Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Monday, December 24, 2007
The Secular Hypocrisy : outlookindia.com
The Secular Hypocrisy : outlookindia.com
It is Modi's rejection of the hypocrisy of the self-styled secularists which makes him stand apart as a Hindu leader with a difference in the eyes of his admirers, enabling them to say, "Say You Are A Hindu, Hold Your Head High".
It is Modi's rejection of the hypocrisy of the self-styled secularists which makes him stand apart as a Hindu leader with a difference in the eyes of his admirers, enabling them to say, "Say You Are A Hindu, Hold Your Head High".
Monday, December 17, 2007
IndianExpress.com :: Celebrating an innovative India
IndianExpress.com :: Celebrating an innovative India:
From little-known Government departments to some of the most celebrated corporate brands, the EMPI-Indian Express Indian Innovation Awards have picked up a wide range of winners for this year’s edition. The winners were picked up from more than 400 applications after a rigorous three-stage evaluation process. There were 20 organisations in the final shortlist, from which the 14 winners were selected. The selection panel was headed by eminent scientist M G K Menon and included academics, technologists, consultants and administrators. The entire process was moderated and validated by Boston Consulting Group, India, with its chairman Arun Maira playing a key role. In this two-part series, The Indian Express brings you a short profile of each of the winners. Today, we carry the nine Gold awardees, which will be followed by profiles of the five silver awardees tomorrow.
"India on the Move, the Entrepreneurship genie is finally out of bottle in India."
From little-known Government departments to some of the most celebrated corporate brands, the EMPI-Indian Express Indian Innovation Awards have picked up a wide range of winners for this year’s edition. The winners were picked up from more than 400 applications after a rigorous three-stage evaluation process. There were 20 organisations in the final shortlist, from which the 14 winners were selected. The selection panel was headed by eminent scientist M G K Menon and included academics, technologists, consultants and administrators. The entire process was moderated and validated by Boston Consulting Group, India, with its chairman Arun Maira playing a key role. In this two-part series, The Indian Express brings you a short profile of each of the winners. Today, we carry the nine Gold awardees, which will be followed by profiles of the five silver awardees tomorrow.
"India on the Move, the Entrepreneurship genie is finally out of bottle in India."
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Saturday, December 01, 2007
IndianExpress.com :: The right to test again
IndianExpress.com :: The right to test again
Contrary to assertions of the opponents of the 123 Agreement, it strengthens India’s position on testing compared to the situations in 1974 and 1998. At that time when tests were conducted, the US imposed sanctions. Article 14 of the 123 Agreement provides that there will have to be one year’s notice before termination of the agreement and there should be consultations. Article 14(2) says “They further agree to take into account whether the circumstances that may lead to termination or cessation resulted from a party’s serious concern about a changed security environment or as a response to a similar action by other states which could impact national security.”
Contrary to assertions of the opponents of the 123 Agreement, it strengthens India’s position on testing compared to the situations in 1974 and 1998. At that time when tests were conducted, the US imposed sanctions. Article 14 of the 123 Agreement provides that there will have to be one year’s notice before termination of the agreement and there should be consultations. Article 14(2) says “They further agree to take into account whether the circumstances that may lead to termination or cessation resulted from a party’s serious concern about a changed security environment or as a response to a similar action by other states which could impact national security.”
Further, article 13(1) stipulates “The parties recognise that such consultations are between two states with advanced nuclear technology which have agreed to assume the same responsibilities and practices and acquire the same benefits and advantages as other leading countries with advanced nuclear technology”.
In these two clauses Indian diplomats have secured the country’s right to test if the security environment deteriorates and if the US or any other nuclear weapon power were to test. In other words, the 123 Agreement strengthens India’s hands immeasurably in terms of the right to test in case of some other power testing or serious deterioration in security environment. It would appear that articles 13 and 14 of the agreement have not been carefully studied by those who oppose it.
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