'India confident of weathering global crisis'

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Posted: Wednesday, Nov 19, 2008 at 1209 hrs IST
Updated: Wednesday, Nov 19, 2008 at 1209 hrs IST

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London, November 19:: most important ones facing India today are political challenges and threats.

"Among the most dangerous of these is terrorism, which our Prime Minister has called the greatest security threat of our time," he said, adding we look forward to a prosperous future with hope and optimism, given the performance of the last six decades.

The High Commissioner noted that India success story is, however, still very much "work in progress".

"Innumerable challenges remain - of inadequate infrastructure; of providing the huge young populace with quality education and equipping them with marketable skills; of increasing productivity of agriculture which continues to employ 52 per cent of the workforce but contributes only 18 per cent of GDP; and of making growth more inclusive.

"However, these challenges also provide opportunities for partnership and cooperation with our friends such as the UK who can contribute in a mutually advantageous manner to India's quest for development," he added....

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» "Science and technology"?

Posted by Madhumita Chakraborti on 2008-11-19 13:35:33.405765+05:30
Moon is "science and technology" - what a great innovative idea ! In the next solar trip that ISRO is planning, we should be sending the entire space-team and commissioners like these aboard the spacecraft. Let them experience "science and technology" too.

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» A rogue civilisation

Posted by Anna Karenina on 2008-11-19 14:23:27.615186+05:30
Ha, ha! Absolutely. Indian citizens would be a million times better off without such "science and technology". If you take the entire costs incurred by space missions (and the speak of BJP-call awaiting Tirupati-Madhavan Nair), the costs on the commoners have been enormous - future generations of all living species are also guaranteed of radiations. India could have wrapped itself round and round with optic fibres with such kind of indulgences - and our territories would have been absolutely safe from marauding SEZ planners - who sitting in some remote corner of the world collude with governments and convince them of some ambitious projects - and soon you have pitched battles between people and the state - pitted against one another - no more expenses on cracker stuff, and no more worries of getting involved in subversion - the safest act is now *development* mantra. What a rogue civilisation is this turning out to be, with corrupted thoughts and devilish actions...

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