Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is not only an integral component of modern civilisation but also a power that helps our dreams come true. Remarkable improvement in ICT has influenced a broad spectrum of human activities and inspired revolutionary changes in socio-economic arena. Many countries have embarked on a new era of economic development by […]
Govornment Should More Focus on ICT for disabled.
The information or knowledge-based society is no longer a matter of the future, rather a very contemporary urge of the time. In almost all aspects of our life, we need information and knowledge to get our basic needs met, make decision, move around, participate in social, economic and cultural activities. Many countries have laid down […]
India’s Cancer Patients : Dying a Thousand Deaths
In spite of the advance of medical sciences in many fields , cancer is an area where in spite of a lot of progress , things haven’t changed much on the ground. The patient still usually has to go through a prolonged treatment and at the end of which there is nothing called a cure […]
Understanding India’s Kidney Racket
One of the lesser known stories in India’s health sector is that every year is the number of people dying of kidney failure every year. In over 90 per cent of people developing kidney failure in India, the outcome is death. In 2004-05, it is estimated that over 1, 00,000 people died due to kidney […]
Effects of Outsourcing IT Positions to Low Cost Countries
BACKGROUND: Off shoring – the transfer of high wage U.S. jobs to lower cost overseas locations especially in Banking Industry is enabled by improved communications technologies and driven by the desire of corporations to establish a business presence in potentially lucrative foreign markets as well as to take advantage of the lower costs of production […]
Current situation in Pakistan
Election 2008 in Pakistan and prior to it, reelection of President and Chief of the Army Staff General Parvez Musharaf of Pakistan through electoral college which consists upon members of both houses of parliament and Provincial Assembly members of all the provincial assemblies, are the focus of Pakistani media currently, war on terror and […]