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An upgraded version of the Aakash tablet would be launched "very soon", HRD minister Kapil Sibal said in Hyderabad on Sunday. "It (the idea of low cost computer) was rejected throughout the world and it was said that India would not be able to make it. Our HRD ministry was committed to the Aakash project and ultimately we came out with the first version of the Aakash which costs Rs 2,276.", PTI quotes the minister as having said at the first convocation of the Birla Institute of Technology and Science   ( BITS) at its Hyderabad campus. "Now, Aakash 2 has been rolled out with battery life of three hours, 800MHz processor, providing internet access everywhere and it has a capacitive screen. The process to distribute this device has begun and it would be formally launched very soon." "That was the dream and I as minister for Human Resource Development, asked myself the question can I provide a tablet to the students throughout the cou...