Hands on Ruby on Rails has become a popular framework for developing database-based web applications using the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern.

Before Ruby on Rails, though, PHP was hogging the web-development limelight. Problem was, there was no Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework for PHP.
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India’s stand on not linking the Indo-US nuclear deal with nuclear tests may have been contradicted by US President George W Bush.

US based daily The Washington Post has revealed the contents of the ‘secret’ letter a day before the Nuclear Supplier Group is scheduled to meet over a waiver to India for nuclear trade.
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Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi, who launched his political party on Tuesday. The actor, who bid adieu to film career to enter politics, recalled this to respond to criticism by his rivals that he comes from a glamorous field and hence does not know the problems of the common man.

The film star, who announced his entry into politics on August 17 Sunday, unveiled an agenda tilted as much towards the middle class as to the poor. He expressed a firm resolve to fight political corruption “at the top” as it was the fountainhead of graft.

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Gujarat government too has finally agreed to implement Sixth Pay Commission recommendations. The great news for around 3.5 lakh state government employees comes almost a fortnight after Union government agreed to implement the sixth pay commission proposals.

Unlike Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh where economy is in tatters, the state government in Gujarat enjoys relative prosperity and state coffers seems to be overflowing with funds.

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