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This week's New Scientist has a large number of articles on
India as the emerging knowlegdge superpower
http://www.newscientist.com/home.ns
India special: Vaccines for pennies
An Indian husband and wife team risked everything to build a facility
producing the hepatitis B vaccine for just 28 cents per shot - their
gamble paid off in more ways than one
India special: Space programme presses ahead
While detractors say India cannot afford a space programme, Indira
Gandhi believed it was vital for India's development - the Moon is on
the agenda
India special: The silicon subcontinent
Some of the biggest names in IT are heading towards Bangalore once
more, but now it's the brightest minds they seek - not cheap labour
India special: Young IT crowd lives it up
Bangalore's young, upcoming IT people are changing the face of the
city, and helping to revitalise the previously settled social scene
India special: Millions get mobiles
The country is becoming connected as never before, and the
consequences could be dramatic
India special: Making science pay
R A Mashelkar is running a one-man campaign to create an enterprise
culture in India: to bring science and industry together to benefit
the country
India special: Vaccines for pennies
An Indian husband and wife team risked everything to build a facility
producing the hepatitis B vaccine for just 28 cents per shot
India special: Radio telescope offers dishes to savour
Why astronomers are flocking to India's wine country
India special: Closing the door on generic drugs
Recent changes in India's unusual patent laws mean the country's
recently booming drugs industry is risking everything to stay afloat
India special: The returning scientist
Physicist Shobo Bhattacharya spent decades in leading US labs before
returning to India to direct the Tata Institute for Fundamental
Research in Mumbai
India special: The IT pioneer
In 1981, Nandan Nilekani was one of seven engineers who scraped
together $250 to start a software company in India - annual sales now
exceed $1 billion
India special: Welcome to the global village
The internet has arrived in Pinjavakkam - a village with only 500
residents, intermittent electricity and five telephone lines
The mystery of disappearing gravity
Gravity is a force unlike the other fundamental forces of the universe
- and it might be leaking into other dimensions. Bruce Schechter
follows its trail
India
India special: The next knowledge superpower
In just a few years, more than 100 IT and science-based firms have
located R&D labs in India. Big changes are making the country a centre
of innovation
India special: Embracing GM crops
Some believe that genetically modified crops can go a long way towards
tackling hunger in the developing world - some say they have no choice
India special: Bold plans for the nuclear future
India's energy needs are set to soar over the coming decades and the
nuclear option is embraced as the key to meeting the demand
India special: Sight for sore eyes
An Indian charity hospital is pioneering an innovative stem-cell-based
cure for blindness - its success rate is impressive
On 19 Feb 2005 14:10:27 -0800, (karmi) wrote:
Only Indians can come up with such a crap when corrupt political set
up
headed by dynasty living on vote bank that encourages filthy cities
with shanties of malnourished kids and exploding population.
Superpower of filthy shanties if Soni Maino, Margaret Alva, Oscar
Farnades et al are not kcicked out.
Why we'll be a knowledge superpower
Pramit Pal Chaudhuri
New Delhi, February 20, 2005|00:59 IST
US infotech industry lobby, AeA, says countries like India are
"eroding" the US's status as the world's tech superpower. New
Scientist has dedicated its latest issue to Indian tech — from
software to satellites to pharmaceuticals.
Is the US losing its tech edge? YES. But very slowly. US tech trends
have been drifting south. The percentage of patents that are filed by
US firms is down. Growth rates for US science and engineering articles
are weak. Less Americans are getting science and tech degrees. Foreign
Affairs recently pointed out that the war on terrorism has so drained
R&D expenditure that civilian R&D will "decline in real terms over the
next five years."
But these are trends. US science and engineering publications grew at
only 13 per cent between 1988 and 2001 while India's grew by 25 per
cent, but the US still produced 20 times more than India in 2001. US
R&D expenditure is bigger than the next five countries put together.
The lead is gargantuan.
Is it a long wait for India then? NOT necessarily. There are two
trends that are helping push India on to the knowledge fast lane. One
is brain circulation. The US has compensated for American disinterest
in lab careers by attracting brains from overseas. But foreign
applications to study tech in the US have fallen dramatically —
engineering fell 34 per cent alone in 2003. 9/11 is partly to blame:
visa rejection rates have risen. But a bigger factor is that Indians
and Chinese are finding opportunity knocking louder at home. And
nothing moves knowledge better than brains physically moving.
The other is globalisation of tech. US firms are now outsourcing R&D
overseas. India is a favourite destination. Says the New Scientist,
"more than 100 IT and science-based firms have located R&D labs in
India." And it's not just software. GE's Bangalore lab is renown for
its material sciences division. An Indian firm recently bagged a
contract to commercialise a US nanotech drug-delivery patent.
Crucially, Washington is wary of China but sees India as a safe tech
partner.
Is India's tech power status guaranteeed? NO. No one quite knows why
knowledge economies happens. But it is clear you need, at a minimum, a
competitive market, a decent educational system, patents to protect
innovators and a risk-taking mentality. India has got it half-right in
each category. The road is still under construction.
But Indians can shock and awe. After Bill Clinton's week-long
presidential visit to India, the US ambassador was asked what was the
visit's big moment. He said, "It may surprise you: The State
Department's wires really began burning over a female Indian scientist
who presented a paper on nanotechnology to Clinton's science team."
The New Scientist has no doubts. It's India special issue's title is
"The next knowledge superpower."
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19 Feb 2005 05:18:44 PM |
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excerpt
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18524871.000
ISRO is already planning the next-generation GSLV, the Mark 3, which
will be powerful enough to launch India's biggest satellites. Nair now
has his sights on the commercial market. A launch on GSLV-Mark 3
should cost about half the rate charged by France, the US and Russia,
he says.
“The moon probe will map the lunar surface at resolutions down to 5
metres, something that has never been done before”India's space
programme is already a money-earner. ISRO sells infrared images from
its remote-sensing satellites to other countries, including the US,
where they are used for mapping. And the Technology Experiment
Satellite, launched in October 2001, is beaming back images of the
Earth's surface with a resolution of 1 metre, though they are not yet
available commercially.
Three per cent of ISRO's $3.3 billion 5-year budget is devoted to the
planned moon mission. A reconfigured PSLV rocket will lift Chandrayan
- "moon vehicle" in Hindi - to 36,000 kilometres, after which the
craft's own engines will take it to the moon. Nair says one of the
purposes of the mission is to inspire Indian youngsters to take up a
career in science.
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19 Feb 2005 05:23:53 PM |
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On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 23:18:44 GMT, (habshi) wrote:
excerpt
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18524871.000
ISRO is already planning the next-generation GSLV, the Mark 3,
yeah moron congrats were sent to your master putin....
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will be powerful enough to launch India's biggest satellites. Nair now
has his sights on the commercial market. A launch on GSLV-Mark 3
should cost about half the rate charged by France, the US and Russia,
he says.
“The moon probe will map the lunar surface at resolutions down to 5
metres, something that has never been done before”India's space
programme is already a money-earner. ISRO sells infrared images from
its remote-sensing satellites to other countries, including the US,
where they are used for mapping. And the Technology Experiment
Satellite, launched in October 2001, is beaming back images of the
Earth's surface with a resolution of 1 metre, though they are not yet
available commercially.
Three per cent of ISRO's $3.3 billion 5-year budget is devoted to the
planned moon mission. A reconfigured PSLV rocket will lift Chandrayan
- "moon vehicle" in Hindi - to 36,000 kilometres, after which the
craft's own engines will take it to the moon. Nair says one of the
purposes of the mission is to inspire Indian youngsters to take up a
career in science.
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19 Feb 2005 09:51:15 PM |
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In sci.physics habshi <habshi@anony.com> wrote:
138 lines of babble to say:
India is clawing it's way into the 20th century.
Anyone want to start a pool on how long it takes to get to the 21st?
BTW habshi, if India is so great, why did you leave?
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Jim Pennino
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20 Feb 2005 08:22:09 AM |
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In fact the new scientist a prestigious British science
publication talks about Indian research at the cutting edge- moon
shots , stem cells , fast breeder reactors etc.
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20 Feb 2005 10:01:50 AM |
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In sci.physics habshi <habshi@anony.com> wrote:
In fact the new scientist a prestigious British science
publication talks about Indian research at the cutting edge- moon
shots , stem cells , fast breeder reactors etc.
A sewage system and flush toilets?
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Jim Pennino
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20 Feb 2005 06:24:07 PM |
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On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 16:01:50 +0000 (UTC),
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A sewage system and flush toilets?<
Yes indeed . The Hindu civilizations at Harrapa and
Mahenjendaro were the first ones to have them .
The trouble with India and Hinduism is that it was too damn
attractive and peaceful and attracted Islamic and other morons to loot
the place .
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23 Feb 2005 05:03:45 PM |
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Sorry Harmony I dont even bother downloading your replies any
more , as I know they will be just one liners and you will leave all
the quote lines . I will check once a week and if you have reformed I
will start reading them
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21 Feb 2005 08:32:12 AM |
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In sci.physics habshi <habshi@anony.com> wrote:
On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 16:01:50 +0000 (UTC),
wrote:
A sewage system and flush toilets?<
Yes indeed . The Hindu civilizations at Harrapa and
Mahenjendaro were the first ones to have them .
The trouble with India and Hinduism is that it was too damn
attractive and peaceful and attracted Islamic and other morons to loot
the place .
Why no sewage system and flush toilets now?
Who is currently looting India (as if there were anything to loot)?
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23 Feb 2005 04:45:27 PM |
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In sci.physics habshi <habshi@anony.com> wrote:
On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 16:01:50 +0000 (UTC),
wrote:
A sewage system and flush toilets?<
Yes indeed . The Hindu civilizations at Harrapa and
Mahenjendaro were the first ones to have them .
The trouble with India and Hinduism is that it was too damn
attractive and peaceful and attracted Islamic and other morons to loot
the place .
Why no sewage system and flush toilets now?
Who is currently looting India (as if there were anything to loot)?
the damn seuclarists (aka the anti-hindu evil axis of socialists,
communists, mommedans - and now the newest addition of missionary attack
dogs well funded by pat robertson, southern baptists and vatican who must
speak ill of hinduism to advance kirastanism)
in tamil nad 105 temples were razed to ground, and all assets of rich hindu
temples being taken over by the govt. the indian govt subsidizes mosques and
churches but robs hindu temples!! only in india!
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Jim Pennino
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20 Feb 2005 06:26:44 PM |
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On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 00:24:07 GMT, (habshi) wrote:
On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 16:01:50 +0000 (UTC),
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A sewage system and flush toilets?<
Yes indeed . The Hindu civilizations at Harrapa and
Mahenjendaro were the first ones to have them .
yeah right hindu civilization..LOL... listen to morons BS...
The trouble with India and Hinduism is that it was too damn
attractive and peaceful and attracted Islamic and other morons to loot
the place .
More of morons BS....
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| User: "robert j. kolker" |
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20 Feb 2005 08:24:29 AM |
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habshi wrote:
In fact the new scientist a prestigious British science
publication talks about Indian research at the cutting edge- moon
shots , stem cells , fast breeder reactors etc.
Will India ever get around to developing decent toilets and stop using
the Ganges as a sewer for human waste. And what about the cows? Are you
guys ever going to sweep up the cow-pats?
Bob Kolker
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20 Feb 2005 08:03:54 AM |
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Idiot 'Jim Pennino' can you name a nation whose citizen are not
migrants?
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20 Feb 2005 10:00:45 AM |
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In sci.physics wrote:
Idiot 'Jim Pennino' can you name a nation whose citizen are not
migrants?
Non sequitur.
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