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.

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.

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.

The New York Times is hosting an article reporting the announcement by some physicists that they have put a half dozen beryllium atoms into a "cat state."

To a physicist, a "cat state" is the condition of being two diametrically opposed conditions at once, like black and white, up and down, or dead and alive.

The article also discusses some of the difficult and weird debates around the seemingly nonsensical but experimentally sound predictions that Quantum Physics has thrown at us.

Read on to find out more about this un-worldly world of Quantum Physics.

Rediff is running a story about upcoming foreign direct investments in technology and manufacturing sectors.

From software giant Microsoft to telecom biggies Nokia and Samsung to auto majors Honda and Toyota, global players now eye India as the most attractive destination for investment.

In the running are Microsoft, Intel, AMD, Cisco, BMW, Toyota, Fiat, Nokia, LG, Samsung and Motorola.

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.