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IT security in India under scrutiny after $45m cash machine heists

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - May. 15 (News Report) - Millions stolen after gang broke into two card-processing firms based in India and raised balances and withdrawal limits A breach of security at two payment card-processing companies in India that led to heists at cash machines around the world has reopened questions on the risks of outsourcing sensitive financial services to the country. Global banks that ship work to be processed in India, either in-house or to large IT services vendors, were already under pressure to step up oversight of back-office functions after a series of scandals last year. Last week, prosecutors in the United States said a global criminal gang stole $45m (£29.5m) from two Middle Eastern banks by breaking into the two card-processing companies based in India and raising balances and withdrawal limits. "India is exposed in two ways: the threat that the same theft could happen in India and the fact that the outsourcing industry will also get affected," said Arpinder Singh, partner and national director for fraud ...

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US, India dance awkwardly around the man who might be India's next leader

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - May. 15 (News Report) - If Narendra Modi wins India's elections next year it would inject discomfort into the deepening relationship between India and the US. ...

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China joins Arctic 'coldrush club'

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - May. 15 (News Report) - Several countries gain permanent observer status on the Arctic Council but there is dissent over the EU.

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Pakistan's Tyrannical Majority

Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Manan Ahmed Asif - May. 11 (Opinion) - Op-Ed Contributor: Pakistan’s Tyrannical Majority

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Are Indian-Pakistani relations in jeopardy after prisoner death?

Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - May. 04 (News Analysis) - A Pakistani prisoner in an Indian jail was attacked and seriously injured in a tit-for-tat assault one day after the death of an Indian man in a Pakistani prison. ...

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China tests its borders again, this time in the mountains

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - Apr. 24 (News Report) - India is alleging a Chinese border incursion in the Himalayan region of Ladakh, putting diplomatic pressure on an otherwise warming relationship between the two Asian giants. ...

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Shakuntala Devi, 'Human Computer' Who Bested the Machines, Dies at 83

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Haresh Pandya - Apr. 24 (News) - Shakuntala Devi, ‘Human Computer,’ Dies in India at 83

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India Considers Banning Pornography as Reported Sexual Assault Rises

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Neha Thirani Bagri, Heather Timmons - Apr. 22 (Opinion) - India Ink: India Considers Banning Pornography as Reported Sexual Assault Rises

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After rape of 5-year-old girl, India debates even stricter punishments

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - Apr. 21 (News Analysis) - India recently passed tougher sentences for rape convictions. After this latest case, protesters want even harsher penalties put in place, but analysts argue police reform is more ...

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Sotheby's Auction Boosts Indian Art Sales

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Gayatri Rangachari Shah - Apr. 19 (Opinion) - India Ink: Sotheby’s Auction Boosts Indian Art Sales

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Women hit back at India's rape culture

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Gethin Chamberlain - Apr. 06 (Comment) - A self-defence group in Lucknow have a simple message to the men who make their lives a misery – stop it, or else The male tormentor of the young women of the Madiyav slum did not spot the danger until it was too late. One moment he was taunting them with sexual suggestions and provocations; the next they had hold of his arms and legs and had hoisted him into the air. Then the beating began. Some of the young women lightly used their fists, others took off their shoes and hit him with those. When it was over, they let him limp away to nurse his wounds, certain that he had learned an important lesson: don't push your luck with the Red Brigade. Named for their bright red outfits, the Red Brigade was formed in November 2011 as a self-defence group for young women suffering sexual abuse in the northern Indian city of Lucknow, 300 miles south-east of Delhi. Galvanised by the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi last December and the nationwide protests that followed ...

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Nuclear Race on the Subcontinent

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By MICHAEL KREPON - Apr. 04 (Opinion) - India and Pakistan can defuse their nuclear competition by improving relations and accelerating trade.

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Pakistan’s Precipitous Decline

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By WILLIAM MILAM - Apr. 04 (Opinion) - Nuclear arms, sectarian violence, a too-powerful military and dysfunctional institutions make for a dangerous mix.

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UN General Assembly to vote on arms treaty

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

aljazeera.com - Apr. 02 (News Report) - The UN General Assembly is due to vote on what would be the first treaty to regulate the $70bn global trade on conventional arms. The vote on Tuesday comes a week after Iran, Syria and North Korea blocked the accord by consensus despite widespread suppor

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The Girl Who Fired an Outcry in India

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Daily Beast - By Shoma Chaudhury - Apr. 02 (Comment) - One horrible night, innocent victims, devastated families—and a country seething with rage and violence, stuck between feudal hierarchies and the modern economy.

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Patent's Defeat in India Is Key Victory for Generic Drugs

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Gardiner Harris - Apr. 01 (News Analysis) - The landmark ruling allows cheap copies of important medicines to continue being distributed in much of the world.

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Indian court rejects Novartis cancer patent bid

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - Apr. 01 (News Report) - Healthcare activists welcome landmark ruling they say will give poor patients continued access to cheap medicines India's supreme court has rejected drugmaker Novartis AG's attempt to patent a new version of a cancer drug in a landmark decision that healthcare activists say ensures poor patients around the world will get continued access to cheap versions of lifesaving medicines. Novartis had argued it needed a patent to protect its investment in the cancer drug Glivec, while activists said the company was trying to use loopholes to make more money out of a drug whose patent had expired. The decision has global implications since India's $26bn (£17bn) generic drug industry supplies much of the cheap medicine used in the developing world. The ruling sets a precedent that will prevent international pharmaceutical companies from obtaining fresh patents in India on updated versions of existing drugs, said Pratibha Singh, a lawyer for the Indian generic drug manufacturer Cipla, which ...

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Novartis denied cancer drug patent in landmark Indian case

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Sarah Boseley - Apr. 01 (News) - The Indian supreme court has refused to allow one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies to patent a new version of a cancer drug, a decision campaigners hailed as a major step forward in enabling poor people to access medicines in the developing world. Novartis lost a six-year legal battle after the court ruled that small changes and improvements to the drug Glivec did not amount to innovation deserving of a patent. T

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Healthcare activists welcome India's landmark drug ruling

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - Apr. 01 (Comment) - Leena Menghaney from Médecins Sans Frontières welcomes India's supreme court's landmark drug ruling

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Shape Up or Don't Fly, Air India Tells Cabin Crew Over 40

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Pamposh Raina - Mar. 26 (Opinion) - Older crew members at state-run airline have until Friday to pass a battery of medical tests.

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In India, Women's Issues Are Finally Out Front

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Vikas Bajaj - Mar. 23 (Opinion) - The rape and murder of a young woman in New Delhi last year may have been a tipping point in a long struggle.

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The crime that altered India

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Columbia Journalism Review - Mar. 14 (News Analysis) - In Delhi, according to the police, a woman is raped every 18 hours, on average. So it is worth wondering why the gang rape and murder of one 23-year old woman there is still resonating nearly three months after it happened.

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Why girls in India are still missing out on the education they need

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Rachel Williams - Mar. 12 (Opinion) - India is no longer considered a poor country and yet many children do not receive a good education. Rachel Williams reports Meena (not her real name) didn't tell her parents when the older boys started harassing her on the hour-long walk to school from her home in Madanpur Khadar, south Delhi – grabbing her hand and shouting "kiss me" – because she knew she would get the blame, as if she had somehow encouraged them. She was right: when her family found out, they banned her from going back to school, worried about the effect on their "honour" if she was sexually assaulted. The plan now is to get her married. She is 16. Gulafsha is luckier: her mother is determined she will become a doctor. But there are 70 pupils in a class at her school, and the teachers often simply don't turn up. The drinking water tanks are so filthy the pupils bring their own water. "I have never gone to a toilet at school in all these years, they are so bad," the 14-year-old says. She doesn't know how, but somehow her ...

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India strives to become 'drought proof'

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - Mar. 12 (News Report) - In a country of 1.2 billion people, the threat of drought takes on epic proportions Over a period of two centuries (between 1801 and 2002), India experienced 42 severe droughts, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation. One of these, in 1979, cut food grain production by 20 percent; another, in 1987, damaged 58.6 million hectares of cultivated land, affecting 285 million people. In the last decade (2002-2012) three major droughts hit the country, and in 2012 drought shaved off half a percentage point from the Asian giant's gross domestic product (GDP), according to a 2013 World Bank report. Seventy percent of Indians live in rural areas, while 58 percent rely solely on agriculture for a living. The 355 million people who fall below the 1.25-dollars-a-day poverty line depend primarily on rain-fed agriculture for subsistence. Thus drought has become a national priority for the Indian government, particularly as climate change causes ever more erratic monsoon rains. This ...

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India Ink: India’s Only Electric Car Revamped to Woo Drivers

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By By DAVID FERRIS - Mar. 04 (Opinion) - A brand new factory in Bangalore is expected to assemble 30,000 units of Mahindra Reva’s E2O annually.

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