Blogs Posts in International Issues category; 93 blog posts

Discussing some domestic and international issues

Domestic Issues: - The News flow on Domestic front is quite strong & many corporates have been hit by these non economic news flow & all for wrong reasons, But these news flow will indirectly create more stringent norms for corporat [...]

Posted On : Dec, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Poker machines are a bigger problem than spot-betting on spo...

Disgraced Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif have all been jailed by an English court, along with player agent Mazhar Majeed, for match-fixing described by the judge as a betrayal of fans. It's an e [...]

Posted On : Nov, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

The real issue with journalism today

I live in a house that has been leased for me by the company, and whose lease payment comes out of my salary. I am told, however, that there are around 60 New Delhi journalists who live in houses provided for them by the government and, y [...]

Posted On : Oct, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

The fate of journalism in Kashmir

“Reprisals have begun. Be men, it’s me who writes and not my family,” Muzamil Jaleel, Associate Editor of The Indian Express posted on his Facebook profile some days ago. This small statement of mammoth value sends shive [...]

Posted On : Aug, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Global Science Research and the Value of International Colla...

Science research spending around the globe has increased by 45 percent to more than $1,000 billion (one trillion) U.S. dollars since 2002. In 2008, 218 countries generated more than 1.5 million research papers, with contributions ranging [...]

Posted On : Jul, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

The problem with journalism in Russia is not censorship, tha...

Alexey Kovalev is a Russian journalist currently based in London, UK. He reports for several national news outlets, regularly contributes to the Guardian's Comment is Free and writes the Angry Russian column for The First Pint, a web [...]

Posted On : Nov, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

Foster your machine, how to fix internal issues?

It is very interesting when you have to write a business letter to an organization with 90% affirmative that project is yours. More smiles when starting to write but in middle if your machine behaves oddly, how bad…….! User [...]

Posted On : Sep, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Journalism's Problem Isn't Gawker. It's Advertising.

Washington Post's Ian Shapira fired the latest salvo in the ongoing debate about paid media content with his thoughtful "rant" over the weekend about Gawker "stealing" his story. But he raised the bar by invoking legal c [...]

Posted On : Aug, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

Obama Calls On Russia To Work With US To Tackle Internationa...

In a historic speech in Moscow highlighting a message of economic and political liberalism, U.S. President Barrack Obama called on Russians to open up for a new era of U.S.-Russia relations, so that the governments of both countries could w [...]

Posted On : Jul, 08 2009 | Comments : 0

SAE International's Aerospace Magazine to Go All Digital

Timely. Relevant. Convenient. Three words that often describe how busy professionals like to get their information. In response to these needs, SAE International will begin publishing its Aerospace Engineering and Manufacturing (AEM) magazi [...]

Posted On : Jul, 01 2009 | Comments : 0

America to Iran: Bear with us while we work out our issues.

One week ago today, the world was moved to tears of helpless rage as a young woman suddenly crumbled on a Tehran street, choking on blood that, while obviously similar to yours and mine in appearance, seemed somehow to be a more disturbingl [...]

Posted On : Jun, 30 2009 | Comments : 0

Journalism Rules Are Bent in News Coverage From Iran

“Check the source” may be the first rule of journalism. But in the coverage of the protests in Iran this month, some news organizations have adopted a different stance: publish first, ask questions later. If you still don’ [...]

Posted On : Jun, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

Video Game Journalism: Contributing to Gamings Bad Image?

Thanks to the mainstream media, most households know the terms “Hot Coffee”, “Columbine”, and “seXbox”, and their relationship to video games. Gamers suffer a poor reputation from the distorted images pai [...]

Posted On : Apr, 11 2009 | Comments : 0

Journalist Calls on News Media to Stop Giving it Away for Fr...

Where does breaking news and the facts behind them come from? Mind you, it's not just opinions I'm asking about, or 'news' dished out by "cut and paste" artists! Whom do whistleblowers depend on? How do we keep our politicians in [...]