Economy : Giving a gloomy picture, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Monday, said that growth outlook remained weak and inflation was likely to be sticky during 2012-13 - Upside risks to inflation remain strong: RBI

Economy : Business is growing at 25% annually and now covers more than 200 districts in 21 states - Crop Insurance Picks Up on Weather Woes

Agriculture minister says the new bill likely to make land acquisition difficult and expensive for investors - Land Acquisition Bill

Financial Plan - First Step towards Secure Financial Future

Statistics of Auto Mobile Companies - STATSGURU

Science & Tech : Solar power is emerging as a key renewable source of power in India as the government is pushing through policies to support its development, given its focus on preventing climate change by encouraging green power, and, at the same time, diversifying its energy mix - Healthy return is the key to solar power

After the withdrawal of a report on neutrinos traveling Faster than Light,a paper Redeems Einsteins physics by reveling the Reason for  slowdown of the Pioneer space probes - EINSTEIN WAS RIGHT,AGAIN

India has finally woken up to the uncomfortable link between open defecation and low economic productivity - Let the toilet revolution begin

Health - Roberts Reduce Errors During Surgery - In Safe Hands

Socio - Economy : It is unfortunate that public debate on the Right to Education Act has been limited almost exclusively to the clause which requires every recognised school to admit in Class-I and “pre-school education” — to the extent of at least 25 per cent of the strength of the class — children belonging to weaker sections and disadvantaged groups and provide them free and compulsory elementary education - An education act with more wrongs than rights

Agriculture : Little hope of crop revival as rains to weaken further in Aug - Dying Monsoon to Heat Up Prices of Farm Products

This year, the monsoon is really playing hide-and-seek - Reading the rain is like science fiction

Agriulture : With the monsoon having advanced, the administration has set a target of disbursing Rs.1,266 crore agricultural loans to the farmers during this kharif - Farm operations pick up

Economy : The world is divided into two camps: pro and anti-globalization - The worst of the global beast

Kalam disproved the notion that the President is only a constitutional ornament - A man in mission-mode

Agriculture : Due to inadequate water, paddy nurseries were not raised even after 50 days of kharif season - Farming gains momentum

Agriculture : With sowing of kharif crops lagging by over 86 lakh hectares compared to last year because of an erratic south-west monsoon and the average water level in major reservoirs declining by 2 per cent (to 59 per cent of last year’s storage) over the previous week, the country faces a grim situation - Lower kharif sowing a cause for worry

The weak monsoon may hurt crop output more than expected as rainfall has been much lower than the national average in the breadbasket states that account for the biggest share of India’s agricultural output - Less Rains in Key States may Hurt Farm Output

Spending just an additional . 5,000 per head on skills will make unemployed youth employable - Who Should Pay for Skilling?

Economy : India took a belated but bold step to provide universal education by enacting the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 - Strengthen the melting pot

The agriculture ministry must take adequate steps to plan strategies - Gearing up to face the challenges of a possible drought

Economy : Edible oils are being imported from Malaysia and Indonesia.State and central governments are trying to bring down the quantum of edible oil imports by encouraging oil palm cultivation on a massive scale in the state. Plans afoot to boost oil palm production

Science and Technology : The Government is gearing up to prepare a time-bound action plan for development of offshore wind energy especially in the coastal states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka - Plans afoot to develop offshore wind energy

‘Reduce, reuse, recycle’ is the mantra in the increasingly eco-conscious world today - A career out of waste

Economy : Headline inflation eased a tad to 7.25 per cent in June from 7.55 per cent in May following a marginal cooling in prices of manufactured goods - Inflation eases a bit

A journey into the global history of cotton textiles reveals at each step how significantly it eventually led to the door of Industrial Revolution - How cotton caught on

Just a Little bit of discipline and investing money regularly would help you create a large Corpus for your retirement in a few years of time - Wake up and plan for your Future Retirement now

Economy : The series of measures announced by the Reserve Bank of India just before Pranab Mukherjee laid down office as the Finance Minister were aimed at encouraging forex inflows, and thereby reverse the downtrend in the value of the rupee vis-à-vis the dollar and other currencies. Soon enough, it was felt that other measures were needed to revive the economy - Reversing growth recession

Economy : Government’s policy of price control is a major disincentive for capacity addition - Nutrient-based subsidy in urea, a must

Agriculture - Kharif sowing down despite better rain and Status at Reservoirs

Bad policy compounds the impact of poor rainfall. But India has still got enough buffer against erratic rains - Even if Monsoon’s Bad, GDP Impact No More Than 0.25%

From smarter official response systems to availability of better technology and information flow, India’s capacity to handle a drought has improved vastly - 5 Reasons Why Even a Drought Won’t Matter

Agriculture - 56 pc of MGNREGS wages in Bengal delayed, no delays in TN, northeastern states - PM wants audits to check rural job scheme wage delays

Agriculture - Containing the impact of deficient rain requires proactive due diligence rather than big-ticket policy actions - Chasing a drought

Economy : In most developed — and many developing — countries today, a 12-year school education and universal health coverage (UHC) are the two primary responsibilities of the state. India has failed miserably on both counts - Take this patient to ICU

Health - Countering Obesity with Drugs has always Proved difficult Due to Nasty Side Effects.Why are they so Hard to make? - Fat Lot of Good

Why is Indian Media Suddenly nervous about its own power?Why is it promoting the idea of its 'regulation'? - Shoot me the Messenger

Some startling facts about living standards revealed - The McWages index

Economy : Low growth and high inflation will hit consumption across all income groups - A Dangerous Mix

Science and Technology - The rupee devaluation over last year has exacerbated problems for an industry that has no manufacturing capabilities but instead assembles imported components - Hard knocks for Indian hardware

Economy : Giving in to public protest against privatisation of water services and indiscriminate pricing of water, the modified national water policy provides for subsidy to the poor but at the same time emphasises the need for subjecting water to allocation and pricing on ‘economic principles’ - Water policy against ‘heavy under-pricing’ of power for farmers

Economy - India's Budgeting must be measured up to international best Practices.A Fiscal Responsibility Council Headed by Prime Minister needs to be constituted - The Fiscal Imperative

Economy : India’s backbone comes from its indomitable infrastructure which has undergone massive changes in the past decade.These changes were owing to the rapid growth rate of the Indian economy and fast paced urbanisation - Indian infrastructure – pillar of progress and strength

The heart of this collection of essays is a powerful historiographical introduction to the study of the Indian village. Explaining how the Indian village became a focal point of study for social anthropologists, the introduction brings together critiques of colonial notions of the self-sufficient village community and idealised models of caste and varna - Life and times of the Indian village

Economy : The slowdown is characterised by a sharp deceleration in investment growth on the demand side and in agriculture, manufacturing and construction on the supply side, alongside high and unprecedented current account deficits.The growth model has come undone

More and more farmers in East Godavari district are shifting to aquaculture if the steady increase in the extent of fish tanks as well as the quantum of inland fishing in the district is any indication - East Godavari farmers shifting to aquaculture

Economy : With standardised rules of globalisation failing, thinking and acting local is the only way to sustain ourselves  - Globalisation Takes a Dive

Economy - Overheating Government's limited fiscal space to ease supply-side problems the main reason - India out spaces developing world in inflation rankings 

Long Term Investing is not just About Generating High eturns from Stock movement but it is also about constant Inflows that it can generate in form of Dividends - Do not Ignore Value Investing 

Socio Economy : A recent study has brought to fore a paradoxical situation in the state of health of Indians where lifestyle diseases like heart ailments are fast overtaking poverty-related killers like diarrhoea and tuberculosis - It’s a Catch-22 situation

Science & Technology : Biotechnology is an efficient scientific solution to increase crop productivity, enhance income for small farmers’ - ICRISAT chief for cultivation of GM crops

Health - Insulin or oral medication? Diabetics often fear the needle and convincing patients takes up much of doctor's time - Needle of Doubt

Given the Growth the Cities Are Witnessing,there is a dire Need for Good Rental Accommodation. A Change in Mindset and Strong Policy  action are necessary to See movement in his direction - Rent only Housing:Next Paradigm

Economy - Data for the last 30 Years Suggest that the most important Variable Effecting GDP Growth is Real Interest Rates - Ban Elevator Economics

Economy - Fixing Exchange Rates only Tackles the Symptoms of the Brewing Bop Crisis - Losing the Balance

The delay in arrival of monsoons, severe shortage of coal supplies to thermal power plants, fall in generation from hydro power projects and the rising demand of a growing economy have all led to very bleak power situation in the country - Power scenario looks grim

Agriculture : Hopes of good kharif cultivation among the farming community in the State have been receding in the absence of a good monsoon and the water levels in major reservoirs down to alarming levels.Dry spell hits kharif cultivation

Economy -India Needs more imaginative Governance for its Urban densities - It takes a City

Economy - India need to Change its focus from Reforming Labour Law's Exit Provisions to Enhancing the Supply of Labour- The Great Indian Labour Trick

Economy - There is no Sign of recession, But we should Address the Current Growth-Inflation Dynamics with Urgency - Is India Moving Towards a Stagflation-Like situation?

Rainfall 31% Below Normal;Kharif Crops Still Safe 

Economy : The Central Government has decided to set up a venture capital fund of Rs.2,000 crore which will promote research and development (R&D) in the pharmaceutical sector - Govt. to set up Rs.2,000-crore venture fund for R&D in pharma

Economy : Aadhaar and MGNREGA are made for each other - Debate on Aadhaar and MGNREGA

Agriculture : With the monsoon playing hide and seek, paddy transplantation is going at a snail’s pace in East Godavari district.Konaseema farmers mull ‘yield down’ - Paddy cultivation

Economy : Govt working on a policy to allow traders to meet export obligations even during domestic crisis - India Rethinks Ban on Foodgrain Export

Staggering patterns of rainfall casting a shadow on prospects of yield - Truant monsoon gives cotton farmers the jitters

The proportion of women on corporate boards and executive committees in Asian countries is strikingly low,compared to Europe and the US. On an average, women account for 6 per cent of the seats in corporate boards and 8 per cent in executive panels in the 10 markets surveyed - WOMEN MATTER:AN ASIAN PERSPECTIVE

Economy : The share of the worst (Big 5) states (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh) as a percentage of total farm suicides, is now around 64 per cent - Farm suicides

Industry-institution linkage is crucial to improving engineering education. The AICTE-CII exercise aims at mapping the best practices being followed towards this end - Setting a new quality matrix

Agriculture : Monsoons Effect on Farm Sector - How monsoon effect Indian Economy?

Economy - India's Mutual Fund Industry is in Trouble - STATSGURU

Health Care : The size of the Indian healthcare delivery market was Rs.2.6 lakh crore in 2011-12. We expect it to almost double to Rs.4.7 lakh crore in 2016-17 - Indian healthcare Sector

Precarious power situation, row over water, murky controversies over land allotments and much more is hardly the stuff that can attract investors - Is the industrial environment healthy in A.P.?