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Engineering Gap: US vs India/China

 
By Anonymous at Thu, 2005-12-29 06:47 | General | IT | Ask SlashIndia

Business week is running a story citing a Duke university study which rubbishes the claim that the U.S. will soon loose its high-tech edge due to a higher number of engineering graduates coming out of India and China.

researchers at Duke University have determined that some of the most cited statistics on engineering graduates are inaccurate. Statistics that say the U.S. is producing 70,000 engineers a year vs. 350,000 from India and 600,000 from China aren't valid

However, a recent study by NASSCOM clearly mentions 350,000 engineering graduates.

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Terror strikes India Tech.

 
By jp at Wed, 2005-12-28 20:17 | General | Technology | IT

Repeated intelligence warnings about terror striking India's tech havens have finally come true.

Suspected terrorists opened fire at a gathering of scientists at the prestigious Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Munish Chandra Puri, professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi died immidiately and four others were injured. The injured includes Professor Vijay Chandru who was involved in developing the Simputer, the low cost Linux-based handheld.

Read more at DNAIndia and WebIndia123.

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Big M blasts politicians

 
By Anonymous at Wed, 2005-12-28 17:25 | General | Politics

Narayana Murthy blasts out on the corruption and the current largely corrupt breed of politicians and what that means for India.

"Our institutions--from our Parliament and legislatures to our courts and distribution systems--have become pervaded with corruption"

"There is a strong incentive for our politicians to maintain the current status quo--where the government is not accountable to the public on the most basic issues--by keeping people ignorant and illiterate"

"India has the highest percentage of reservation in the world--it is the only country where merit has been relegated to second place"

ExpressIndia reports on the complete tirade.

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India's New Export: Video Games

 
By Anonymous at Wed, 2005-12-28 17:14 | General | Technology | Economy | Entertainment

Emperor Ashoka by the mobile-phone games maker IndiaGames might be the first title by an Indian company to foray into the multi-billion dollar pc gaming market.

The game features goddess kali.: With multiple limbs and each hand wielding a different weapon, the fearsome Indian warrior-goddess Kali is a natural video-game character. And next year, Kali will be coming to game consoles, PCs, and mobile phones around the globe.

BusinessWeek reports on how the Mumbai based IndiaGames is taking shots at the gaming market with its Indian-themed games.

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India’s economy is larger than we think

 
By neeraj at Tue, 2005-12-27 20:43 | General

DNAIndia.Com reports that a correction in India's GDP is due,

The Chinese revalued their gross domestic product – a key measure of national output – by a hefty $285 billion for 2004 after a census found several unaccounted-for businesses.
India is about to perform the same exercise next month when it revises the base for GDP calculation on January 31.

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