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IITs, with active prodding by the HRD ministry, have come to the conclusion that they are not selective enough
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The swap market in India is dominated by foreign banks
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In the future, a combination of demographics and economics is going to propel the demand for capital market products
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We are progressing from the Me Generation to the We Generation. Not Us, as in Us vs Them, but rather We, to present and promote inclusivity
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Domestic companies should instead consider the proposed change as an opportunity that will give them access to updated technology
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It is estimated that as many as 25 million mobile handsets, most of them illegally imported from China and Taiwan, are already working on Indian cellular networks
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How do we educate today’s young market participants about the shades of grey in this business?
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Beneath fiery rhetoric from both sides on issues such as the border and broader political influence, China has quietly emerged as India’s most important trade partner, and India is an increasingly important partner for China
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At core, derivatives and their benefits concern the likelihood of a future event and its consequence
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The question that we need to face head-on, and presumably the one that minister of state for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh is grappling with, is the degree of international involvement in India’s voluntary mitigation actions
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In a warning often repeated by environmental campaigners, the Vanuatuan president told the United Nations that the entire island nation could be submerged
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The next Afghan government has no hope at all unless it is truly committed to rooting out corruption
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Microfinance institutions need to have excellent systems to track the performance of their borrowers on a constant basis to reduce the probability of default
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The fuelwood market is truly pan-Indian with close to 12 million people (mostly women) involved in collection, selling and processing
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Given issues of costs and infrastructure, RBI has also recognized that it is just impossible to have bank branches in every village of India
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Contrary to the initial understanding, we might have at least four different categories of goods under GST; though questions are being raised about the multiple rate slabs
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The big rise in global temperature probably won’t take place until the second half of this century, but the tragedy is that, thanks to our dams and reservoirs, there will still be plenty of non-climate-change-induced damage
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Recent alliances such as Ranbaxy-Daiichi, Indian generics firms are now acquiring dual personalities and speaking the language of patents and innovation
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China has just implemented a massive 4 trillion yuan stimulus package. A significant part has rightly gone towards infrastructure
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Obama’s slight is the first time a sitting president will not meet the Dalai Lama during a Washington visit since president George H.W. Bush met him in 1991
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