Some of our leaders were busybusy over the weekend.
LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network with 187 million members globally. It has over 18 million members in India.
Uncritical acceptance of any major project is undesirable. So also is unbending opposition to it. Constructive criticism of the project could bring about greater safety in design, construction and operation or even lead to abandonment of the project. The scientific and engineering community in the country should play an active role in such criticism instead of remaining mute spectators, leaving the ground to the lay public, says L V Krishnan.
There is a lot that seems to set Fukushima apart from Chenobyl, it is not clear why, after over three weeks, the Japanese have suddenly chosen to upgrade to Level 7 skipping Level 6. Have they and other countries that are helping them given up hope of retrieving the situation, asks nuclear safety expert L V Krishnan.
The Tiruchi unit of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) is considering four-five companies as candidates for acquisitions, its executive director, A V Krishnan, told Business Standard.
The current trend worldwide is to move away from the high yields of thermonuclear devices. These were useful in the Cold War environment and not applicable now. It is feasible to achieve yields of a few hundred kilotons with fission weapons.
Viewership after 10 pm in the four southern states is just about half of that in Hindi speaking markets.
India's fourth largest IT firm Satyam Computer Services is likely to give pink slips to 2,500 employees. The company's share price fell 9.5 per cent to Rs 368.15 on Monday.Satyam had a total headcount of 52,000 as of June-end. The company has already put some of its employees under performance improvement plan.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India floated a consultation paper on playing an active role in monitoring the Indian television viewership. TAM Media Research is the sole player in the monitoring market for the last 10 years. TAM's CEO L V Krishnan says govt should start regulating all types of rating outputs like daily newspaper polls done via SMS or even TV polls during elections and not just TV TRPs. TAM is often criticised for its poor sample size, TRP system, etc.
Analyst following the sector feels that due to the slowdown in the US economy, the Indian IT companies, who mostly depend on the US market for their revenue, had postponed joining dates of new recruits, raising doubts about their future.
"We will launch sub-Rs 20,000 PCs in the next three months," HP General Manager (Consumer Sales) V Krishnan told reporters in Kolkata on Thursday.
'Even before the wave hits the shore, the reactors were shut down,' says nuclear expert L V Krishnan.
India's fifth-largest aluminium maker Madras Aluminium Company plans to expand the capacity of its smelter by 14 per cent in the current fiscal year to March by removing bottlenecks, a group company official said on Tuesday.
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