Using software to
assess loan applicants
Sumesh Raizada
WHILE
applying for a loan or credit facility from a bank or finance and
leasing company, an individual as well as business organisation have
to clear certain procedural requirements before a loan is disbursed.
There is a time delay of few days, weeks or even months before the
final decision is made on whether a loan or lease proposal has to
approved, rejected or approved with certain conditions.
Self-paced
and explorative, e-learning is here to stay
Rajiv Kapoor
WE
are currently in a transition period when, the academicians have started
reviewing the teaching and learning methodologies. In the present
system, a specified space, equipment, tools, costly software and
teachers are required. Our country is a developing country and reducing
the cost and upgrading the quality of teaching and learning is the
priority.
Pope
blesses the World Wide Web
Luke Baker
POPE
John Paul is putting his faith in the Internet. In his weekly address at
St Peter's Square, the 81-year-old Pontiff said: "I've decided,
therefore, to propose a big new theme for this year: 'The Internet - a
new forum for proclaiming the Gospel'."
PIB
site gets more popular
V.P. Prabhakar
THE
Press Information Bureau (PIB) Website (http;//pib.nic.in.) has acquired
a prominent place in the Government on India's information dissemination
infrastructure. Its popularity is claimed to be increasing with about
50,000 hits a day.
Pondicherry
— UT with IT
S.C. Dhall
PONDICHERRY,
which is one of the important tourist destinations, is doing well in the
hardware sector and almost all leading hardware players have a unit
here. There are almost 50 computer hardware units that are producing
nearby 5 lakh computers, making a total turnover of Rs 2,850 crore.
Yahoo!
stops ticket auction in Japan
To promote eBay in
Europe
INTERNET
site Yahoo! Japan stopped the trading of tickets for the World Cup
finals on its auction site last week to help prevent touting of tickets
for the tournament that starts on May 31.
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