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Who should open the 2010 Commonwealth Games?
The latest controversy to hit the Delhi Commonwealth Games is the question of who is going to inaugurate it.
The opening ceremony for the two-week sporting event, held every four years for former British colonies, is on Oct 3.
Some media reports said there had been a row between India and Britain over whether India’s president, Pratibha Singh Patil, or Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne who is standing in for Queen Elizabeth at the ceremony, would open the Games.
A spokesman for the British embassy, however, said Prince Charles would open the Games and denied there was any controversy. Some media reports said a compromise was reached between the Indian president and Prince Charles.
Who do you think should open the 2010 Commonwealth Games?
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I think Kalmadi should inaugurate, participate, win medals, sleep in the village and close the games too.
Finns have legal right to broadband – should India follow suit?
In a first of its kind legislation by any country, Finland has made broadband internet access a legal right for all its citizens.
As per the new law that came into effect from July 1, Finnish telecom companies will have to provide its citizens broadband lines with a minimum speed of 1Mbps.
Media reports say up to 96 percent of Finland’s population is already online and only about 4,000 homes will need to be connected to comply with the new rule.
Finland may have set a precedent for other governments to follow. But does this mean India could also get such a legislation in the near future?
In India, the world’s second-biggest and the fastest-growing mobile market with more than 600 million users, the broadband penetration (connections per 100 people) in the country is extremely low at 0.74.
Only 71 million of India’s billion-plus population claimed to have used the internet in 2009, according to an I-Cube report.
India has only recently come up with a legislation promising the right to education to all its children.
I think that giving mobile internet connectivity and encouraging telecom companies to set up more broad band services is a good idea. While doing this, India also needs to provide basic necessities to its citizens.
The choice can’t be an “OR” (internet or necessities), it has to be both.
The simple reason for this is both broadband/internet and food are necessities.
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