0316 IST, Friday, March 28, 2014 
IT/Technology
US visas pose problems in India-US Science and technology cooperationBy Arun KumarWashington, June 25 (IANS) A day after India raised the issue of visas for Indian professionals and skilled workers, a senior US official acknowledged that visas posed an "appallingly pervasive problem" in science and technology cooperation. |
Software can sense 'depression' in blogsLondon, June 24 (IANS) Researchers have developed a software programme that can detect depression in blogs and online texts. The software is capable of identifying language that can indicate a writer's psychological state, which could serve as a screening tool. |
Indian lunar probe shows more water on Moon than expectedBy Arun KumarWashington, June 15 (IANS) Scientists have found Moon's minerals may have at least 100 times more water than previously indicated by remote sensing data from the Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 and other lunar sample analysis. |
Indian teen in Finland, bringing Facebook, Twitter closerBy Rahul DassHelsinki, June 11 (IANS) Want to know from your mobile phone where to hangout in Delhi or eat out in Beijing? Three teens in Finland, including one from India, are giving final touches to a system that integrates social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. |
Indian IT major driving FIFA World Cup's software networkNew Delhi, June 11 (IANS) Indian IT major Mahindra Satyam is the official information technology service provider for the FIFA World Cup Soccer and has developed the event management solutions with some complex software for one of the most watched sporting events in the world. |
I had both failure and success: outgoing UN climate chiefBy Joydeep GuptaBonn, June 9 (IANS) As he prepares to leave his post at the end of the month, UN climate chief Yvo de Boer says he faced "both failure and success" during his four-year tenure and asserts that a lot more "cooperative action" needs to take place before a legally binding global treaty can be signed to combat climate change. |
On-call rickshaws, with frills, proposed for Commonwealth GamesBy Azera RahmanNew Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The humble cycle rickshaw could jazz up for the Commonwealth Games, complete with a driver-cum-tourist guide, newspapers and fruit juices. Around 1,000 battery-operated rickshaws will be on call during the event if a proposal with the Delhi government comes through. |
In today's knowledge-driven global economy, one industry in which India is among global leaders and has a firm footprint is the fast-growing information technology and business process outsourcing industry, which includes software development and back-office operations. This industry has not only emerged among the fastest growing contributors to the country's national income, but also the biggest employment generator.
