Citing the example of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, a top US military commander has warned of the dangers posed by "democratisation" of technology in future warfare. "Now, in many ways, technology has been democratised," Marine Corps Lt. Gen. George J. Flynn said at the sixth annual 2012 Joint Warfighting Conference at Virginia Beach Tuesday. Referring to the greater availability of information potentially empowering conventional and non-traditional state actors, he cited a Harvard Business Review article detailing the November 2008

Cracks appeared among the striking Air India pilots Wednesday as some of them returned to work and the management said it expects more to follow. The Indian Pilots Guild (IPG), however, denied this, saying their strike was very much on. "Three pilots who were reporting sick have reported back. We expect many more to join work and after that we can start our discussions with them," a senior Air India official told IANS. The pilots' protest seemed to be losing steam as the civil aviation ministry has made it clear that no talks will be held whil

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Wednesday sought the cooperation of all political parties to develop the state. Speaking in the assembly on the first anniversary of her AIADMK government, she also appealed for their support to reinforce the state's rights vis-a-vis the central government. She thanked both those who praised her government for its achievements in the past one year and others who listed the shortcomings. Referring to the power situation, Jayalalithaa said her government was taking necessary steps so that Tamil

Sports Minister Ajay Maken Wednesday said suspending five domestic players allegedly involved in spot-fixing was not enough and the Indian cricket board needed to do more to get to the root cause of the menacing problem. Suspending the players does not mean that BCCI has got to the root of the problem. They must find out the root cause of the problem," Maken told reporters here. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Tuesday barred the five cricketers pending an inquiry in the wake of a sting operation

A week-long panorama of Kuwaiti culture which opened in the capital May 15 has for the first time brought arts, crafts and performing traditions of the ancient port-nation to India to strengthen people-to-people cultural ties between the two countries. The culture showcase, presented by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and the Embassy of Kuwait will move to Jaipur from the capital before closing May 19. The festival is a reciprocal gesture by Kuwait in response to a Festival of India in Kuwait in 2009. Kuwait and India share sim