A test , a bailout and more
A test match has begin between India and England even though England team was reluctant to tour India after the Mumbai terror strikes. This probably is due to the clout that BCCI exercises in the world of Cricket has in spite of what the English team says.
In other news The US House of Rep has agreed for a bailout of US $15 billion for the US auto industry .There is a article by Thomas Friedman titled 'While Detroit Slept' . Friedman has been critical of Detroit auto giants. The US auto industry still relies on gas guzzling large cars whereas the the rest of the auto world is moving towards small cars and developing renewable and more environmental friendly versions of transport.
In his new book Hot, Flat and Crowded, Friedman has argued that America's dependence on petrol not only harms the environment but also strengths the hands of dictatorial governments in the petroleum rich nations. May be here there are lessons for Indian auto industry too.
There is a article in NY Times on two new books on nuclear weapons proliferation . According to them no country other then US has developed Nuclear wapons on its own. Spies have played their part in transferring the technology. as the article says "All paths stem from the United States, directly or indirectly". China and France have actually helped five other other nations to develop nuclear weapons. It is actually not easy to develop the nuclear weapons . Here is an excerpt from the article.
"The book, in a main disclosure, discusses how China in 1982 made a policy decision to flood the developing world with atomic know-how. Its identified clients include Algeria, Pakistan and North Korea.
Alarmingly, the authors say one of China’s bombs was created as an “export design” that nearly “anybody could build.” The blueprint for the simple plan has traveled from Pakistan to Libya and, the authors say, Iran. That path is widely assumed among intelligence officials, but Tehran has repeatedly denied the charge."
Interestingly there is no mention of India's nuclear weapons program in the article.
In other news The US House of Rep has agreed for a bailout of US $15 billion for the US auto industry .There is a article by Thomas Friedman titled 'While Detroit Slept' . Friedman has been critical of Detroit auto giants. The US auto industry still relies on gas guzzling large cars whereas the the rest of the auto world is moving towards small cars and developing renewable and more environmental friendly versions of transport.
In his new book Hot, Flat and Crowded, Friedman has argued that America's dependence on petrol not only harms the environment but also strengths the hands of dictatorial governments in the petroleum rich nations. May be here there are lessons for Indian auto industry too.
There is a article in NY Times on two new books on nuclear weapons proliferation . According to them no country other then US has developed Nuclear wapons on its own. Spies have played their part in transferring the technology. as the article says "All paths stem from the United States, directly or indirectly". China and France have actually helped five other other nations to develop nuclear weapons. It is actually not easy to develop the nuclear weapons . Here is an excerpt from the article.
"The book, in a main disclosure, discusses how China in 1982 made a policy decision to flood the developing world with atomic know-how. Its identified clients include Algeria, Pakistan and North Korea.
Alarmingly, the authors say one of China’s bombs was created as an “export design” that nearly “anybody could build.” The blueprint for the simple plan has traveled from Pakistan to Libya and, the authors say, Iran. That path is widely assumed among intelligence officials, but Tehran has repeatedly denied the charge."
Interestingly there is no mention of India's nuclear weapons program in the article.
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