Archive for February, 2010

Media and governance

There was yet another hard-hitting column by Tavleen Singh in today’s Indian Express, it’s not about the budget. She says that if clamouring (over TV, newspapers, or placards held up in Jantar Mantar) is the way to get ourselves heard, then why don’t we clamour about the biggest problems facing India — the poor [...]

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Radio News Saves Lives in Haiti

With infrastructure severely damaged after the earthquake in Haiti, a radio show actually saves lives. This underscores the need for rapidly installable radio stations that can be set up in the middle of nowhere after a natural disaster.

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IT for broadening education in India

Yesterday was a very interesting day. The President of Germany, Horst Kohler, and the Indian Minister of Science and Technology, Prithviraj Chavan, inaugurated the Indo-German Max Plank Center on Computer Science at IIT Delhi. The Center has been set up with the goal of deepening a research collaboration between Indian and German computer scientists. The [...]

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