

     Sri Lanka Army has said that it would reduce the number of military camps in former rebel stronghold of northern Jaffna and hand over lands back to their original owners. "We will reduce the existing 17 military camps in Jaffna to just three," Army chief Lt Gen Jagath Jayasuriya said.

Salt on Old Wounds : Post-War Sri Lanka.

     The Systematic Sinhalization of Sri Lanka’s North, East and Hill Country’ the first study published by The Social Architects (TSA), seeks to set out the systematic, increasing and widespread process of Sinhalization that is taking place in historically Tamil areas in the North, East and Hill Country in post-war Sri Lanka. While focusing on the process of Sinhalization that is currently being implemented, this monograph seeks to situate it within the broader historical process of Sinhalization that has been carried out by different governments spanning a number of decades.

Google invites you to make India Maps better!

     Google India has announced Mapathon 2013, the country's first mapping competition. It is a crowdsourcing initiative aimed to improve Google Maps in India. Registrations for the competition, which commences on February 12 and concludes on March 25, 2013, have begun. The top 1000 mappers stand a chance to win Android tablets, smartphones, gift vouchers and Google merchandise, the company said.

US man recovers stolen 300-year-old German Bible.

     A man’s heart sank when he realised that burglars had broken in and stolen a safe holding his most prized possession a 300 year old family Bible.

     The Lutheran Bible, written in German Gothic script and containing the handwritten dates of births, deaths and marriages for seven generations of Tim Shier’s family, went missing in the burglary in December 2011.

Aadhaar Card!!?

     Aadhaar Card is compulsory from 1st January 2013 for access to every government service" warns a public notice by the Delhi Government published in leading newspapers on Sunday. Ignore at your own peril is the straightforward message from Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to Delhi's residents. But a completely contradictory one from what the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) told the Madras High Court less than a month ago.

InfoWorld seeks nominees for top tech leaders.

     Awards program honors IT and business pros who demonstrated innovative leadership in the creation, deployment, or management of technology to help their business.

     These days, successful technology leadership means creatively and innovatively using technology to make a real business impact, whether in the private, government, education, or nonprofit sector. To honor the leaders behind such innovation, InfoWorld.com, the premier website for IT and business professionals seeking to stay abreast of leading technology trends and issues, seeks entries for its annual Technology Leadership Awards.

Centre rushes to Kamal Haasan's aid, says nothing objectionable in 'Vishwaroopam'

     On a day when the Tamil Nadu government told the Madras high court that Kamal Haasan's 'Vishwaroopam' will endanger lives, damage public properties and breach peace in Tamil Nadu, the Centre rushed to the actor's aid saying there is nothing objectionable in the film.

TNT renews Screen Actors Guild Awards.

     Last night’s live simulcast of the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® on TNT and TBS drew a total of 5.2 million viewers, including more than 2.1 million adults 18-49, a +5% boost in that key demographic compared to last year. The show’s strong performance comes as TNT and TBS announce a new three-year deal with SAG-AFTRA for the SAG Awards®.

200 teenagers dead in nightclub fire in southern Brazil.

     In a horrific tragedy that would raise serious questions about public safety in Brazil, some 200 people — mostly teenagers — were killed in an inferno that swept through a nightclub, Kiss, in Santa Maria, a small city in Rio Grande do Sul, the prosperous southern state which shares its border with Argentina and Uruguay.

Google Doodles London 2012 Shot Put.

     Today, Google has demonstrated its first shot put Doodle on its homepage. The shot put Doodle is quite different from the other disciplines of Olympics that have been posted as Doodles on the homepage of the search engine giant as it is the maiden appearance of the track and field event.

Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse 12c Ready for Developers

     Oracle announced the availability of the Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse 12c, the latest version of its tooling for the Eclipse open source IDE.