Detect new prospects Usha Albuquerque Reading in the daily newspapers about nabbing criminals through modern methods of DNA testing and finger printing has aroused the interest of many a potential Sherlock Holmes. Many a youngster today enjoys watching programmes like Cold Files and Detectives on Discovery channel, finding out how much easier it is to collect evidence about a crime today. Today, police officers and intelligence agents are utilising the expertise of forensic scientists with the latest investigative techniques to provide invaluable evidence of a crime. Forensic science is the application of scientific principles for the investigation of crime. In criminal cases, forensic scientists are often involved in the search for and examination of physical traces, which might be useful for establishing or excluding an association between someone, suspected of committing a crime and the scene of the crime or victim. Such traces commonly include blood and other body fluids, hairs, textile fibres from clothing etc, materials used in buildings such as paint and glass, footwear, tool and tyre marks, flammable substances used to start fires and so on.

Global publishing houses bringing more work to India 
Arvinder Kaur
The Indian publishing industry is being seen as the next frontier for outsourcing. But there is much more to it. Many American and European publishers are looking to India for selling their titles which are being printed, priced, packaged and marketed locally.

CII moots Skill Development Bank to create talent pool
Industry chamber CII has suggested the setting up of a Skill Development Bank (SDB) as a financial intermediary between commercial banks and potential trainees to overcome the shortage of required skills in the economy.

Conquer fear to fare well in job interview
D.C. Sharma
Candidates know that an attitude of cheerfulness about an interview prevents them from feeling tense. A vast majority of them still get nervous before their actual time of trial comes, for they fear that the interviewers will grill them. And that fear inhibits their personality to such an extent that they are bound to flop.

Maruti bosses to be evaluated by juniors
As much as it loves to maintain hierarchical structure in the car market by holding on to its numero uno position, Maruti Udyog Ltd (MUL) is trying to be just the opposite when it comes to human resource management.

IIM-L Noida campus opens to spearhead global foray
The Indian Institute of Management-Lucknow, established in 1984, inaugurated its second campus at Noida recently. Despite being one of the youngest IIMs, IIM-L is the first one to set up a second campus. The aim is to develop the Noida campus as the most definitive provider of quality executive programmes and corporate training.

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