http://www.dnaindia.com/ dnaindia.com delivers news and information on the latest top stories, sport, entertainment, business, technology, Mumbai, India, world and more. en-us COPYRIGHT @ 2012 DILIGENT MEDIA CORPORATION LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED XML::RSS Fri, 25 May 2012 09:23:46 GMT Fri, 25 May 2012 09:23:46 GMT http://www.dnaindia.com/syndication/ 10 http://www.dnaindia.com/images/logo_dna_rss.gif http://www.dnaindia.com/ 31 88 dnaindia.com delivers news and information on the latest top stories, sport, entertainment, politics, India, World and more. http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_foreign-direct-investment-more-boon-than-bane_1544089 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_foreign-direct-investment-more-boon-than-bane_1544089 There is a lot of hand-wringing about whether foreign direct investment should be welcomed by India: the spectre of the East India Company and rapacious westerners still haunts us. Mon, 16 May 2011 21:34:00 GMT http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_artificial-intelligence-has-just-got-smarter_1519151 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_artificial-intelligence-has-just-got-smarter_1519151 Computers are terrific at processing symbols, but not that good when it comes to figuring out their context. But a new program shows what’s possible. Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:45:00 GMT http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_mobile-platforms-fight-it-out-for-the-future-of-computing_1510346 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_mobile-platforms-fight-it-out-for-the-future-of-computing_1510346 Several companies are coming out with software to dominate mobile computing, but there is room for only three. Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:54:00 GMT http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_india-is-finally-seeing-the-birth-of-alternative-journalism_1493314 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_india-is-finally-seeing-the-birth-of-alternative-journalism_1493314 A spontaneous movement of neutral, patriotic, non-professional citizen journalists and commentators on the Internet, the Twitterati, is rewriting norms for the media. Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:26:00 GMT http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_corruption-is-damaging-the-value-of-brand-india_1486981 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_corruption-is-damaging-the-value-of-brand-india_1486981 India is turning into a banana republic. Not only politicians, but also the media, the judiciary and the armed forces are being drawn into this web of kickbacks and payoffs. Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:07:00 GMT http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/main-article_why-we-are-the-worlds-worst-bunch-of-kowtowers_1480850 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/main-article_why-we-are-the-worlds-worst-bunch-of-kowtowers_1480850 Our initial response to the Meera Shankar patdown was to keep things quiet. Our own rules are replete with exceptions on who can’t be frisked — including a private citizen called Robert Vadra. Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:12:00 GMT http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_chinas-proxies-pak-and-n-korea-are-bamboozling-us_1474172 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_chinas-proxies-pak-and-n-korea-are-bamboozling-us_1474172 India has a knack of aligning with declining powers; first USSR and now the US. Instead of playing second fiddle to the US, India should aspire to be one of the three great powers. Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:56:00 GMT http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_obamas-november-surprise-can-only-be-to-our-disadvantage_1460824 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_obamas-november-surprise-can-only-be-to-our-disadvantage_1460824 The US president has made a hash of almost everything, including his war in Afghanistan. He may want India to give in on J&K. Dear Manmohan, beware. Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:20:00 GMT http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_its-time-for-india-to-exit-the-british-commonwealth_1454635 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_its-time-for-india-to-exit-the-british-commonwealth_1454635 The CWG may have been a moderate success, but the money wasted in holding it tells us why we have the worst of both worlds: high corruption and high inefficiency. Jugaad is not worth it. Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:29:00 GMT http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_if-we-aren-t-ready-for-cyberwar-we-will-lose-the-next-war_1447690 http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_if-we-aren-t-ready-for-cyberwar-we-will-lose-the-next-war_1447690 A computer worm called Stuxnet has crippled parts of the Iran nuclear programme. Did the US or Israel do it? India needs to learn how to deal with the weapons of cyberwar. Mon, 04 Oct 2010 21:18:00 GMT