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

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

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

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

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 production- All work, a little pay, and no school

Economy - Largest Depreciation in Brazil Followed by India - Rupee on a Free Fall