Bhopal: The deception by Union Carbide and Dow

There is little hope of any justice in the Bhopal gas leak case. If the tragedy and the shock its finale has created awaken us to work on newer laws on corporate responsibility and accountability,......

Globalization & the Knowledge Industry

Although outsourcing of backoffice jobs has become controversial in the current presidential campaign in the US, it is really a non-issue. The number of jobs that India has gained in the last year......

Wi-Fi could soon be history with this new technology

A Mexican software company has managed to transmit audio, video and Internet across the spectrum of light emitted by LED lamps - at a data transfer rate of 10 gigabytes per second. The technology......

Is the new Patents Bill good for us?

The crucial Patents (Amendment) Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday after Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath assured the House that adequate safeguards have been provided in the Bill......