The Indian Consulate in SF landed itself in a needless controversy which could have been avoided with the purchase and use of a paper shredder! (A friend of mine who happens to be an obsessive advocate of privacy sent this to me. So I won’t reveal his name here 🙂
The Consul General does have a point when he says that this is a “cultural” issue but this is no excuse for not using a paper shredder!
The Bihar Govt. under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar started a call center for RTI purposes. The plan was implemented in just two months. Impressive!
Check out this news report about fabric from Kannur (Kerala, India) being used in the Whitehouse!
Check out this news article about India’s plans to speed up passport processing. This has been long overdue. Delighted to here that this is finally happening.
The Right to Information (RTI) Act passed by the Govt. of India is a great step towards addressing corruption issues, but it appears to have run into challenges. Check out the Hindustan Times! 🙂
The money paid towards Social Security while working in the US is common problem faced especially by those returning to India (and other countries) after working for a few years in the US. Sounds like there is some good news for such folks from India in the works!
Check out this recent report on President Kalam’s idea of an independent commission to tackle corruption. Its good to see that corruption has caught the attention of visible people like President. The Right to Information Act passed by the Government of India in Oct 2005 was great step in this direction. It will certainly help if the President influenced the Government to follow through and prevent any roadblocks for the implementation of the RTIA. Ironically, the RTIA appears to be stuck in bureaucracy with a huge backlog of cases!
The death toll from the attack of “chikungunya” (a viral disease spread through mosquitoes as reported in the Mercury New today) in Kerala seems to be on the increase. I am surprised that it has not yet made it to the Times of India. Saw this in
the Hindu. Its about time the Central Govt. got involved in providing the necessary support and assistance.
All this recent news about HP is really sad. The so called management gurus on the board, the former CEO all combined have done great disservice to everything that the original founders “H” and “P” stood for. The only good news at the moment is that Mark Hurd appears to be a sensible guy to lead the company and letting him consolidate power might not be a bad thing (at least in the short term). Any investigation into the recent scandal is likely to expose the inner workings of the Silicon Valley given that so many big-wigs are involved. It is not surprising that HP’s Chairman Patricia Dunn is being phased out given that she has chosen to take on some real heavy hitters —Tom Perkins and the like. It should be a great time for the press as the saga unfolds.
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