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