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Showing posts with label Times of India. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Times of India. Show all posts

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Pink Slips on Increase in IT Industry

Satyam fires 400 employees- Software & Services-News-Indiatimes - Infotech

The four IT majors of Indian Job and Capital Market, Infosys, TCS, Wipro and Satyam, (in that order), are relieving their employees for one reason or the other. Some of the reasons are: Rise of Dollar in relation to European currencies, possibility of reduced contract from America the major client in IT industry are the two main one.



The Blogger strongly believes that Capital Market and IT Industry have started place in GS Prelims. The aspirants must develop liking for keeping tap on Indian Industry as a separate heading. The Economy Heading will continue separately. There is a need to collect notes under new heading.

Friday, September 12, 2008

Chandrayaan-I passes thermal vacuum test-India-The Times of India

Chandrayaan-I passes thermal vacuum test-India-The Times of India

Chandrayaan I satellite is the first Indian mission to moon.

According to TOI report, " The ambitious moon mission is slated for second half of October. An ISRO official said on condition of anonymity that the first available date is October 22, and the launch window has been fixed between October 22 and 26. "

Further, " The nearly 1,400 kg Chandrayaan-I satellite would be launched by the 316-tonne Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-XL) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at the spaceport of Sriharikota.

There are six scientific payloads from NASA, ESA and Bulgaria in addition to the five Indian instruments onboard Chandrayaan-I."

The final announcement will be made by:
G Madhavan Nair, the Chairman of ISRO.

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Why it's so difficult to remove a judge-India-The Times of India

Why it's so difficult to remove a judge-India-The Times of India

In the above mentioned article on Times of India, the issue of impending Bill bringing amendment to Judges (Inquiry) Act 1968 is discussed.


Kindly note that in examination, generally hypothetical issues are not taken up. Secondly, the issue relates to Judiciary which can not be discussed publicly. However, this is an issue which can be part of interview especially for those candidates who may clear mains from Punjab and West Bengal.

Apart from that it takes up Article 124 of the Constitution, under which, the judge will be impeached if the motion is supported by two-thirds of the members of the House present and voting.







NDTV.com news item Impeaching Justice Sen may not be easy by Deepak Bajpai, Anasuya Roy, and Sidharth Pandey is not right because it claims that it is the CJI which recommends the impeachment and then it is taken by the Parliament and that is not correct. The Times of India Report has specifically pointed a lacuna in it and writes, "Unprecedented as it is, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan's recommendation to the government for the removal of Calcutta High Court judge Soumitra Sen has exposed a legal lacuna. For, Judges (Inquiry) Act 1968 does not envisage a contingency where the judiciary approaches the executive for the removal of a judge; the impeachment process provided by it is entirely in the domain of Parliament."

Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Experiment

Scientists Will Play God In A Tunnel Near Geneva

The European Organization of Nuclear Research (CERN) will conduct its largest experiment in Large Hadron Collider (LHC) on September 10, 2008, Wednesday.

The Times of India Report studies the Indian participation in the above mentioned experiment. It further explains many of the terms and facts associated with the experiment like it is going to continue for weeks together after September 10 or how there will be creation of Black Holes for the billionth part of a nano second and so on.

The Atlas Experiment of The Times Online is another article which studies some additional dimension of the experiment.

Sunday, September 07, 2008

What's The Big Deal?-Editorial-Opinion-The Times of India

What's The Big Deal?-Editorial-Opinion-The Times of India

The above link to an editorial of TOI, the genesis of the controversy before the NSG in Vienna on the issue of supplying the nuclear material to India is covered. The editorial also speak in favour of working of the 123 Deal.

General Information


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