List silent on charge sheet against CVC Thomas in palmolein case The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that sanction for prosecution is awaited in 126 cases registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act against various public servants including Justice Nirmal Yadav of the Uttarakhand High Court, who has been given a clean chit in the Rs.15-lakh cash-at-door scam during her tenure as judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. On...
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Indian professors developing authentication system through speech recognition by Bikash Singh & Debjoy Sengupta
Scenario I: An illiterate person walks into an ATM, utters his password in Bhojpuri to withdraw money. Or a labourer working under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) speaks his voice signature to mark his attendance for the day. Scenario II: The door at a top-secret Indian defence establishment open son a voice recognition system that allows only certain officials access to the premises. If you think this is stuff out...
More »Trial by media stings journos by Rajdeep Sardesai
There was a time when editors were not seen or heard, only read. One of the best illustrations of the original 'ivory tower' approach was NJ Nanporia, a venerable editor at 'The Times of India' in the 1960s. Apparently, Nanporia was shopping in a local market when he found a certain gentleman smiling at him continuously. His curiosity getting the better of him, Nanporia asked the man who he was....
More »India Stocks Sink on TeleCommunications Scandal by Heather Timmons
A widening corruption scandal that has touched India’s prime minister sent the country’s stock markets down sharply on Friday and threatened to tarnish the country’s image as a rising economic power. Setting off the turmoil was a report from the country’s auditor earlier this week that about $40 billion in wireless spectrum license fees had been squandered by the government’s teleCommunications and information technology minister. On Thursday, India’s Supreme Court criticized...
More »Clearance for field trial of Genetically Modified rubber? by KA Martin
I have not received any official Communication: Kerala Minister The proposed field trial comes at a time when natural rubber production has virtually stagnated In the face of opposition from the Kerala government to all genetically modified (GM) crops, the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) is learnt to have approved a proposal from the Rubber Board for conducting field trials of GM rubber. The GEAC has been constituted by the Union Ministry...
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