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

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

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

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

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

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

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