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India gains a place in Arctic Council as warming opens north seas
May 16, 2013 at 15:12 | Source: DomainB
India is among the several countries that were on Wednesday granted permanent observer status on the Arctic Council. At a meeting in Sweden, the eight members of the council also accepted India's 'big brother' neighbour China along with Italy, Japan...
India-Africa festival opens in Johannesburg
May 14, 2013 at 23:15 | Source: FirstPost
Johannesburg, May 14 (IANS) With an eclectic blend of cinema, music, art and photography exhibitions, entrepreneurs and bloggers workshops and panel discussions the 12-day Indiafrica Festival 2013 began here Monday aiming to reach out to the youth of...
Tesco chief, Noel Tata to meet Anand Sharma today
May 10, 2013 at 00:22 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
New Delhi, May 9: UK’s largest super market chain Tesco could be a step closer to investing in India with its Chief Executive Officer Philip Clarke and Tata International Managing Director Noel Tata scheduled to meet Commerce and Industry Mini...
May 02, 2013 at 13:42 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
This refers to “Yours, mine and ours” (Business Line, April 30). While the arguments put forth in the article do appeal to logic perfectly, there are differences in the Indian context. In the growing economy, people hitherto not able to ...
Sikhs abroad will continue to hound likes of Sajjan Kumar
May 02, 2013 at 10:13 | Source: FirstPost
Washington: Sajjan Kumar should not rest easy. The Sikh diaspora abroad, which is increasingly activist and angry, will continue to hound him and others.If anyone thought the memories of 1984 anti-Sikh riots and an apology from Prime Minister Manmoha...
May 01, 2013 at 00:36 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
This year, during April 6-8, we knew that Asia’s answer to Davos had arrived. Launched in Hainan, China, in 2001, the ‘Boao Forum for Asia’ (BFA) founded by 26 countries, represents an initiative distinct from any other in the worl...
Microsoft's ex-chairman Ravi Venkatesan on breaking the shackles of success
Apr 12, 2013 at 07:46 | Source: Economic Times
At this time a friend gave me a copy of Joseph Campbell's book " The Hero with a Thousand Faces" and it seemed to speak to me. It turns out that in every culture, the hero's journey follows a predictable pattern. The hero becomes dissatisfied with hi...
On a mission to decode the mystery called Rahul Gandhi
Apr 11, 2013 at 08:00 | Source: DNA India
By the time you read this, you d probably know Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi s speech by heart. You would have seen him clutching the CII honcho s hand to show how the Chinese exert pressure, you would have seen him stumbling over his notes t...
Margaret Hodge: Tax laws 'influenced by big firms'
Apr 10, 2013 at 15:22 | Source: BBC
New tax laws are too heavily influenced by major corporations and accountancy firms, the chairwoman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has claimed. The government only talks to those who have a self interest in reducing their tax contribution , M...
China's Xi Jinping offers to reduce tensions over regional hotspots
Apr 08, 2013 at 09:29 | Source: FirstPost
Boao, China: With pressure growing on Beijing to get North Korea to step back from its war-like footing, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that no one country should be allowed to upset world peace and added China would work to reduce tensions over r...
CeBIT: 'Couch potato' rowing chair energises tech fair
Mar 06, 2013 at 10:12 | Source: Economic Times
HANOVER (GERMANY): It looks like an ordinary black, comfy chair, perfect for a relaxing hour or two in front of the television. But things are rarely as they seem at the CeBIT, the world's top high-tech fair, and this humble-looking chair is part-nu...
Water scarcity could be liquid gold for investors
Mar 01, 2013 at 21:31 | Source: Market Watch
CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — By 2025, two-thirds of the world population will experience water stress, according to resource consultancies. For investors, where shortages build, opportunities flow. Think utilities, power generation, desalination of sea...
Feb 28, 2013 at 21:41 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
February 28, 2013: What is the first thing that springs to your mind when you bite into a samosa? Or hear a tiger growl? Or ride in an Ambassador car? Or see a sari-clad woman sporting a bindi on her forehead? Or a lotus bloom? Or watch a peacock un...
Capitalism is so broken it can’t be fixed
Feb 23, 2013 at 19:37 | Source: Market Watch
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (MarketWatch) — Clayton Christensen, one of the world’s brilliant minds on business innovation, believes capitalism is broken. Needs a fix. Best of MarketWatch Here's the one other story that you can't afford to miss...
India-UK CEO forum push for tie-ups in education, infra, defence, power
Feb 19, 2013 at 22:52 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
New Delhi, Feb. 19: Corporate big-wigs from top companies in India and the UK on Tuesday had a brain storming session on intensifying cooperation between the two countries. The British side identified infrastructure, education, defence, energy and r...
Time for President to ask questions
Feb 19, 2013 at 22:52 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
February 19, 2013: Yet another bombshell of a scandal — this time over the hefty kickbacks in the purchase of helicopters from AgustaWestland – has burst, followed by the usual dismissive stand by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, that the ...
Indian CEOs most optimistic in world: PWC survey
Feb 14, 2013 at 11:52 | Source: Financial Express
Davos: CEOs of Indian companies have emerged as the most optimistic lot in the world when it comes to expectations for improvement in global economy this year and revenue prospects of their own businesses in the longer term. The high confidence leve...
France, Germany both right in euro disagreement
Feb 10, 2013 at 04:37 | Source: Market Watch
BRUSSELS (MarketWatch) — France and Germany disagree about the euro. Reuters A machine counts and sorts out euro notes at the Belgian Central Bank in Brussels. French President Franois Hollande said this week the common currency is overvalued and ...
Is the current market optimism justified?
Feb 06, 2013 at 22:52 | Source: Financial Express
The US economy has just suffered its first contraction since 2009, but at the same time, stock markets around the world are approaching or exceeding records. What gives? The US economy has just suffered its first contraction since 2009, consumer con...
New keyboard BlackBerry launch delayed in US
Feb 06, 2013 at 22:17 | Source: Economic Times
TORONTO: A modern BlackBerry with a physical keyboard might not arrive in the U.S. until May or June, a month or two behind other parts of the world, the chief executive of the Smartphone maker suggested in an interview. Although Research in Motion ...
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