Business Today back issues from June 2009:
14 ways to stay motivated ; Of the few thousand-odd e-mails and letters that Men's Health receives every month, a sizeable number have little to do with health and fitness, nutrition, sex or any other core topic that the magazine talks about.
Jun 14, 2009; ... Of the few thousand-odd e-mails and letters that Men's Healthreceives every month, a sizeable number have little to do withhealth and fitness, nutrition, sex or any other core topic that themagazine talks about. Instead, they're questions on resolve, motivation and on how tokeep ...
'We have helped several optimize IT spending' ; Simon Webb, global head for IT Strategy Practice of TCS, spoke to Anusha Subramanian on the concept of Optimise IT and how TCS is using it in recessionary times.
Jun 14, 2009; ... Simon Webb, global head for IT Strategy Practice of TCS, spoke toAnusha Subramanian on the concept of Optimize IT and how TCS isusing it in recessionary times. Excerpts: What is Optimise IT? Optimize IT is a business solution thathelps create effective and efficient IT functions ...
It's raining 'big' small cars ; Ritz, Jazz, Polo, Yaris new premium compact cars are flooding the Indian automobile market. And people are buying, too.
Jun 14, 2009; ... The old boys Hyundai Getz Suzuki Swift Skoda Fabia Chevrolet U-VA The newcomers Hyundai i20 Suzuki Ritz Waiting in the wings Fiat Grande Punto Honda Jazz Chevrolet Mini Volkswagen Polo Nissan ...
To be precise ; 'The whole perspective in which companies are viewed needs to shift from short to the long term, and as I would say, to a focus on shapes, not just numbers'
Jun 14, 2009 ... 'The whole perspective in which companies are viewed needs toshift from short to the long term, and as I would say, to a focus onshapes, not just numbers' Indra Nooyi, Chairperson, PepsiCo, whileaddressing a meeting of CEOs at the Economy Club of Washingtonrecently, to Agencies ...
#1 on the counting day ; When millions of Indians across the world Googled to find out updated news on the 2009 Lok Sabha elections on May 16, most of them went to one site for the latest news Aaj Tak, which belongs to India Today Group, which is also the publisher of Business Today.
Jun 14, 2009 ... When millions of Indians across the world Googled to find outupdated news on the 2009 Lok Sabha elections on May 16, most of themwent to one site for the latest news Aaj Tak, which belongs to IndiaToday Group, which is also the publisher of Business Today. According to Google Hot ...
Luxury booming ; The business of collectors' items is growing in double digits as regulars keep their purses open and firms extend their retail reach.
Jun 14, 2009; ... The 56-year-old family-owned Spanish Porcelain Figurine MakerLladro has chosen an interesting time to expand its business inIndia. In the midst of a slowdown that has seen many companiesshutter stores, Lladro has opened its latest retail store at theswish UB City in Bangalore and is ...
Numbers of note ; 340: The number of independent directors who have resigned from their positions so far this year (2009) in India, according to data compiled by the directorsdatabase.com
Jun 14, 2009 ... 340: The number of independent directors who have resigned fromtheir positions so far this year (2009) in India, according to datacompiled by the directorsdatabase.com $1-1.5 trillion: Estimated wealth stashed away by Indians inoffshore banks, according to Tax Justice Network, an ...
A boon for online advertising ; It's not yet a serious threat to print, outdoor or television but ad networks are helping online advertising rapidly creep up on traditional media platforms in terms of revenues generated.
Jun 14, 2009; ... It's not yet a serious threat to print, outdoor or television butad networks are helping online advertising rapidly creep up ontraditional media platforms in terms of revenues generated. Industryanalysts expect online advertising revenues to reach Rs 800 crore in2009-10 from the present ...
'Increase after-tax salary' ; This is among many other suggestions an E&Y study makes to deliver the economy a better fiscal stimulus.
Jun 14, 2009; ... Here's a bit of advice for the new UPA government. According toan Ernst & Young report 'Worldwide Fiscal Stimulus tax policy playsa major role', the new government would do well to slash corporateand personal tax rates and introduce progressive treatment ofbusiness losses and accelerated ...
Microsoft 'Kumo' ; What is it? It is the codename for Microsoft's new search technology. Is something wrong with the current technology? No, but Microsoft wants its search technology to be 'significantly better' than Google's.
Jun 14, 2009; ... What is it? It is the codename for Microsoft's new searchtechnology. Is something wrong with the current technology? No, butMicrosoft wants its search technology to be 'significantly better'than Google's. Is Google that dominant? Yes, remember Microsoft's protractedstruggle to ...
Every move you make ; Cellphone data was used in a recent case to pinpoint the location of an accused during a crime. Can such data be used as evidence?
Jun 14, 2009; ... An analysis of the data received from the mobile serviceproviders reveals that on December 20, 2008, at 12.13 pm, ShriNirmal Kotecha was at Swami Narayan Mandir and at 12.23 p.m., he wasat Pritam Hotel. SEBI member K.M. Abraham wrote in his order on thePyramid Saimira case. A group of ...
'The Internet is very unsafe' ; The number of Internet users in India will jump to 140 million in 2011. But, as Gene Hodges, CEO of Websense, a web security firm, tells Rahul Sachitanand, there are plenty of pitfalls awaiting these newbie browsers. Excerpts:
Jun 14, 2009; ... The number of Internet users in India will jump to 140 million in2011. But, as Gene Hodges, CEO of Websense, a web security firm,tells Rahul Sachitanand, there are plenty of pitfalls awaiting thesenewbie browsers. Excerpts: How unsafe is the Internet? It is a dangerous place. We ...
Instant tip ; The fortnight's burning question. Will the FII buying spree continue in stock markets?
Jun 14, 2009; ... The fortnight's burning question. Will the FII buying spreecontinue in stock markets? Maybe. Dinesh Thakkar, CMD, Angel Broking The election resultshave given confidence to FIIs. There is much more inflow to come butthe pace may not be as furious as now. Those FIIs that ...
Is this dawn for real? ; Dalal Street is in celebratory mode, but it may be a bit early to pop the champagne.
Jun 14, 2009; ... Stock markets are famous or should we say notorious for movingahead in anticipation of an upturn on the economic front. Lastfortnight it was no different as the benchmark BSE Sensex gained 14per cent in the week after the Congress-led United ProgressiveAlliance (UPA) came to power at the ...
Cool companies ; Our fifth annual listing of companies that are hip and happening. This listing is not an 'objective' one made by researchers poring over data.
Jun 14, 2009; ... What makes a company cool? Well, youth, as we have seen in therecent elections, is one barometer of 'coolness'. But that isn't theonly factor. This listing is not an 'objective' one made byresearchers poring over data. Instead, we at Business Today went toour reporters and asked them to ...
Bulls back the right horse ; The initial relief of electing a stable government rapidly converts into great expectations from the UPA government. Can the two the market rally and big-bang reform move in tandem in the days ahead?
Jun 14, 2009; ... Monday, May 17, 2004: The BSE Sensex ends the day down 11.13 percent, after hitting the lower circuit limit twice in the day. Theoutcome of the General Elections has clearly caught market playersby surprise; instead of the NDA government coming to power, the UPAwill form the government, ...
Nehruvian economics '09 ; Rahul Gandhi's influence on economic policies will grow in UPA's second term. Here's what it means to the economy and business. Puja Mehra goes into the details.
Jun 14, 2009; ... Sure, it seems like a premature question to ask: What is RahulGandhi's role in India's economic policy? After all, Rahul hasn'teven once spoken on economic policy and hasn't even been a minister.But as the UPA starts its second term, this question acquires someimmediacy. Here's an ...
Handling public spending the smart way ; Inefficiency in public spending is one of the biggest and most persistent problems plaguing governance in the country. Arvind Virmani offers a way out: creation of a numeric ID and a web-based database that can be accessed by all and hence easily verifiable.
Jun 14, 2009; ... Inefficiency in public spending is one of the biggest and mostpersistent problems plaguing governance in the country. The solutionlies in targeted spending, but it has proved difficult to accomplishso far. Arvind Virmani, who completes his tenure as Chief EconomicAdvisor to the Finance ...
NREGS: The game changer ; The high-profile scheme has delivered on its promise both politically and economically but with huge costs and inefficiencies. Fixing these is both desirable and feasible. Puja Mehra reports.
Jun 14, 2009; ... Like all successes, the UPA's victory, too, has many fathers.Some are genuine, some fake. One of the more genuine fathers isundoubtedly the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) aRs 35,000-crore programme that guarantees a hundred days ofemployment, every year, to adult ...
The 3-R formula ; Resolve, right men and revenue are the three Rs that can set the economy on fast track. Here's how fixing the three Rs can help the UPA redeem itself as an economic administrator of excellence. Puja Mehra writes.
Jun 14, 2009; ... It wasn't the lack of ability or understanding. Neither was itdue to the wrong intent. The middling performance of the UPA oneconomic reforms has been baffling. The dream team that happened topreside over a dream run of the economy has so little to show asachievement. Apparently, the ...
UPA: No time to lose ; Congress-led United Progressive Alliance's spectacular victory in the Lok Sabha has expectations and sentiments riding high. Bold actions must follow soon.
Jun 14, 2009 ... When the reward for poor performance is as generous as it hasturned out to be for the UPA government, a moment to ponder over themandate is essential. This is what the former UPA governmentpresided over: Massive job losses, across-the-board wealth erosion,continuing high food prices and ...
End of season sale ; The recent run-up in stock prices notwithstanding, a host of Indian promoters has little choice but to either sell assets or equity to survive the downturn.
Jun 14, 2009; ... He who buys what he needs not, sells what he needs. AncientJapanese proverb Throw that nugget of Oriental wisdom at the promoters of IndiaInc., and they might just be quick to retort: 'We bought what weneed, and now we're selling what we don't.' Yet, if Corporate Indiawas being ...
Hotmail is hot again ; Hotmail is working better than ever, though Gmail has its loyal band of followers. The battle for the soul of the Internet just got more interesting.
Jun 14, 2009; ... My very first E-mail address is still active, but, to be honest,I had been using the Hotmail e-mail only intermittently in the lastfive years. The kushanmitra@hotmail. com address will be celebratingits 13th birthday later this year, dating back to a time when SabeerBhatia still ran the ...
Ambani bahus on the go ; The Ambani bahus were on the move last fortnight Mumbai Indian team- owner Nita Ambani in South Africa and Tina Ambani back home as the Chairperson of Kokilaben Hospital.
Jun 14, 2009; ... Ambani bahus on the go The Ambani bahus were on the move lastfortnight Mumbai Indian team-owner Nita Ambani in South Africa andTina Ambani back home as the Chairperson of Kokilaben Hospital. Atthe Indian Premier League II, Nita, 45, could not quite become thelucky mascot for Tendulkar's ...
Fixing investments ; Investors are now increasingly running to financial planners to fix their out-of-shape investment portfolios. BT looks at the reasons behind the trend.
Jun 14, 2009; ... It's almost a year-and-half since the last bull-run in the stockmarket ended in January 2008. And as the memory of those heady timesrecedes, so do investment habits spawned by it: undue belief in thepower of equity to give uninterrupted returns as well as a generallack of prudence, ...
Falling employee engagement ; Tough economic conditions take a toll on employee engagement, according to a study.
Jun 14, 2009; ... Indian employees continue to be among the most engaged workersacross Asia-Pacific, but the downturn has taken its toll withemployee involvement dwindling at the workplace or at least this iswhat Watson Wyatt's WorkAsia Survey Report for 2008-09 reveals. According to the study, the ...
Jet's low-fare lollipop ; The private airline gambles with a second no-frills brand to pull itself out of the woods and win back its lost market share.
Jun 14, 2009; ... Market pundits may be splitting hairs over Jet's second low-costservice, launched on May 8, but the airline seems to have made theright connect with travellers. Jet Konnect's booking volumes surged27 per cent with the addition of new services on May 20, which hascome as a boon for the ...
HUL loses ground ; Mid-sized fast-moving consumer goods companies, riding on rural volumes, have stolen a march on the big guns.
Jun 14, 2009; ... Market dynamics can change rapidly in the fast-moving consumergoods (FMCG) business. In early 2008, consumer non-durable companieswere grappling with a sharp increase in raw material prices like oiland packaging material. Modern retailers were tightening theirproduct portfolios and ...
Banking on boutiques ; A clutch of high-profile bankers has quit their cushy jobs and set up their own advisory hot-shops to woo high net worth and retail clients with the promise of personalised services and solid wealth creation.
Jun 14, 2009; ... Big money prefers it small. And perhaps simple too. Time was whenthe wellheeled slept well at night with the knowledge that theirmoney managers at the private banks with the Wall Street marqueswere taking good care of their hard-earned chips. Then came the sub-prime crisis, Bear Stearns ...
Licence to download ; Indian music industry comes up with a novel business model in a bid to stem the menace of illegal downloads on mobile phones.
Jun 14, 2009; ... It's perhaps the Indian music industry's best chance to riditself of the scourge of piracy. In what is being touted as thefirst of its kind in the world, the Indian Music Industry (IMI), theentertainment industry body in India, has launched Music MobileExchange (MMX) with the express ...
Economics of IPL-2 ; Will the foreign venue and costs associated with it and increased rates for advertisers dent the earnings of various stakeholders in IPL's second season? BT finds out.
Jun 14, 2009; ... As far as high drama is concerned, the second edition of theIndian Premier League (IPL) definitely scored over DLF IPL-1.Whether it was the excitement over renegotiated TV rights for arecord $1.6 billion (Rs 8,200 crore) by Sony or the uncertainty overDLF IPL-2 taking place at all due to ...
Telecom to lifestyle ; Airtel not only wants to get to the next 100 million customers in three years, it hopes to cease being a telecom company only. Kushan Mitra speaks to Bharti Airtel CEO Manoj Kohli and Deputy CEO Sanjay Kapoor to figure out the telecom giant's future plans.
Jun 14, 2009; ... Airtel not only wants to get to the next 100 million customers inthree years, it hopes to cease being a telecom company only. KushanMitra speaks to Bharti Airtel CEO Manoj Kohli and Deputy CEO SanjayKapoor to figure out the telecom giant's future plans. You've crossed a 100 ...
Relics in boardrooms? ; Has the debate on the role of independent directors begun to echo in company boardrooms or is there a case for scrapping the idea of them as protectors of minority shareholders?
Jun 14, 2009; ... As the fourth quarter results keep coming in and the annualgeneral meetings (AGMs) follow in the coming months, the question ofwhat role should an independent director (ID) play in the conduct ofthe meetings remains alive what with the perception having gainedground in the wake of the ...
Charity in crisis ; The slowdown has forced Indian companies and international foundations to slash funding to NGOs in India, threatening the survival of some and endangering vital social programmes in the country.
Jun 14, 2009; ... The Akshaya Patra Foundation is in the midst of a crisis it neverimagined possible a few years ago. The Bangalore-based non-profitoutfit was a star in the sector, running what is now the world'slargest non-government school meal programme. The NGO feeds 10.08lakh children, every day, for ...
Shifting gears ; Global downturn is forcing a restructuring in the BPO sector. Here is what will separate winners from losers.
Jun 14, 2009; ... Over the past decade, India's information technology and businessservices industry has grown from $4 billion in revenues to $52billion today, and is expected to reach $310 billion by 2020,according to a McKinsey-NASSCOM survey released recently. (Itsconservative forecast: $175 billion.) ...
Call of the small town ; As BPOs catch on to the domestic market's potential, small towns look attractive locations.
Jun 14, 2009; ... At Karaikudi Town in Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga district, a BPOoperator wanted to expand from a 50-seater to a 200-seater. Hisfirst stop: Ripcord Consulting Guild. 'We have domestic customerswho are willing to give us orders, but we don't know how to manage alarger BPO. Can you help us?' he ...
The shrink is in ; Lost jobs, troubled economy, and shaky stock markets drive Indian workforce to therapists of all kinds.
Jun 14, 2009; ... A 35-year-old senior IT executive walked into the office of DrAli Khwaja, a noted counsellor in Bangalore. His office, on a quietstreet in Rabindranath Tagore Nagar, a mainly residential localityin North Bangalore, is no stranger to harried executives looking forsome help. But to Dr ...
We have to revisit the whole financial sector: Y.V. Reddy ; Reddy, the 67-year-old bureaucrat-turned-banker, is credited with making carefully calibrated moves to save the Indian banking system in the face of the global meltdown and ensure that it remained unscathed.
Jun 14, 2009; ... At a function to launch former Reserve Bank of India governorYaga Venugopal Reddy's latest book India and the Global FinancialCrisis: Managing Money and Finance, HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh drewattention to a comment (carried on the book's cover) by NobelLaureate Joseph E. Stiglitz: ...
O captain my captain! ; Wall Street banks and cricketing elevens are as likely to be spoken of in the same breath as Glass-Steagall and Duckworth & Lewis.
Jun 14, 2009; ... "Our culture has been one where we have very, very talentedpeople who have to subordinate a certain amount of their ego tobecome part of a team ... People can be perfectly successful, but ifthey can't do that, they won't necessarily be successful at GoldmanSachs Lloyd Craig ...
Race against time ; Commonwealth Games can transform Delhi by overhauling it's infrastructure. It can provide better roads, power and water supply. But the city is not making the most of the opportunity. Shalini S. Dagar goes into the details.
Jun 28, 2009; ... Delhi's infrastructure will get an overhaul. There will be betterroads, power and water supply. The legacy value of the city, too,will get a fillip, asserts Rakesh Mehta, Chief Secretary, Delhigovernment. He is counting the benefits to citizens, courtesy theCommonwealth Games, which are ...
Cities in numbers ; A selection of indicators and survey results showing the best and the worst of Life at Work and Life after Work.
Jun 28, 2009 ... A selection of indicators and survey results showing the best andthe worst of Life at Work and Life after Work. EDUCATION The highest number of seats for MBA and Engineering per capitaare in Noida, but it also has one of the worst literacy rates.Respondents ranked Vadodara ...
The methodology ; This is a two-pronged study incorporating the results from secondary as well as primary data. Primary data was collected by way of an online survey. The secondary component was primarily used to create indices. This is done in the following manner:
Jun 28, 2009 ... This is a two-pronged study incorporating the results fromsecondary as well as primary data. Primary data was collected by wayof an online survey. The secondary component was primarily used tocreate indices. This is done in the following manner: Overall, about 40 measures are ...
Noida catches up with top five cities ; It isn't as posh as Gurgaon but Noida outstrips its neighbourhood rival in the generation of jobs, registering 14% employment growth versus 11% in Gurgaon, thanks to a fountain of small scale units.
Jun 28, 2009 ...6th RANK:NOIDA Tech City Twelve years ago, Adobe India's head Naresh Gupta lived threedays each in Gurgaon and Noida to pick the right place toheadquarter the global software giant. For Gupta, Noida beat Gurgaonbecause of one main ...
Gurgaon tops BT's best five cities list ; However, it scores a distant 11th in the 'Life after Work' index not because of a lack of malls, restaurants or movie theatres of which it has plenty but because of its shoddy roads and inconsistent power supply.
Jun 28, 2009 ... Here's a peek at what separates the top five cities from the restof the pack.1st RANK:Gurgaon All grown up As little as two decades ago, Gurgaon took its first baby stepsfrom a sleepy little hamlet in Haryana to becoming a ...
The best cities to work, play and live ; Changing work culture, transformed lifestyles and rise of the services industry make 'life after work' as important as 'life at work'. Chronicling this trend for the first time, BT's ranking of best cities shows some big changes.
Jun 28, 2009; ... What makes a city a destination of choice for today's urbanworker? Most people living, working and playing in today's fast-paced corporate environment are desperate for a sound businessinfrastructure that includes good opportunities for jobs, quick andefficient ways to travel to work and ...
At Warren's annual Buffet ; Business Today catches up with four pilgrims who made the long trip to Omaha to hear the Oracle speak at Berkshire Hathaway's annual general meeting.
Jun 28, 2009; ... Warren Buffett is sleeping on a mattress in the NebraskaFurniture Mart, ostensibly checking product quality. He's rudelyawoken by a store manager, who tells him to get on with his job ofselling mattresses. Buffett's new job is thanks to the steep fall inthe shares of his flagship ...
Pushing the accelerator instead of brakes ; Focussing on growth when it should have been working on consolidation cost Subhiksha its business. Can it make a comeback?
Jun 28, 2009; ... Over the last nine months, R. Subramanian has aged much beyondhis 43 years. The Managing Director of Subhiksha Trading Serviceswhich pioneered the discounted retail format in India has beenstruggling to get his brainchild operational again after itcollapsed in February following a cash ...
Making every moment count ; Keeping a time log will help you figure out how you are using or wasting your time.
Jun 28, 2009 ... Are you forever racing against time to meet deadlines? Does yourmost common refrain happen to be so much to do and so little time ?If you have answered in the affirmative to both questions, chancesalso are you just can't get through that to-do list stuck neatly toyour work station. Your ...
Thriving in the shadow of big retail ; Most kirana and mom-and-pop stores have been able to hold their own against the might of India Inc's giant retail formats. Can they survive in the long run? Business Today walks into five such stores in the metros to gauge the pulse of unorganised retailing. The verdict: Don't write them off, yet.
Jun 28, 2009 ... Most kirana and mom-and-pop stores have been able to hold theirown against the might of India Inc's giant retail formats. Can theysurvive in the long run? Business Today walks into five such storesin the metros to gauge the pulse of unorganised retailing. Theverdict: Don't write them ...
Big bing, big bang ; Microsoft's latest search engine is impressive, but not a Google killer.
Jun 28, 2009; ... In 2004, speaking to this correspondent during an interview forBT, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer mentioned that Google was just afad, and that Microsoft's (then) soon to be launched MSN searchengine would finish off Google. The rest, as they say, is history. Bing, the latest from ...
To go from zero to ten ; At the close of the UPA's last term in April, BT rated its top economic ministers. Our conclusion: the good, the not-so-good and the bad individual performances collectively drew a zero. Still, voters handed it another stronger mandate. Here's where the new ministers stand for earning a 10 for UPA's second tenure.
Jun 28, 2009; ... At the close of the UPA's last term in April, BT rated its topeconomic ministers. Our conclusion: the good, the not-so-good andthe bad individual performances collectively drew a zero. Still,voters handed it another stronger mandate. Here's where the newministers stand for earning a 10 ...
People, places, products ; A snapshot of people, products and places in news.
Jun 28, 2009; ... Amitabh Kant Perfect host He is the man behind the successful campaigns 'God's Own Country'and 'Incredible India' and has just penned a book, Branding India:An Incredible Story. But Amitabh Kant, Principal Secretary & SpecialCommissioner (Industries), Government of Kerala, ...
Curbing mis-selling ; Your insurance agent will lose heavily if he sells you a policy that has a hefty first-year premium.
Jun 28, 2009; ... The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) hasintroduced a regulation that will help curb the mis-selling menace.Agents henceforth will not be able to sell policies with a heftyfirst-year premium and smaller subsequent premiums. IRDA gets cracking How agents ...
A safe bet ; Short-term debt funds have emerged as an attractive investment option for investors.
Jun 28, 2009; ... With the stock market having run up 82 per cent since March,investing in stocks over the short term is fraught with risk due tothe possibility of an imminent correction. When this fact isjuxtaposed with the prospects of a flattish interest rate over atleast six months, a clear case ...
Free financial diagnosis ; Keeping tabs on your investments regularly is the first step to intelligent investing. Online trackers make your task easy.
Jun 28, 2009; ... If you spend too much time keeping track of your portfolio, it'stime to embrace the Net. Savvy investors have long turned to theNet, in particular, to the many online financial websites, forcalculating their returns and even working out tax liabilities. Onthe Net, online tools make your ...
Succession planning, B.K. Modi style ; The patriarch, who once doggedly pursued joint ventures with global majors, now wants his son and daughter to build their own tech- savvy next-gen brand.
Jun 28, 2009; ... Jostling for a piece of the family silver is something B.K. Modihas been privy to on several occasions from extremely closequarters. In the '80s at a time when the unified family rankedamongst India's top 10 business groups the group was laboriouslycarved up amongst the eight sons of the ...
Growing a new crop of talent ; India Inc. is increasingly going rural. Is it geared up to face the talent challenges?
Jun 28, 2009; ... Ever since January this year when a soft drink major sought 70girls to be placed as business developers in seven districts ofAndhra Pradesh, Jitendra Kalra, CEO, Dr Reddy's Foundation, has beennoticing a major shift in the nature of demand for talent fromcorporate India. This was other ...
IPL boost for India Inc. ; The just-concluded IPL 2 looks set to usher in a vigorous engagement between Indian and South African businesses.
Jun 28, 2009; ... As the curtains came down on the DHL Indian Premier League (IPL)cricket carnival in Johannesburg, South Africa, on May 25, PresidentJacob Zuma, in his closing ceremony speech at the glitteringWanderers, summed up the impact of the 39-day extravaganza on hiscountry and people. A ...
How power shortage hits India Inc. ; Most businesses such as IT, banks, telecom networks and manufacturing processes require 24x7 uptime or uninterrupted power supply.
Jun 28, 2009 ... Manufacturing is the worst hit, losing annually Rs 15,466 crore Rs 42,547 crore is the estimated amount lost by Indian firmsannually due to power cutsMost businesses such as IT, banks, telecomnetworks and manufacturing processes require 24x7 uptime oruninterrupted power supply ....
Roads: Rs 1,785 crore heritage route ; A proposal is now with the Planning Commission to allocate Rs 1,785 crore for the balance period of the 11th Plan for Dandi Heritage Road .
Jun 28, 2009 ... Seventy-nine years after Mahatma Gandhi and fellow satyagrahismarched from Ahmedabad to Dandi in Gujarat to protest the BritishRaj's decision to impose a salt tax in India, the Centre has set inmotion a mammoth project to create a first-of-its-kind heritageroute of 386 km connecting the ...
Numbers of note ; 11 million: The number of people who watched the IPL semifinal between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers on Set Max
Jun 28, 2009 ... 11 million: The number of people who watched the IPL semifinalbetween Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers on Set Max #3: India's position in a global survey by Servcorp Internationalon the best places to survive the economic crisis $23 ...
BT Retro: The doctor's choice ; Circa 2004, Singh is politician first, economist later. His government is a coalition of 15 parties, and dependant on the support of the Communist Party of India, CPI, and Communist Party of India (Marxist), CPI (M).
Jun 28, 2009 ... The doctor's choice June 20, 2004 Circa 2004, Singh is politician first, economist later. Hisgovernment is a coalition of 15 parties, and dependant on thesupport of the Communist Party of India, CPI, and Communist Party ofIndia (Marxist), CPI (M). With Congress President ...
A chronology of pictorial warnings against smoking ; All cigarette packets sold in India will now carry a pictorial warning about its ill-effects, joining an increasing league of nations who have similar laws.
Jun 28, 2009 ... All cigarette packets sold in India will now carry a pictorialwarning about its ill-effects, joining an increasing league ofnations who have similar laws. Nov-2001: Supreme Court bans smoking in all public places. May-04: A law banning tobacco advertising, sponsorship of ...
Focus-Well said ; In my new innings, we will provide world-class infrastructure both on ground and air. Issues of air safety, congestion in the skies will get priority. FDI in the sector may happen eventually. Airlines should exercise caution and not overstretch themselves Praful Patel, Civil Aviation Minister, to news agencies
Jun 28, 2009 ... In my new innings, we will provide world-class infrastructureboth on ground and air. Issues of air safety, congestion in theskies will get priority. FDI in the sector may happen eventually.Airlines should exercise caution and not overstretch themselves Praful Patel, Civil Aviation ...
Tatas on a building spree ; Tata Realty and Infrastructure Limited (TRIL) is literally building India, with several new infrastructure projects in its hands. TRIL'S new MD and CEO, former IAS officer Sanjay Ubale can claim some credit for this.
Jun 28, 2009 ... TRIL is working on three SEZs in Chennai, Ahmedabad and Pune A further Rs 5,000 crore has been allocated for infrastructureprojects The company is also working on a Rs 550-crore, seven-acre retailproject in Amritsar It is developing the Mumbai-Hyderabad highway as ...