1706 IST, Friday, May 24, 2013 
IT/Technology
BPO jobs: South Africa callingBy Vivek SinhaKnown largely for its exotic jungle safaris, South Africa now eyes to be the back-office of world and in the process create thousands of jobs for its citizens. The country is wooing BPO players with incentives, which includes cash per jobs created on its soil and putting in place an enabling environment for outsourcing work, reports the Hindustan Times. |
An escalator to space - not very far awayBy V. JagannathanThe day may not be far away when an elevator attendant asks your preferred destination - low earth orbit (LEO) or geostationary orbit (GSO). Research is fast progressing in advanced countries on designing a space elevator, according to an Indian space expert. |
Elephant lock to green gym: Science talent to the foreBy Richa SharmaEver thought of locking the legs of a rampaging elephant? Or shedding extra kilos at a 'green gym' that produces power? Or generating power from plants? These are some of the innovative ideas of over 3,000 students at the Children's Science Congress. |
India's longest rail tunnel opened
An engineering marvel was unveiled when the Indian Railways opened a 10.96-km long railway tunnel, the longest in the country, that will help connect India's northern Kashmir Valley, with the rest of the country, a company release said. |
Indian Army troops to get hi-tech shelters
Several thousand Indian Army soldiers posted in rugged mountain terrain of Jammu and Kashmir along the borders with Pakistan and China will now be able to stay comfortably with the military commanders conferrence deciding to provide them "plush" hi-tech shelters by 2012. |
Indian rocket successfully launches four satellitesBy Venkatachari Jagannthan
An Indian rocket successfully launched an Indo-French tropical weather satellite and three other smaller satellites into orbit from the spaceport in southern Indian state of Andra Praesh. |
'India mulling second rocket port'By: Venkatachari Jagannathan
To increase the frequency of satellite launches and to cash in on the international market for launching remote sensing satellites, the Indian space agency is mulling another space port and adding more facilities here, a top official said.
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Indian-American develops next-generation computer chip
Indian-American Raj Dutt, an IIT-Kharagpur alumnus, has developed a next-generation energy-efficient computer chip that has caught the attention of the Pentagon, which is testing its application in the ambitious F-35 Joint Strike Fighters. |
In today's knowledge-driven global economy, one industry in which India is among global leaders and has a firm footprint is the fast-growing information technology and business process outsourcing industry, which includes software development and back-office operations. This industry has not only emerged among the fastest growing contributors to the country's national income, but also the biggest employment generator.
