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Economic projections published in the early 2010s generated significant debate when they suggested that China's economy could reach twice the size of the United States' by 2030 — a forecast that seemed extraordinary at t...
India's most consequential export may not be software, pharmaceuticals, or textiles. It may be CEOs. The Banga brothers are the most visible current example of a phenomenon that has been quietly reshaping global corporat...
If the July 2008 cash-for-vote scam was sensational, the arrest of former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh in the case was even more dramatic. When special judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal began the hearing at 10am in a jam...
Vinod Rai has a good first serve. He takes full advantage of his over six-foot frame to smash the ball across the court. The opponent, a colleague of his, has to receive the ball at an uncomfortable height. It is not com...
At 7 feet 4 inches, Sim Bhullar is impossible to miss in any setting, but his height is the least remarkable thing about him. What makes Bhullar significant in the history of basketball is what he represents: the first p...
Call-center company 24/7 Customer Pvt. Ltd. is desperate to find new recruits who can answer questions by phone and email. It wants to hire 3,000 people this year. Yet in this country of 1.2 billion people, that is begin...
Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata and Niira Radia were on Monday quizzed in connection with 2G spectrum scam by Parliament's PAC whose head MM Joshi said the panel found the industrialist candid and the corporate lobbyist "e...
Gentlemen don't prefer bonds. When it comes to most IITians, agreements that tie them down to an organization are a definite no. With the good times rolling back, engineering grads from tech schools want an active lifeli...
In a country where a month's salary for many workers barely touches ten thousand rupees, the news that a single chemist shop in Mumbai was paying rent of ₹42 lakh per month — roughly $90,000 at 2010 exchange rates — was...
Mr Ratan Tata, Chairman of Tata Group, on Monday moved the Supreme Court claiming that his right to privacy was violated due to the leakage of his alleged discussions with corporate lobbyist Ms Niira Radia and others. Mr...
The period between 2008 and 2012 produced a density of major corruption revelations in India that overwhelmed the public's ability to track them simultaneously. The 2G spectrum scandal, the Commonwealth Games contracting...
Pune is a hotbed of cultural activity and it is a perfect destination for a fashion city. So we decided to bring season two of Pune Fashion Week (PFW)," Badal Saboo, its managing director, told IANS. Very soon the second...
Nepal's decision to import high-yielding dairy cattle breeds from India — specifically the Haryana and Sahiwal breeds, known for their milk production and heat tolerance — reflected both the economic ambitions of Nepal's...
To address the enduring and intertwined problems of hunger, child malnutrition and illiteracy, India launched the Mid-Day Meal Scheme, the largest school-lunch program in the world, back in the 1960s. Today the program f...
The list of Indian American executives at the top of the Fortune 500 compensation tables has grown long enough that it no longer carries the element of surprise that it once did. Sundar Pichai at Alphabet, Satya Nadella...
When the Chinese conglomerate made its offer for the mid-sized British engineering firm, the British employees gathered in the canteen to hear a reassuring presentation from the new owners' representatives and came away...
Facial recognition technology was advancing faster than the legal and regulatory frameworks designed to govern it—and in 2012, a wave of startups and established tech companies were competing to build the most accurate c...