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Labour trouble claims 2 lives at Regency Ceramics

Industrial unrest at Regency Ceramics' Yanam (Puducherry) unit, 25 km from here, led to the death of a union leader and critical injuries to a high-level executive of the company on Friday morning. »

At 49.34/$, rupee rises to 11-week high

Increased capital inflows along with expectation of rate cuts from the RBI saw the rupee touching a 11-week high of Rs 49.34 a dollar. The rupee appreciated by 1.6 per cent from its previous close... »

Unique ID row resolved; Authority to resume work in April after review

Mr P. Chidambaram, Home Minister The Cabinet may have brought about a truce between the Home Ministry and Planning Commission on the issue of duplication in biometric cards, but round one seems to have gone in Mr P. Chidambaram's... »
Agri-biz

Rains, fog alternate over east India

Parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have come under snow or rainfall during the 24 hours ending Friday morning. An Insat picture of the afternoon showed convecti... »
Economy

Food inflation stays in negative zone

Aided by continued fall in prices of vegetables, especially onions and potatoes, India's food inflation remained in the negative territory for the fourth straight week. The rate of infla... »
Banking

PNB to hire 775 management trainees/officers

Punjab National Bank is recruiting management trainees in the junior management grade (JMG) scale I/ probationary officers to fill up about 775 vacancies across the country. The bank has... »
Columns

Quality education for the poor

Let colleges charge 80 per cent of their costs from the top half of the population and only 20 per cent from the bottom half. Fee restrictions do not help the poor. Instead of making education cheap, why can't we charge rich students high fees and use the resulting surplus to cross-subsidise the poor? »

Management of energy demand

Demand Side Management (DSM) and energy efficiency projects are contingent upon monitored and verified energy savings. The difficulties and uncertainties associated with measuring energy savings make it an intangible asset, making project investments difficult. »
Editorial

Putting private investment on track

The build-operate-transfer model that has worked for national highways, can be extended for augmenting track capacities. »
Opinion

Polio eradication, a dubious claim

It is possible that the oral polio vaccine mutated into a new virus, which causes paralysis. Incidence of limb-paralysis in children arguably increased after the oral polio vaccination drive. »

Financial sector has been UK's undoing

During the heyday of Anglo-Saxon capitalism, London championed global finance. In fact, London enjoyed a lion's share in bond markets and dominated foreign exchange trade. Of late, however... »
Info-tech

Twitter ‘to selectively censor tweets’

Twitter has announced that it can now selectively censor tweets on a country-by-country basis, a move which may augur well for India which reportedly urged social media websites to remove offensiv... »
Gold

Gold regains momentum on safe haven status

Gold has once again embarked on an upward momentum as it takes on the role of safe haven asset in an environment where the Euro Zone sovereign debt crisis is far from resolved and US Federal Reser... »
Colour-coded: Shoba De poses with Penguin’s mascot, an
Ambassador painted orange and white, for its 25-year celebration. - CHITRA NARAYANAN

A penguin that plans to fly

As it celebrates its 25th anniversary in India, the Pearson group-owned publishing house gets ready to sell much more than books. Will this get more readers hooked to the brand? »

Review of Karma Kandara resort

Karma Kandara Bali The Gods must be going crazy… trying to figure out which holiday destination to choose when they come visiting Earth. There is God's Own Country and then there are a number of Islands of the Gods... »

The internet triumphs again

The events leading to the postponement of the SOPA bill shows the power of the Internet. As the protests snowballed, culminating in the historic online blackout on January 18 when Wikipedia went b... »

How bank deposits score over gold

Don't let the recent returns on gold bamboozle you into replacing your FDs and other investments with gold. It is not surprising that investors are seeking out gold after it has completed a nine-year run of positive returns.Second-guessing gold prices is even trickier than forecasting the Sensex, so it certainly isn't a predictable investment. »
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