IT/Technology

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.

Some Indian companies in the business like Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys Technologies, Wipro and Hindustan Computers have earned global repute for the quality of service and reach, while several large overseas players like Microsoft, IBM, Hewlett Packard, Cisco, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Yahoo, Google, Dell, Intel have set up shop in India, registering phenomenal growth.

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Breaking the language barrier
By M.Rajendran/ The Hindustan Times

It was a pleasant Friday in March, 2013. Britain was hosting a conference, Language World, to find an answer to the future of languages in the digital space. Phani Bhushan, an IIT Kharagpur graduate, and his business partner Gopal Pradhan were excited: they had an answer, and were all set to make a presentation on their concept to a billion-dollar Indian IT company.

Indian Space Research Organisation gets ready for next GSLV flight
T.S.Subramanian/ The Hindu

Flush with the success of the GSLV-D5, which used an indigenous cryogenic stage to put the GSAT-14 into orbit, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is getting ready for the next GSLV flight with its own cryogenic engine within a year. It will put the communication satellite GSAT-6 into orbit.

Inventions that will make a difference
By Geeta Padmanabhan/ The Hindu

 Digiterati, have you tried Snapchat, the service that makes messages/photos/captions you send disappear in a few seconds once opened? The app with its swelling popularity among the young demands a re-think about data: do you need it around forever? In a remarkable step forward, 2014 may see Forever Internet and Erasable Internet living side by side.

Successful Mars mission helps ISRO end year on high note
By Venkatachari Jagannathan

 The successful launch of India's first inter-planetary Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), the sending up of India's first navigation satellite midnight, the launch of the Indo-French satellite SARAL, and signing up a couple of satellite launch contracts - all these put Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in 2013 amongst the select group of space-faring nations on a couple of counts.

India's Antarctica station at par with world: Geologist
By Sahana Ghosh

Thirty years after she first set foot on Antarctica, celebrated geologist Sudipta Sengupta - one of the first Indian women to visit Earth's southernmost continent in 1983 - said improved technology has brought Indian stations on the ice at par with the world.

Tejas takes another step towards IAF induction
By Prashant Sood & Fakir Balaji

Paving way for its induction into the Indian Air Force, indigenously-designed fighter Tejas has got initial operational clearance for flying by air force pilots and will join the fleet after the final operational clearance likely next year to replace the ageing Russian-made MiG jets.

Air Force to test Indian battle-ready fighter
By Fakir Balaji

  World's lightest and India developed supersonic fighter Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas is battle-ready for testing by its air force pilots three decades after it was conceived, designed and developed with cost overruns and inordinate delays.

Countdown: 300 days to Mars for India begins
By Vanita Srivastava / Hindustan Times

 India's maiden mission to Mars - the Mars Orbiter spacecraft - left Earth's orbit in the early hours of Sunday to begin its 300-day voyage to the red planet.

'India must be part of global mega-science projects'

Stressing on the importance of critical research relevant to the country, eminent physicist and principal scientific advisor to the Indian government R. Chidambaram has said the nation needs to be a part of global mega-science projects.
 

Second rocket port depends on satellite size, cost-benefit
By Venkatachari Jagannathan

The Indian space agency will decide on the need for a second rocket launch site after doing a detailed study on the cost-benefit and other aspects like the trend in remote sensing satellites, said its chief.