ICICI Bank chief executive officer K.V. Kamath has been named Businessman of the Year for 2007 by Forbes Asia, for his steadiness at steering ICICI into one of Asia’s top banks. Under Mr Kamath’s watch since 1996, ICICI’s market capitalisation has risen to $31 billion, placing it among the region’s top 10 banks. “By this […]
Does Anyone Care For Libraries?
Libraries were designed to reach the “information poor” and literally contribute to the literacy drive, boost knowledge dissemination in schools and colleges and enrich the information base in its public avatars. Yet, this critical window to the world has been left in the lurch, the recommendations of various commissions not anywhere close to the implementation […]
The Delights Of Open Source: Al Qaeda’s Recruiting On YouTube, Secret Agents Are Crowdsourcing
An Al-Qaeda-linked group from the Philippines managed to publish excerpts of a recruitment film for over 24 hours on YouTube, raising questions about the merits of online safety. YouTube took the video off the site after pressure from security officials. But is that a bad idea? Terrorists resorting to YouTube surely increase transparency? One way […]
America’s forests declining due to growing pressures
The United States forest landscape is changing fast, mainly due to upcoming trends that are difficult to resist. And the three major trends that are expected to affect forest resources include: A changing forest land base, rising non-commodity uses and environmental health change. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service noted that the ability […]
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