Strengthening India – Korea Relations New Delhi (PIB-GR-TYP-BIN): The Commerce & Industry Minister Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman and Mr. Joo Hyunghwan, the Minister of Trade, Industry & Energy, Government of the Republic of Korea, launched Korea Plus on June 18, a special initiative to promote and facilitate Korean Investments in India. An MOU for establishing Korea […]
Amanda Knox Case: What’s Wrong With a PR Supertanker?
Those familiar with the case of the Republic of Italy vs. Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito know that it has been the catalyst for a continuous war of words in cyberspace for nearly six years. An online pro-innocence community of the defendants’ supporters goes to battle daily with an online pro-guilt community of the defendants’ […]
Role of Media in Reporting Terrorism
It’s not even full four months gone and India has witnessed two bomb blasts in a short interval in 2013. The first was in Hyderabad on February 21 and the next one was in Bangalore on April 19. Both the events have come a long way since the days of the Khalistan and Kashmir […]
Fox News Accidentally Airs Arizona Suicide?
This week was another banner week for the national media, and my former home state of Arizona. Recently, there was a mainstream media story regarding the "accidental" airing of a high speed chase in Arizona which was carried on the Fox’s "fair and balanced" news media that eventually resulted in a live broadcast suicide. Just […]
Tainted Chinese Drywall Concerns Went Unreported for Two Years
Remnants of Chinese drywall sit in an infested home in the Venetian Golf and River Club in North Venice, Fla., on Friday, May 20, 2010. (Chip Litherland / Sarasota Herald Tribune) A leading East Coast homebuilder learned four years ago that the Chinese-manufactured drywall it had installed in several Florida homes was emitting foul […]
Southwestern Border Remains Open While Politicking Continues
An article was published in the AP today regarding the Southwestern border situation, and actions being considered by my former home state in order to appear to be doing something, it seems, once again due to the recent death of an Arizona rancher on his own property several weeks ago purported committed by an illegal […]