Saturday 30 June 2012

Build Your Skills, Not Your Resume... Do Real Work.To lead in this fast, connected, competitive world, you can’t just rely on who you are or the degree you hold. You need the ability to communicate authentically - Leadership
If nature had preserved itself, earth would still be molten lava or a frozen desert or dinosaur’s den. Man isn’t the first or the last of earth’s inhabitants and its extinction is part of earth’s natural evolution, says Rohit Saran - Why Environment Protection is Anti-Nature
Economy : At $78.2 billion, it stands at 4.2 per cent of GDP - Current account deficit swells
Exclusive extracts from A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s memoir of his presidency - A difficult journey, some difficult decisions
Economy : The International Labour Organisation has adopted a new global standard on the creation of a social security floor aimed at stimulating aggregate demand and fostering social cohesion - Responsibility to protect

Friday 29 June 2012

Economy : In spite of the recent downturn in mining industry, there is something to cheer about for miners and consumers with commissioning of few iron ore beneficiation plants in Bellary and Barbil, says Sabyasachi Mishra, MD Allmineral Asia Pvt Ltd - Future of Mining

Thursday 28 June 2012

Agriculture : Amidst reports of abandoning paddy cultivation due to high labour cost and labour scarcity in Kerala, records maintained by a leading paddy farmers’ group named Avunjikad Padashekhara Samithy in Malappuram District point to a saving of Rs. 63,375 on cost of transplanting in an area of 15 acres for paddy - Advantage mechanisation and women’s group approach
Beware of the white elephants that are giant international summits,which cannot reflect a changing world - Rio+20 = almost zero

Wednesday 27 June 2012

Health - As many as 260 out of the top 300 brands are pre-2005 vintage - Pharma brands: Old is gold
Agriculture : The State Government, through the Department of Agriculture, is popularising the concept of ‘custom hiring centres’ as part of achieving the objective of farm mechanisation through upgradation of technology for raising agriculture and horticulture crops - ‘custom hiring centres’
Economy- The new policy measures on capital inflows are dreadful and dangerous - Not all capital inflows are welcome
Science & Technology : A silent revolution is under way in our operating rooms and hospitals – instead of invasive surgical procedures with large incisions, surgeons are moving towards minimally invasive procedures with miniaturised surgical instruments through tiny ports or keyholes in the human body. How, you may ask - Revolutionising surgery with robotics
Health - With a wave of drugs falling off the patent cliff in the US, Indian generic drug makers are scrambling to capitalize on this unique opportunity - Indian pharma eyes US generic gold rush
Vocational training— seems to have lost its importance. This has led to the widening gap between the supply and demand for skilled manpower across various industries. This shortage of skills has translated directly into unemployment among an increasing number of graduates who pass out every year and are forced to be re-trained in order to become marketable - Significance of vocational education
Hiring interviews are part of a company's recruitment process that seeks to provide it needed talent from the marketplace - Doing interviews the right way
Self awareness and analysis are two key factors to assist us in making the right choices.Therefore, a person needs to be aware of the issue, analyse the pros and cons to arrive at an amicable solution - Better decision-making
Economy : Urbanisation took centre-stage at last week’s Rio+20 conference for good reasons. Cities collectively consume 75 per cent of world’s natural resources, generate 50 per cent of waste and emit about 70 per cent of the greenhouse gas - Greening the urban jungle
Economy : Within a few weeks of “Aadhaar-enabled” payments of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme wages being initiated in Jharkhand, earlier this year, glowing accounts of this experiment started appearing in the national media - Experiments with Aadhaar

Tuesday 26 June 2012

Socio - Economy :The book is an attempt to study the socio-economic and historical factors surrounding child labour and place them within a rhetorical framework relating to capitalist modes of productionAll work, a little pay, and no school
Economy - Largest Depreciation in Brazil Followed by India - Rupee on a Free Fall
At Rio +20, the Developing World Reclaimed Lost Ground,But Nobody Committed to Credible Action - Green Economy as Platitude

Monday 25 June 2012

Economy : FINANCIAL SCENE The RBI has made it amply clear that monetary policy action, at any given point, will be determined by its reading of the macro-economic situation, especially inflation and growth - In a catch-22 situation
Economy - Comparison of GDP Growth Between India and Pakistan - STATSGURU
Economy : At a time when the headline issues are economic growth and financial crises, few countries would willingly commit themselves to new treaties and conventions - Rio’s unfinished agenda

Sunday 24 June 2012

Health - New Research Suggests that nurturing the microbial ecosystem within our bodies may Fight off Infectious Diseases with Harmful Side Effects and Even Help in Treatment of Disorders like Obesity and Diabetes - The Body's Microbial Garden
Socio Economy - Reforms in Education Sector, the move towards a single Exam for entry into Engineering Colleges and the Investment Sentiment in the Country - IIT System

Saturday 23 June 2012

Education - College Entrance Exams Should test for potential,not Achievement, or it risks dividing Society Further - Gates or barriers?
Economy : The Chief Economic Adviser to the Ministry of Finance, Kaushik Basu, took over the Jury Chair for the Infosys Prize for Social Sciences in April. He spoke to V. Sridhar recently about the need to invest and nurture excellence in fundamental research in all branches of knowledge. The media in India, he says, pays far less attention to the sciences than those in the advanced countries. Excerpts - ‘Pursuit of knowledge is an end in itself’

Friday 22 June 2012

A Lancet study reports that suicide is the second highest cause of death among the young - Invisible health risk that stalks India’s youth
Economy - India’s surplus capacity in oil refining is set to grow exponentially and become a major foreign exchange earner. Can it be sustained? - Refineries and the boon of over-capacity
Agriculture : Farmers suffer due to lack of water for irrigation.The agricultural operations have not picked up in the district though the kharif season has begun - Kharif operations yet to take off
Economy -  Performance Report of Minimal Support Price Increase - Higher Minimum Support Price fails to create greener pastures

Thursday 21 June 2012

Economy - If RBI has Kept the Interest rates unchanged, it is to Cushion the Volatile Rupee - Cut Can Hurt
The ‘American way of life’ – and, for that matter, the way of life
everywhere – has to be up for negotiation at Rio - What Rio needs is responsibility
Economy - Cyclical ups and downs are no basis for an investment downgrade but it is time to address the deterioration in domestic macros - Are Standard & Poor and Fitch overreacting?

Wednesday 20 June 2012

Scoio - Economy : why is engineering so expensive here? Why is it often many times more expensive than in Australia, my home? - The Enigma of Indian Engineering
Economy : Considering the unstable economic conditions and the low GDP growth, the hiring activity has shown an overall positive movement in the month of May - Cautious approach to hiring
Economy - Goal Posts Shifted,RBI Scores Self Goals - Inflation
Economy : Everywhere around the world, energy is a woman’s issue.The UN has declared 2012 as the Year of Sustainable Energy for All - Sustaining Women

Tuesday 19 June 2012

Economy - Using robust, innovative technology, good governance and a focus on execution — not market share — this micro finance institution has blazed a trail for others to follow - How Janalakshmi got to the top of the Micro Finance Institution heap
Economy :  The new law to protect children from sexual offences, though progressive in many respects, gives cause for concern by defining children as below 18 years  - The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Bill
Economy - India's officialdom must turn to the diaspora to fund the Economy's Addiction to Foreign Money - Time for Bonds to 'Reawaken India'
Economy : Disappointment among market participants at the Reserve Bank of India’s decision to maintain the status quo in its mid-quarter review of credit policy - Rationale for status quo
Economy : The Images and Representation of Rural Women protests the apparently systematic neglect of the rural woman’s experience in the literary canon - Rural Woman

Monday 18 June 2012

Economy : Commodity prices have been on a downward journey globally since the beginning of the year. This should mean lower raw material costs and improved margins for India Inc. The March quarter numbers showed glimpses of this. However, the sharp depreciation of the rupee in the past two months means Indian firms are unlikely to benefit much in the June quarter, say Crystal Barretto & Kiran Kabtta Somvanshi - A RAW DEAL

Sunday 17 June 2012

Saturday 16 June 2012

Friday 15 June 2012

Agriculture : State targets 218 lakh tonnes foodgrain production if monsoon is normal - Food Grain Production

Thursday 14 June 2012

Science & Technology : Monsoon Forecasting Now Gets a Tech Punch,use of dynamical models will replace statistical methods, providing greater precision - Technology for People
Economy - De-risk the Farmer so that Critical Items aren't in Short Supply.That's the way to Fight Inflation - Food Inflation
Economy : Slowdown in the growth of gross domestic product (GDP), a virtual stagnation in industrial production and the risk of losing investment grade rating by international rating agencies like Standard and Poor's has rattled the government, industry and policymakers - Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Wednesday 13 June 2012

Economy - RBI should let firms manage their currency risks,given the Rupee's Volatility - RBI Currency risks
Science and Technology - India's Vulnerability to Cyber Attack - Cyber Security Policy

Tuesday 12 June 2012

Economy : India now has to come to grips with another crucial issue: poor learning outcomes for students in the six to 14 age group - Better system for better results

Monday 11 June 2012

Sunday 10 June 2012

Saturday 9 June 2012

Economy : Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor K. C. Chakrabarty, on Friday, sought to stave off criticism that the nine-year low GDP (gross domestic product) growth was primarily due to high interest rate regime, saying it was driven by a host of other factors - Low growth not just due to high interest rate: RBI
Economy : India now has a bigger grain stockpile than any country other than China, yet one-fifth of its people are malnourished - In India, People Go Starving while Grain Stock Piles Up

Friday 8 June 2012

Economy : Twenty years from now, you will see: oil will bring us ruin  - US Oil Imports
Economy - Power distribution companies have racked up heavy losses in the past several years and threatened the viability of the Industry - Electricity
Science & Technology - As Robots Grow more autonomous,Society Needs to develop Rules to Manage them - Robotics
Rich Countries Must Stop Lecturing Developing Countries and Accelerate their Own Effort to Cut Emissions - India's Low Carbon Growth Strategy

Thursday 7 June 2012

Wednesday 6 June 2012

Economy - Criticism of NREGA Highlights that a right based approach to Poverty Reduction cannot work without improving Implementation - Achilles Heel of Social Policy

Tuesday 5 June 2012

Science &Technology : Sustainable Energy - Ideas for 2030
Science & Technology : We must think beyond coal. Diversified fuel sources and new technologies will help the country strike a balance between growth imperatives and sustainability - India Needs Mix of Green & Traditional Power Sources

Science & Technology : Growth opportunities in the renewable energy space are shifting to Southeast and South Asia, where investors are lured by generous incentives - Future’s Bright for Clean Power Cos

Agriculture : A return to a more natural condition demands an ecological imagination that accommodates all parts of the biotic sphere - Farming as an act of peace, not war
Economy - The Domestic Investment Story,Which Saved India Post Recession,is unraveling - Home Disadvantage
Importance of Environment and its Conservations -World Environment Day
Agriculture : Following a demand from the farmers that the government alone take the paddy stock and pay Minimum Support Price (MSP), a decision has been taken to select three districts from Andhra, Telangana and Rayalaseema regions, said the minister - Government is planning to procure the paddy stock from the farmers in the coming kharif season
Economy : The statistics show an economy growing at its slowest pace in any quarter over the past three years - Economic Slowdown

Sunday 3 June 2012

Economy : News that GDP growth has slowed considerably to 5.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2011-12, as compared with 9.2 per cent in the corresponding quarter of the previous year, could not have come at a worse time for the government - The growth trap

Saturday 2 June 2012

Economy - We need more Cities,Present Need is to Build new Planned Cities - Urbanization
Socio-Economy : The sheer potential size of uneducated and undereducated youth in the workforce needs to be addressed - Huge Cumulative Unmet Supply Gap
Andhra Pradesh High Court Judgement redefines the Complex Relationship Between Religion,Caste & Reservation - Affirmative action & its Limit
Health - Struggle against Multiple Sclerosis,a disease about which a lot remains to be understood - Nerves of Steel in lonely,Unexplored World
Science & Technology - Loopholes in new rules for electronic waste - E-Waste Management