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Rain in Uttarakhand region likely to increase after 25 June

Neha Sethi — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:48:06 GMT

IMD forecast says rain will increase from 25 June over parts of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir

India witnesses a dramatic turnaround in employment

Anil Padmanabhan — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:44:33 GMT

Employment grew by 13.9 million in the two years ended 1 January 2012, says NSSO

India bonds remain weak after Fed jolt

Joel Rebello — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:20:49 GMT

Trading halted for 30 minutes

DANCING DIVORCEE: Save what for a rainy day?

Arathi Menon — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:30:49 GMT

The monsoon always makes me miss romance, especially when I don’t have it in my life

Cabinet clears merger of some centrally sponsored schemes

Liz Mathew — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:22:51 GMT

The cabinet approves the Planning Commission’s suggestion to reduce about 170 such schemes to 66

Volvo hopes to widen portfolio by adding 4 more cars by 2020

Arundhati Ramanathan — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:22:34 GMT

The company’s portfolio in India consists of two sedans and a medium and large sports utility vehicle

Advani meets RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

Anuja & PTI — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:01:32 GMT

Advani had resigned from all party posts earlier this month and took back his resignation after the RSS intervened

Essar Ports promoter stake down in compliance with Sebi norms

P.R. Sanjai — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:47:06 GMT

Promoter holding falls to 74.97% after Port of Antwerp converts Essar Ports GDS into equity shares

Turner International cutting 30% staff in Asia-Pacific recast

Shuchi Bansal — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:38:03 GMT

The restructuring will help double Turner’s revenue in the region by decentralizing operations

Emerging markets crack as $3.9 trillion funds unwind

Bloomberg — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:22:02 GMT

Investors are pulling money from emerging markets at the fastest pace in two years

North India floods: Helicopters search for survivors in Uttarakhand

Bloomberg — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:54:16 GMT

The most critically injured survivors will be rescued by the end of the day, says air force official

India sets up new surveillance system to tap phone calls, email

Reuters — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:49:37 GMT

Govt has started rolling out the Central Monitoring System state by state in April this year: sources

What next for the rupee

Anil Padmanabhan — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:18:31 GMT

This isn’t the worst for the rupee. Worse is yet to come

What does rupee @60 mean

Livemint — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:34:29 GMT

It is hard to predict what will happen in the coming days; even forecasters have been caught on the wrong foot

Sensex, Nifty at two-month low as Fed hints at scaling stimulus

Ami Shah — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:00:24 GMT

The benchmark Sensex declines 2.6% to 18,744.36 points, while the Nifty sheds 2.8% to 5,660.05 points

Actor James Gandolfini, star of ‘The Sopranos’, dies in Italy

Reuters — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:47:53 GMT

Gandolfini is best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of a New Jersey mob boss in The Sopranos

China June flash HSBC PMI hits 9-month low on weak demand

Reuters — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:53:52 GMT

The flash HSBC Purchasing Managers’ Index falls to 48.3 in June from May’s final reading of 49.2

Fed fears trigger record rupee slide

Ravindra Sonavane — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:40:54 GMT

Raghuram Rajan says govt not short of options to halt slide; RBI intervention seen by dealers

Ben Bernanke to turn off the liquidity tap

Manas Chakravarty — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:26:13 GMT

Bernanke’s statement has signalled a new and riskier phase for the markets ahead

Asian stocks tumble on weak China PMI, Fed policy plan

Reuters — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:24:49 GMT

MSCI Asia ex-Japan slides to 9-month low; US Treasury yields hit 15-month high, underpin dollar

‘1% rise in licensed software can add $1.3 bn to Indian economy’

Pankaj Mishra — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:51:37 GMT

Similar rise in usage of pirated software would boost economy by $554 mn, as per a study by INSEAD and BSA

Global protest

Livemint — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:45:14 GMT

On innocuous protests transforming into backlash against governments around the world

Degree in hand, a generation of engineers looks for alternatives

Anirban Sen — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:58:24 GMT

The IT industry cannot employ all the engineers that India’s colleges are churning out

Alternative to TAM picks up momentum

Shuchi Bansal — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:50:55 GMT

But a likely successor for viewership measurement system could take at least another year to be ready

Turnaround delivered, focus on succession at Ford

Amrit Raj — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:39:47 GMT

CEO Alan Mulally talks about turning Ford around, his way of working and the importance of grooming new leaders

Mumbai: The connected city

P.R. Sanjai — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:36:39 GMT

The Eastern Freeway, the Metro and the Monorail promise to transform the transport map of Mumbai

Champions Trophy | India shining

Ayaz Memon — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:55:11 GMT

There has been a great deal to savour from this year’s Champions Trophy

Shikhar Dhawan | Man of the moment

Venkat Ananth — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:25:46 GMT

Dhawan has followed up a blistering century on Test debut with two ODI hundreds in England, making him India’s rising cricketing star

Temperature rise may take toll on monsoon: World Bank

Neha Sethi — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:19:08 GMT

A 2-4 degrees Celsius rise could alter weather patterns, says report; ‘unusual events could become the normal’

A case for lobbying in India

Kaushiki Sanyal — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:16:36 GMT

India needs to legitimize lobbying. But the scope and extent of lobbying needs to be defined carefully by law

Sex, marriage and law

Salil Tripathi — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:03:46 GMT

Cohabitation is recognized under law in India and not illegal. Several other cases decided in the last decade reinforce the view

The politics of hunger games in India

Livemint — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:08:28 GMT

The only returns from the food Bill will be political and not nutritional

Journalist Michael Hastings killed in car crash

Steve Gorman — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:39:38 GMT

Hastings article,‘The Runaway General’ led to the resignation of the US military chief in 2010

Talent hunt

Gouri Dange — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:15:21 GMT

Gifted children need to have life skills outside of the pursuit of their talent

Atul Singh to head Coca-Cola Pacific group ops

Suneera Tandon — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:03:07 GMT

Coca-Cola India chief to now also oversee ‘high-growth’ markets of Greater China, South Korea as well as India

Singapore urges Indonesia to name firms in worst smog since 1997

By Kyunghee Park & — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:41:01 GMT

Singapore’s pollution index climbed to an unhealthy 170 at 2pm on Wednesday

Dr Reddy’s sued for thyroid injection patent ‘infringement’

PTI — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:42:13 GMT

AbbVie drags Dr. Reddy’s to court for allegedly infringing the former’s patented drug Zemplar on six counts

Nitish Kumar rides on Congress support

Anuja — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:31:22 GMT

Bihar trust vote triggers speculation that it could be the start of the end for Congress-RJD alliance

Huawei takes on Apple, Samsung with world’s slimmest smartphone

Bloomberg — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:08:41 GMT

Huawei’s Ascend P6, with 0.24 inch depth, to be released in China this month, West Europe in July

Why multinational companies should stick out Indian markets

Ravi Venkatesan — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:37:11 GMT

For companies to thrive in the 21st century, getting past India’s 19th-century problems is a critical first step

RBI lines up major banking sector reforms

Dinesh Unnikrishnan — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:10:06 GMT

Proposals include consolidation of some large banks, separate licences for specific banking operations

Lounge Opinion | Sex and the citizen

Somak Ghoshal — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:05:27 GMT

Legal discourse in India remains confused when it comes to cases involving consensual sexual relations between adults

Monsoon-proof gadgetry

Shweta Taneja — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:52:50 GMT

From phones that work underwater to cloaks that will protect your devices in a deluge, we’ve got you covered

R.I.P. telegram

Jacob P. Koshy — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:16:30 GMT

On 15 July, BSNL will halt its telegram services, marking the end of an effective and cheap mode of communication

Lessons from L.K. Advani’s pen

Chanpreet Khurana — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:49:46 GMT

A resignation letter is many things today, including a negotiating chip. What can the veteran politician’s letter teach us?

PayTM | The 10-second gateway

Chanpreet Khurana — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:39:03 GMT

Customers can park their money with the firm—as a mobile wallet to buy things like phone and DTH recharge, bus and movie tickets

Cool Ideas: Round seven

Gopal Sathe — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:37:38 GMT

These start-ups are changing what your money can buy—from robots to midnight home deliveries—and how you buy them