Word: prakash
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...professionally risky, since optimism sells better than pessimism. Government forecasters are also shy about raising red flags on the economy because of the political ramifications. Politicians generally dismiss talk of an economic downturn, preferring instead to highlight prosperity--at least if they want to get re-elected. Asks economist Prakash Loungani at the International Monetary Fund: "How good are these forecasters at predicting the end of a boom? Not very. Only two of the 60 recessions that occurred over the globe during the 1990s were predicted a year in advance...
...poverty and hunger are convinced that such crops have a critical role to play in feeding the world. China, one of the first countries to grow genetically engineered tobacco and cotton commercially, is investing heavily in the technology as a way to combat its chronic domestic food problems. C.S. Prakash, a scientist at the Center for Plant Biotechnology Research at Tuskegee University in Alabama, recently accused anti-GM activists of being "well-fed folk" who "jet around the world" to disrupt technology that will benefit the poor. According to Prakash: "Biotechnology is one of the best hopes for solving ... food...
...push the IT boom into India's mainstream. Cities like Hyderabad, Bombay and New Delhi are promising telecom links and tax holidays to prospective business investors. "India always had the talent, but with the Internet, we've found the delivery mechanism to transport this talent around the globe," says Prakash Gurbaxani, who set up his own dotcom consultancy, 24/7 Customer.com five months ago in Bangalore...
...push the IT boom into India's mainstream. Cities like Hyderabad, Bombay and New Delhi are promising telecom links and tax holidays to prospective business investors. "India always had the talent, but with the Internet, we've found the delivery mechanism to transport this talent around the globe," says Prakash Gurbaxani, who set up his own dotcom consultancy, 24/7 Customer.com, five months ago in Bangalore...
...Prakash, a participant in the conference, claimed in the Telegram and Gazette that field studies show the butterflies' exposure is too minimal to cause harm...