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Countries that are highly technological have promoted the extension of ‘moral rights' to new technologies, from computer programs to collaborative ...

The turbulence has receded, there are challenges ahead, and Team MindTree is geared for action.

Shades of ochre, terracotta, and the lush green that envelopes both your eyes and senses, are the defining colours of Amsterdam. And of course the ...

Malaysian palm oil futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives exchange eased lower on profit-taking. Debt concerns in Europe and slow demand growth could ...

It appears as though the recent appointments were made on the basis that there is nobody else. That has been the problem since the days of Nehru: nobody grows under the Congress fold, except hangers-on.

TDS certificates are being marginalised.

It may shock the Indian middle-class to know that it lives ‘barely or not far above India's poverty line, and below international poverty lines, ...

Whatever the vested interests might say, inflation has got out of hand even as 8 per cent growth is still on the cards. The RBI must step up the assault on inflation, before a cold turkey approach becomes inevitable.

The serial blasts that rocked three places at Mumbai within a short spell of 11 minutes in the peak evening hours of July 13 and left, at last count, ...

A company's adherence to good environmental practices can force its counterparts to switch to clean behaviour.

Sweat sessions in the gym require disciplined and uncompromising schedules coupled with sensible eating. But all this goes for a toss when you travel ...

The current wave of scams is only tightening the emphasis on processes and inspections, when what is required is to energise those who work in the public sector.

A carrot and stick approach is needed to enlarge the taxpayer base.

In a chapter on how you can create a culture of profit, Rafi Mohammed lists the many myths that come in the way. Such as, that setting prices ...

As farm holdings shrink in size, stable and rising prices will become critical. Marketing solutions that do not provide these outcomes are likely to give rise to political pressures for alternatives.

Mr Era Sezhiyan comes closest to this definition of a politician who is also an erudite scholar and public-spirited gentleman.

The 2008 crisis seems to call for a review and reform of the reform process — and 30 years of economic theory.

The results of the latest NSSO large survey on employment and unemployment provide crucial evidence on the pattern of inadequate job creation in this phase of high economic growth. This edition of MacroScan provides an initial analysis of the results.

While regulation is back in favour after the financial crisis, politicians and bureaucrats are not keen on setting up truly independent regulatory bodies.

Nandan Nilekani used to be an ideas leader. Now he has become a follower, giving respectability to a bad idea.

Every country is rustling up bilateral or regional treaties, leaving the WTO fairly out in the cold.

The inclusion of Chennai as the only place outside New Delhi in the itinerary of her forthcoming visit to India on July 19-20 by the US Secretary of ...

Time is running out for Kerala and unless major steps are initiated, it is going to be very difficult to maintain even the existing poor standards.

Global commodity markets have taken cognisance of the continuing credit tightening cycle by major consuming economies. The latest was in Europe last ...