OPINION
OUTSOURCING
The trouble with outsourcing
INFORMATION technology professionals in India greeted with jubilation the re-election of Mr George W. Bush as the US President. Their joy was in the hope that the new administration, wedded to free trade, would be ...
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EDITORIAL
Tsunami effect
AFTER EVERY HORRENDOUS tragedy on the scale of Sunday's tsunami, when the mind has digested the statistics and the gory images, and the consoling words have been said, there remains the long and hard trek back to reality, most of all for the ...
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TERRORISM
Kashmir Conference in Kathmandu — Showing the way to peace in the Valley
The Kathmandu conference provided ideas on how to move forward in the quest for restoring normalcy and promoting contacts and harmony across the State of Jammu and Kashmir. This process has to be complemented by strengthened security arrangements and efforts to persuade recalcitrant separatist elements that the road to peace lies through dialogue with New Delhi, says G. Parthasarathy.
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BIO-TECH & GENETICS
Venture capitalists and biotech sector — Discovering the potential
THE success of Biocon's initial public offering (IPO) was expected to kick-start the process of venture capital funding in the biotechnology sector. However, six months down the line, the sector, despite its immense ...
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IPR
Prognosis on the new patents regime
THE INDIAN pharmaceutical industry has done well in the recent past. But will the dream run continue come 2005? What are the challenges facing Indian pharmaceutical companies in the new patents ...
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NATURAL CALAMITIES
Search for explanations
THE New York Times, which is usually matter-of-fact and to the point, has allowed itself a bit of philosophising in its editorial on the enormous scale and sweep of the terror and tragedy of the black Sunday when ...
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Was it a human failure?
Whether it is natural disasters or medical emergencies... it is precious minutes that make the difference between life and death. In the recent tsunami catastrophe, those precious minutes were squandered away by ignorant bliss resulting in the loss thousands of lives. We have to admit that somewhere there is both carelessness and callousness in our administrative mechanisms, which fail to act quickly and efficiently when it comes to preventive action.
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LETTERS
Warning systems
Politicians, keep off!
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