Saturday 29 December 2012

An Emerging scientific view of human evolution suggests that we need regular physical activity for our brains to function optimally - Exercise makes the brain Smarter

Thursday 27 December 2012

The economy might still be wobbly. But for Job-Seekers, There are pockets of promise. Sreeradha D Basu picked the minds of the country’s biggest hr names to zero in on 10 job profiles or segments in 2013 -10 Hot Jobs for 2013

Wednesday 26 December 2012

Govt outlines a series of measures to boost women’s role in MGNREGS - Rural Jobs to See More Role For Women
This crisis of about the state that positioned itself as a vanguard, then got lost in pathologies - Rage and Helplessness 

Monday 24 December 2012

Funding is not an issue for viable projects, the point is to speed up clearances and put in place well-defined policies, the absence of which queers the pitch at present - Only Politics Constrains India’s Infrastructure

Saturday 22 December 2012

Some Patients face severe reactions if they consume grapefruit when on medication. Doctors say as many as 43 drugs may be life threatening, some of them fairly common - Forbidden Fruit

Thursday 20 December 2012

Credit inclusion, farm lease and forming clusters can help small farmers overcome poverty much faster - Small is Indeed Productive

India’s return to a growth rate of 8% is unlikely to happen before 2014-15 - Slow Return to 8% Growth

Sunday 16 December 2012

The past few years, from 2008 to 2012, have probably been some of the most volatile for the Indian economy - Recession Revelations: Jobs Down, Salary Up

Saturday 15 December 2012

Drug based on DNA alone might not achieve 'holy grail' as cancer cell with identical genome found to behave differently under chemotherapy - Gene Sequencing may not tell the whole story of cancer cell

Wednesday 12 December 2012

Too Many of our economic prescriptions are based on dogma,empirical half truths - Myths of our making
AICTE will deploy Microsoft Office 365 for education at more than 10,000 technical colleges and institutes throughout India - ‘Microsoft Office 365 for education’ deployment at AICTE
Latin America and Kenya have successful cash transfer schemes. We must learn from their experience - Designing Cash Transfers

Saturday 8 December 2012

Given the overwhelming evidence of women being a force behind growth, the U.S.-backed regional women’s entrepreneurship symposium in Dhaka must be used to find solutions to the barriers they face - When women drive economic growth

Friday 7 December 2012

Applied science has given us short-term solutions to eliminating weeds, BT may have long-term answers - Weeds and Biotechnology

Thursday 6 December 2012

The chances of correct diagnosis and treatment in both rural and urban areas by private and public care providers are dismal - Appalling condition of primary healthcare services

Wednesday 5 December 2012

Steel companies have been hit hard by mining issues which have severely hit availability and supply of iron ore a key raw material used to make steel - Steel, Mining Cos and their Woes

Tuesday 4 December 2012

In a world that now conquers hearts and minds, a PPP to project our soft skills can yield global dividends Repositioning & Reimaging India

Friday 30 November 2012

Once hurdles are removed, investment in infrastructure will follow capital expenditure in manufacturing - Looking to the Upturn

Total rural income is estimated to reach $1.8 trillion by 2020-21 - Rural India, market of the future
The U.S. special supplement scheme for women, infants and children to prevent undernutrition is a model that India can learn from -Serving up a better alternative for mother and child
While Gujarat’s GDP growth in the last two decades has been notable, it is not reflected in employment, wages, health or education - Poverty amid prosperity

Thursday 29 November 2012

Wednesday 28 November 2012

The naukri job speak index for October indicates an optimistic trend with the index for October at 1162 which is 3% more than September. This comes as a positive trend after three months of consecutive dip in recruitment levels - Hiring trends cautiously optimistic

Sunday 25 November 2012

Anadhra Pradesh government is concentrating on ensuring retention of farmers in agriculture for making the sector sustainable.State to focus on making farming more viable
Government will bear hospital charges, medicine costs for poor - Universal Health Scheme soon

Thursday 22 November 2012

Wednesday 21 November 2012

Tuesday 20 November 2012

India will need to sustain a growth rate of about 8%, for at least the next two decades, to alleviate poverty. This will need energy. We certainly cannot address the current energy situation without factoring in coal and hydrocarbons - Growth and Energy

Thursday 15 November 2012

Tuesday 13 November 2012

The process of economic growth has always been characterised by structural changes - In the service of services
Towards a science rooted in public interest - Environmental Governance

The growth rate in industrial production contracted by 0.4 per cent in September following a dismal performance by the manufacturing sector - Industrial output contracts by 0.4 % in September

Monday 12 November 2012

Opposition to GM crops is still strong, but it does not prevent scientists from pushing the technology ahead - GENETICS FOR DAILY LIFE

We’ll Push Reforms to Power Growth, Govt Tells India Inc - Back on High Growth?

Friday 9 November 2012

Much of the basis for trade liberalisation rests on what is often called the Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson (HOS) model which says that trade would not only equalise wage rates between countries but also reduce wage inequality within a country - Trade, Inequality and Poverty
As weather patterns get more unpredictable, nations must start budgeting for natural disasters - Budgeting for Climate Change

Thursday 8 November 2012

A market-determined price is the best option but the Constitution makes it clear that natural resources are a national asset - Has gas pricing policy been mishandled?
The environmental impact of radiation at Chernobyl continues to interest many researchers - Soybean plants at Chernobyl produce fertile seeds
As they do not spell increased crop production, new long-term scientific research on health impacts should involve extensive trials -GM crops should go back to the lab

Wednesday 7 November 2012

Striking the right combination is what enables the organisations to grow and remain competitive - Executives rely on analytical studies for strategic decisions
Communicating well is an important leadership skill. While this is neither simple nor easy, with practice and conscious effort, you can excel in this skill - Communicating as a leader

Tuesday 6 November 2012

Tankha puts the importance of the SHG movement in India in context when he says,with the support from NABARD data Self Help Group(SHG) bank linkage programme effort has shown lead in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu - A little help from others

Monday 5 November 2012

More liberalisation and policy reforms will propel the country into a higher growth trajectory and also help eradicate poverty - India has Potential to Grow at 10%
Governments are hard at work,trying to make cities sustainable as well as geat places to live and work in Creating Sustainable Cities with Tech Props
The Telecommunication sector - STATS GURU

Friday 2 November 2012

The Central government on Thursday approved a hike of up to 20% in the support price of five rabi crops, including pulses and mustard seed, but left wheat untouched, making it clear that grain farmers do not need additional incentive after three consecutive bumper harvests - Govt Hikes MSP of Five Rabi Crops
Markit survey, however, says persistent power shortages dampened output growth  - Oct Manufacturing PMI Rises a Tad, Offers Hope
Interpreting Numbers & Trends Lower order bookings in Europe and the US and slowdown in heavy truck market in China took its toll on the company’s business - Calculus POWERED BY ETIG BHARAT FORGE
RBI Wants Govt to Remove FDI Sectoral Limits - Cutting down on debt

Wednesday 31 October 2012

Tuesday 30 October 2012

The Indian state has generally found common cause with the business class, both Indian and foreign - When growth allows no trickling down
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has reiterated the need for careful policy calibration even as growth slows and inflation risks persist - Inflation risks still worry Reserve Bank
In 2010, under pressure from multinational nuclear suppliers, the Manmohan Singh government pushed through a law to protect them from the consequences of a nuclear accident - Nuclear safety before vendor interests

Thursday 25 October 2012

Wednesday 24 October 2012

The district administration has decided to set up 100 paddy procurement centres as the yielding is expected to cross nine lakh metric tonnes - 100 paddy procurement centres to be set up
Fertilizer major Coromandel International has posted a net profit of Rs.233.65 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2012, lower than Rs.278.82 crore recorded in the corresponding period last fiscal, a drop of 16.2 per cent - 16 per cent drop in Coromandel net profit
Having faced with tough questions on not being able to live up to expectations despite having immense assets and resources in the oil and gas exploration and production business, ONGC is now poised for a big leap with its Prospective 2030 Plan - ‘Big jump in production from next year’

Monday 22 October 2012

The global economy is slowing down. Policy-makers everywhere face an acute dilemma — to support growth or embark on fiscal austerity - Universal slowdown, common dilemma
Without a sharp fall in interest rates, growth and employment will not begin to recover - It's time to focus on growth

Saturday 20 October 2012

Many Doctors Believe invasive procedure on asymptomatic patients are unnecessary and create risk of serious complications- a heart attack or,ironically a stroke itself - Can you do too much to Prevent a Stroke
We live in an age of actor for,of, and by the people - Middle Class Governance

Thursday 18 October 2012

The country’s growth cannot be sustained without a revitalized state that performs more limited functions, but performs them well - Is India losing its way?
Why Indian Universities find no place in the world's top 200 - A Rank Shame
So far 25-30 compost aerators have been sold in North India - Two labour-saving farm mechanisation innovations
BARC’s Nisargruna biogas technology can produce 25-30 kg of methane and 50-60 kg of organic manure from onetonne of biowaste - Efficient way to turn waste into resource
Economy : Raising farm productivity and boosting manufacturing to create more jobs will spur growth and make it inclusive - Mantra for Inclusive Growth
Economy : Dismissing threats by rating agencies and exaggerated fears of inflation in India, Joseph E Stiglitz, Professor at Columbia University and a Nobel Prize winner, said that in a tradeoff between growth and inflation he would comfortably settle for growth - Inflation Impact a Bit Exaggerated

Wednesday 17 October 2012

Given growing demand and constraint domestic supply, India will have to lean on imported fuel - Why the energy future looks bleak
Technology will not radically improve service delivery without institutional reforms, and a shift in power dynamics - A Question of accountability
The default approach to reform – minimalistic and confused – will lead India into crisis - Muddling along isno longer an option
Though it will tackle the tangled web of permissions required for a project, a bottom-up approach would be more effective - Is a National Investment Board needed?

Tuesday 16 October 2012

A Single Financial regulator, rather then sectoral ones, is what India needs - One head is better than many
The expectations raised by the analysis are shattered by the self-imposed constraint of only mapping the conjunctures in their present - Facing Globality
The traditional boundaries of economic theory need to expand - Micro, macro, meso and meta economics

Sunday 14 October 2012

The 12{+t}{+h}Plan has a host of provisions to provide health services at various levels to the elderly whose number would touch 315 million by 2050 - Support for the twilight years
Nandan Cleantec, a small, unknown company from Hyderabad, is gearing up to power global aviation - Planes Can Fly on Plants

Friday 12 October 2012

Thursday 11 October 2012

Low-key reforms,more than FDI and fuel price hikes,would yield dividends - After the fireworks
It’s too early to assess their effect on real investment and output - Reforms resurgent?

The solar market is far from mature; the government and private players need to make concentrated efforts to nurture it - What’s eclipsing India’s solar sector?

Tuesday 9 October 2012

The rupee, on Monday, witnessed its second biggest fall of 79 paise in 2012 to settle at a one-week low of 52.64 - Rupee plunges 79 paise
First Solar Inc, Mahindra Solar One Pvt. Ltd., and Kiran Energy Solar Power Pvt. Ltd., have signed an agreement for the supply of advanced, thin-film solar modules for two solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants to be set up in Rajasthan - Three solar firms sign pact for 50 MW project in Rajasthan

Friday 5 October 2012

Five points on the future of nuclear power in India - Future of nuclear power in India
Dilip Chenoy is a man in a hurry. And on a mission: to reach 150 million - Jobs Make 150 Million Employable
Under the scheme, the beneficiaries are eligible for payment of three-year maintenance costs . TRICOR will extend financial assistance of Rs.20,000 per acre - Horticulture programme to cover 1 lakh tribal families

Thursday 4 October 2012

Don’t just go by price; look at parameters such as dividend payment,debt and other relevant factors - Stick to value, returns will follow
High unemployment rates are not permanent, because workers are not obsolete - Humans are not horses
Internet Governance at Global Level - A More Inclusive Architecture 
We need Financial Regulations to protect consumers while fostering innovation - What is Regulation For?
At 30% less rainfall, state’s kharif sowing drops 9%; pulses sowing worst affected as production may fall 20% - Rain deficit shrinks in Guj, farmers saved by a whisker
The company is expected to reap larger benefits of improved sugar realisations and higher sugarcane crop in UP - Balrampur Chini: Sweeter than peers
Sector-wise allocations - A SNAPSHOT OF PE ACTIVITY & DEALS

Wednesday 3 October 2012

Hit by both the furore in the US over outsourcing as well as the slowdown, Indian IT firms are hiring Americans in droves and trying to move up the value chain - How Indian IT defused the US outsourcing bogey
The UPA’s recent policy initiatives have enthused investors, but they won’t settle for anything less than sustainable reforms - Are the markets on a secular bull run?

Tuesday 2 October 2012

The political stand-off in Washington makes tax hikes impossible.But there’s a way around it - Fixing America’s fiscal problem
Switching to solar farm pumpsets can ease pollution, subsidy, current account deficit and power shortages - Subsidise Solar, not Diesel

Sunday 30 September 2012

Saturday 29 September 2012

New pricing to affect those with high domestic sales; industry lauds move - Pharma to gulp one-time bitter pill
It is a positive development that many new gated communities in and around several Indian cities are more organised in planning and implementing the sanctioned layout in accordance with the original intent of high quality living - Sustainable green spaces improve quality of urban living
In a further confirmation of the continued sluggishness in the economy, the growth rate of the eight core sector industries decelerated to 2.1 per cent in August from 3.8 per cent in the same month a year ago, mainly owing to contraction in output of crude oil, natural gas, fertilizers and cement - Core sector growth slips

Friday 28 September 2012

Thursday 27 September 2012

Govt sets a target of 40 million tonnes for the 2012-13 kharif season - Rice procurement estimated to rise 14%
In all, 888 engineering seats added in 2012-13, compared to 342 the previous year, according to AICTE data - Spurt in demand for PG engineering courses
Who doesn’t like simple stories? Wouldn’t it be nice if we could toss out villains and live happily ever after? Unfortunately, this happens only in fairy tales The Myth of Bt Cotton Collapse
In the season of reforms, a spate of insensitive regulations is threatening the very existence of the non-profit sector - It’s ‘reining’ restrictions for NGOs

Wednesday 26 September 2012

Earlier, politicians thought voters demanded a ceiling on inflation.Now, people want a floor on growth - Politics: The changing assumptions
In the past few months, Cipla has changed its strategy in a number of areas — from region, to product to human resources — to prevent a future meltdown from eroding margins - Cipla goes through a quiet revolution
Reserve Bank of India Survey - 4 YEARS AT THE HELM
The Naukri Job Speak index for August shows a dip in hiring levels quelling the optimistic hiring forecast at the beginning of the year - Continued slowdown in hiring activity
Flash floods and landslips that have followed unusually sustained rainfall since September 17 have left a deadly trail in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh - Better planning for floods
The waste of daylight hours strengthens the case for a separate time zone ahead of IST for the eastern States - Not in their comfort zone
The threat of environmental damage by coal-fired plants has triggered protests similar to those against the Kudankulam project - Heat is on for thermal power too
Agriculture : A poor monsoon this year has put the spotlight back on agriculture. But, this time around, with no pick-up in exports and services, which usually offset the adverse effects of an inadequate farm output, it has become imperative for policy-makers to give agriculture a much-needed boost - Agriculture’s Back in Focus as Growth Slips

Economy : The government’s decision to take a few hard steps will go a long way in changing the perception among investors, says Raghuram Rajan. In an interview with ET Now’s Supriya Shrinate, the chief economic advisor says he’s hopeful of some upward momentum in the coming days -I don’t Think We Are Anywhere Near ’91 Crisis

Monday 24 September 2012

Stay Clear of schemes that sound too good to be true....companies that offer fabulous returns could disappear with your money as they can't sustain their business model - Greed could lead
We need retail reform as India's Farmers must be connected to its rising cities - Rural Welfare not Walmart
Instead of boosting growth, policy should focus on addressing the current account and budget deficits - Separating India’s twin deficits
The economic policy measures - STATSGURU
Science & Technology : Primary care should cover the growing tribe of non-communicable diseases: diabetes, cancer and heart disorders - Broad-Base Primary Healthcare

Sunday 23 September 2012

Saturday 22 September 2012

Economy : The SME sector is a vibrant part of the economy, accounting for 40% of manufacturing and generating jobs on a scale second only to agriculture - LEVERAGING THE STRENGTHS WE HAVE
Ban import of agriculture produce: Toddy Movement - Use ethanol instead of petrol
Science & Technology : The much needed big push towards low-cost, highly-efficient, cutting-edge renewable energy technologies was lacking till recently Sayonara nuclear power
It is government p olicy that has led to the socialisation of risk and privatisation of benefit - The West’s banking crisis – I
Aggressive Chemotherapy and invasive surgeries may beat cancer,but brings host of problems for patients - The Pain of Cancer

Friday 21 September 2012

Instead of spending time on polemics over policy, India should make infrastructure projects top priority - Picking up the slack
Extending India's Growth momentum required institutional reforms that did not take place.Now growth constraints have resurfaced - A Wasted Sweet Spot

Thursday 20 September 2012

Fat margins, increased volumes — this cigarette maker can’t do anything wrong even as the world, and India, tighten the noose around cigarette makers and smokers - Despite a war against cigarettes, ITC is sizzling
Agriculture: In the last five years the group has supplied 60 tonnes of paddy seeds - Organic SRI motivates seed production by small farmers
Socio - Economy : One of three nations still registering indigenous transmission of wild poliovirus, Pakistan is eager to learn from India’s success in eradicating the disease - Cross-border lessons in saving lives

Wednesday 19 September 2012

Research has proven that lack of praise and recognition is the main reason for employees leaving an organisation - Recognise employees’ achievements to improve engagement

Tuesday 18 September 2012

In the noise over the irregularities in allocation of natural resources, the huge environmental and related costs of exploiting these have been forgotten - Costs that Coalgate brushes around
Economy : Growth has resulted in some decline in poverty, but the condition of those at the lower levels remains pathetic - Slums dwarf skyscrapers

Monday 17 September 2012

Economy Statistics - STATSGURU
Transplantation remains an involved procedure with the country lacking in organs as well as awareness - The Wait for the Donors Organs
The euro should steadily depreciate, and Europeans should tighten their belts - Solving the euro zone’s problems
Economy : The stock market and large sections of the media have reacted with predictable euphoria to last week’s bold economic announcements, hoping that the latest reform measures will revive the ‘animal spirits’ of entrepreneurs and reverse the slowdown in growth - Irrational exuberance
Those who are given rights by the government to exploit nature’s bounty must share a part of their profits with the people of the country - Eight simple steps to fair resource allocation

Sunday 16 September 2012

A Radical new method disposes of garbage, without the harmful byproducts of incineration,to provide electricity - An unlikely source of energy
Higher-than-average rainfall during the past three weeks would help boost yields of summer-planted crops, which were hit by weak rains at the beginning of the monsoon season - MONSOON REVIVAL AIDS RECOVERY OF CROPS

Saturday 15 September 2012

Economy : Nellore district once used to be at the top as far as the population of livestock and poultry are concerned, but now, the numbers have fallen, following the growth of aquaculture - Livestock population in Nellore falls to 43.6 lakh
A New breed of Robotics aims to help people Walk again - Robotic Legs

A new study says pacemakers removed during autopsies may have enough battery life to be donated and used again - Can Pacemakers Be Used Twice?
Economy : The WPI (wholesale price index)-based headline inflation has crept up to 7.55 per cent in August from 6.87 per cent in July owing to rising prices of food items as well as manufactured goods - Inflation creeps up in August
Cashless transactions save money and are easy to monitor. RBI and govt must help them reach critical mass - A cashless India
Jumps 2%, further upside seen in near term - Rupee, day’s best Asian performer

Friday 14 September 2012

Economy : Policy must combat high inflation, falling savings and the erosion of investments - Two Moral Dilemmas

Thursday 13 September 2012

Our Biggest Economic Challenge is:to talk ourselves out of the lies fed by government - The price of half-Truth
The Indian economy is stumbling towards a major crisis, but who cares? - Macro signals flashing red
Economy : Prime objective of this programme is to ensure food security - Coming together to help single women, landless women, widows
Socio Economy : A Planning Commission draft document has made proposals that fail to reflect the case for expanding and improving public-funded medical services and reining in private operators - Setting up Universal Health Care Pvt. Ltd.
Economy : The draft law on acquisition strikes a balance between development and justice for those who will be displaced in the process - Bill for land gives true value

Wednesday 12 September 2012

Economy : Conventional economics cannot explain deep structural problems, we need a new theory - You Economists Don’t Know Nothing
In this article, we shall look at why we need more women at the highest levels, what it takes for women to succeed at those levels and how organisations can actively encourage their greater participation in key leadership roles - Reaching the top
Workplaces involve teamwork – that is, teams share the given work, make due contributions and complete the job successfully - Women and sharing work
With the advent of social media sites such as Linkedin, Facebook and Twitter, recruitment procedures have been dramatically transformed - Recruiting through social media
Economy : The budget has targeted [fiscal deficit at] 5.1 per cent [of the GDP] - Slew of steps underway to contain fiscal gap
Economy : With the economy in a freefall — intensifying recession, financial meltdown, currency devaluation, deepening European debt crisis and shaky business environment — the future looks extremely complex - Turn crisis and uncertainty into opportunity

Tuesday 11 September 2012

ICAR Director-General says India needs to produce up to 2 million tonnes of rice to feed the teeming millions - Hybrid rice to be grown in 5 million hectares: Ayyappan
Dealing with India’s late spurt on the industrial scene and the associated process of democratising of entrepreneurship, the book by Sumit K. Majumdar, Professor of Technology Strategy in the School of Management, University of Texas, arrives at an opportune moment - Catching up with the developed world

Monday 10 September 2012

The programme to target pump efficiency will only add to chronic water and power shortages - The futility of ‘pump priming’ agriculture
IT leader Infosys has chosen high margins over fast growth, a strategy that has cost it both market capitalisation and market share. While many suggest that Infosys should reconsider its stand, academics and analysts seem to have a completely different opinion. Here is how they see the road ahead - Is it time Infosys cut prices?
There is too little international adoption from India - Tying up adoptions in red tape

Financial markets may have jumped on the ‘Draghi put’ but the fundamentals still look dubious - Markets ready to rally?
India China Trade Statistic - STATSGURU
Agriculture : As the monsoon plays truant, the tragic face of our agrarian distress, suicide by farmers, is likely to manifest again in several parts of the country - Bt Cotton & Farmer Suicides

Sunday 9 September 2012

Saturday 8 September 2012

India’s decided that public-private partnerships will fuel growth.Without similar investment in regulatory capacity, that’s backfiring - The PPP nation 
Economy : The present retirement age of 60 years is disadvantageous to officers belongingto the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as they generally join government service later than other officers - Fixed tenure, a way forward on promotions

Friday 7 September 2012

The gloom appears to be overdone as only some segments are going through a rough patch - The myth of ad slowdown
The latest battleground for the world’s biggest tech companies is one of its oldest forms of data: maps - How Google Earth Changed the World
Expediting environmental, particularly forest, clearances would more than double coal production and, along with the delayed infrastructure projects, take us to double-digit growth; this requires a new national consensus on the dynamic interaction between nature and society - Infrastructure and Nature
Economy : India’s coal sector is governed by opaque rules that promote discretion and graft - Coalgate’s Main Lesson
ITsAP submits report to IT Minister to make Andhra Pradesh a leader in the IT and ITeS sectors - Industry body prepares route map to develop IT sector
The government must remove the subsidy on diesel, LPG and kerosene, and protect the poor from the impact through cash transfers - Fuelling a manageable price rise

Thursday 6 September 2012

Cancelling all coal blocks is not the way out the mess.Power generating stations with captive mines should be made to sell electricity at regulation tariffs - Mining a Solution
Universities provide discount coupons, assistant ship that can be brought to good use in the current economic slowdown - Save while studying abroad

Express their desire to withdraw case against AICTE over new rules - B-schools seek compromise
In both Europe and the US, standard macroeconomic policies have done little to end the recession - This recovery is different
State-owned banks may be sitting on a powder-keg of inadequately provisioned loans - The hidden truth to PSB profitability
Novartis wants to patent its cancer drug, Glivec, in India while critics say that the company is simply ‘evergreening’ it. The outcome of the case will have huge ramifications - Drugstore cowboy: Will India keep Novartis at bay?
A SNAPSHOT OF PE ACTIVITY & DEALS - STATISTICS

Economy : The US presidential campaign must recognise that Indian companies are heavily invested in America - A Growing Stake
Socio Economy : There can be no two opinions about the need to augment the potential for innovation of Indians working in every sphere - The Mess in Education
Agriculture : Farmers can make their own mixture and use it as and when required for controlling infestation in coconut. Given below are some simple steps for making the mixture - Bordeaux mixture to control coconut infestations
For the last 25 years government farms are running at a loss - Planting trees can help farmers tide over financial loss
Science and Technology : Junk DNA is actually populated by massive number of features that help gene regulation - 80 % of human genome has an active role or function
Economy : More than a political consensus, it is hard data on the absence of marginalised sections from the higher bureaucracy that will give legitimacy to the measure - Winning the case for promotion quotas

Wednesday 5 September 2012

Growth will be elusive without structural reforms but there’s reason to believe that it will be upwardly mobile from now on - Is the worst over for the economy?
Agriculture : India can cut agricultural emissions and subsidies by creating a market for farm offsets - Time for Farm Offsets
Experts say that 95 percent of human communication happens in the brain first and is then expressed - some of it through words and the other, the major portion, through body language. If managers can understand verbal as well as non-verbal messages, they will be able to grasp the real meaning of the words spoken by their team members - Interpreting body language
In this era of global work practices and technological innovations, there are always individuals who think outside the box - Entrepreneurship education
Every organisation goes through some crisis or the other that presents various challenges on a daily basis - Crisis management - tips for managers
Today, for most of us, social networking sites have become an integral part of our lives - Social media plays a crucial role in recruitment
Working women, in general, spend long hours behind a desk or on their feet depending on the kind of job they are in, besides the work at home - Ergonomics for working women
The three U.N. food agencies have urged governments to take quick action to curb rising prices of corn, wheat and soybeans and avoid a repeat of the 2007-2008 food crises - U.N. agencies urge action to avoid food crisis
Economy : With an outgoing overseas development assistance agency now in place, India needs to articulate its development cooperation agenda in a cogent manner - Aid from India, coming to a country near you
Economy : Instead of rigid targeting, the government must build on the success of the public distribution system which is quietly becoming a significant means of social support - A Bill that asks too much of the poor
Economy : The foreign student visa row is a bogus crisis created by the Tories, and could be economically suicidal for Britain - Scrambling Britain’s golden egg

Tuesday 4 September 2012

Science and Technology : The dramatic growth of IT and ITeS has led to policies heavily skewed in favour of big corporations - Inequities of IT industry
Economy :  India’s manufacturing sector expanded at its slowest pace this year in August, amid weak demand from Europe and output disruptions caused by power failures, a private survey showed on Monday - Manufacturing PMI Falls to Nine-Month Low in August
The stock’s upmove has been boosted by a strong pipeline of products and gains from exclusivity sales.
A fast resolution of USFDA issues and successful launch of dermatology products are key triggers - Near-term upsides limited
A small rate cut from the central bank will not change the interest rates available to most borrowers - Look beyond the repo rate
Economy : The Constitution of India is a formidable document by any standards. In terms of size, it has nearly 400 articles and an ever-increasing number of amendments that has crossed the century mark - Insightful introduction to Indian Constitution
This is an era of still-rising numbers of labour migration across international borders, despite economic and job market vagaries and setbacks in many parts of the world - Working women on the move
Economy : Should emerging economies join corporates in the promotion of Global Value Chains? - Free advice without mix of caution

Monday 3 September 2012

Economy : The Annual Report for 2011-12, a statutory report of the Reserve Bank of India’s central board, covers two broad areas: the working and operations of the central bank and its financial accounts for the year and the assessment of the macroeconomic performance during the year and the prospects for 2012-13 - Growth v price stability
Economy : The worst setback to the economy since 1991 on account of the weakening rupee and deterioration in the budgetary position has become more daunting as a result of the prevalence of drought conditions in parts of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan - Overcoming the crisis
Investing through SIPs will ensure that during bad times, your installment will get more units - Make your money work hard
In America and Europe, high unemployment means increasing political pressure on central banks - The return of inflation to the West?
Distribution remains a contentious area and urgently needs a complete overhaul - Weakest link in the power chain