Washington: New US battle guidelines partly designed to counter the military challenge from China are attracting strong criticism at home and abroad as unnecessarily provocative of one of America's strongest economic partners. The AirSea Battle fighting "concept" intends to maintain military dominance in strategically important areas as the US reconfigures its global outlook more towards Asia. It is being gradually disclosed by the Pentagon, which has viewed China's military build-up...
01:47 AM, Jun 01, 2012
India has extensive forests which are an important resource. India thus requires scientific management of its forests. The British India Government recognized the need of a premier forest management service and constituted the Imperial Forest Service in 1867. The Imperial Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, presently & popularly known all over the world as FRI was established at Dehradun in 1906. Since then, the training program shifted to Dehradun. The subject...
03:54 PM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday directed that a five-member expert committee be set up to recommend guidelines for verifying those applying for prepaid mobile connections. A bench of Chief Justice SH Kapadia, Justice AK Ganguly and Justice Swatanter Kumar, in its judgment, said the committee would be headed by the secretary, department of telecommunications (DoT), and have two members each from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)...
04:30 AM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said its attempt to frame guidelines for media for covering courts was aimed at making clear the "limitations" of journalists under the Constitutional scheme. The five-judge Constitution Bench deliberating on the issue got support from the Centre which said there was no constitutional bar on the apex court to regulate the reporting of judicial proceedings by media. "We want the journalists to know...
04:56 AM, Apr 27, 2012
Nearly 47 years after the movie was released, the love story is now being staged in the capital. ...
06:20 PM, Apr 17, 2012
New Delhi: US defence major Lockheed Martin has bagged a deal expected to be worth over Rs 100 crore for supplying laser-guided bombs (LGBs) for the Jaguar fighter aircraft fleet in the Indian Air Force (IAF). The IAF plans to induct more than 100 bunker-buster LGBs for its Jaguar warplanes to destroy strongly fortified enemy targets. "We have emerged as the lowest bidders in the deal for supplying LGBs to...
09:40 AM, Apr 04, 2012
Finally, I have my MP3 player. Buying an MP3 player is a no big deal, but it becomes when you look out for the best ...
03:27 PM, Mar 29, 2012
A painting is not a bond. A sculpture is not a share certificate. You like an MF Husain or Tyeb Mehta painting because you can look at it for hours and marvel at the brush strokes that evoke history, politics, religion, philosophy; interpreting the scope of human existence itself within the four corners of an otherwise mute canvas. It is a thing of beauty. And you appreciate it. That is...
09:25 AM, Jan 21, 2012
He has worked in the Indian mutual fund industry for more than 15 years. He picks tomorrows blue-chip stocks from todays numerous mid-cap companies. Investment philosophy: He hitched his fund wagon to the theme of consumption and food inflation more than two years ago and his top picks too have remained the same over that period. Other interests: Stays in Mumbai and is slightly partial to Totos, that classic of...
01:09 PM, Jan 17, 2012
Sanjay Dutt Profile: CEO " Business, Jones Lang LaSalle, India Education: Did his bachelors degree in commerce from University of Delhi and Program in Business Management from International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi Career: Has 22 years of experience as entrepreneur and services-sector professional in the logistics and real estate industries. He has spent 13 years as a real estate professional in Mumbai The Indian real estate sector is full...
12:45 PM, Jan 17, 2012
John Mauldin Profile: A renowned financial expert and a New York Times best-selling author, he's also a pioneering online commentator Best known for: Every week, over 1 million readers turn to him for his penetrating views on Wall Street, global markets, and economic history Children: He is the father of seven children (five adopted) Governments everywhere are printing more money. But if that money is going into the balance sheets...
03:32 PM, Jan 12, 2012
Stephen Roach Profile: Member of the faculty of Yale University, and non-executive chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia. Known for: He is one of the most widely followed economists in the world, and the author of The Next Asia. The European Monetary Union was flawed from the start. Lacking in a unified fiscal framework, it was only a matter of when before an asymmetrical shock drew the grand experiment into question....
12:35 PM, Jan 11, 2012
Dr Mark Mobius, executive director, Templeton Emerging Markets Group, tells Pravin Palande and Shishir Prasad that he is optimistic about India and in many cases, a weak rupee may actually benefit some companies in the country. Dr Mark Mobius Profile: Executive director, Templeton Emerging Markets Group Career high point: Consistently voted as one of the most influential investment managers in the world Last vacation: Doesn't take any Known for: Travelling...
12:21 PM, Jan 11, 2012
Islamabad: Dev Anand who left Lahore in 1943 at the age of 19 with just Rs.30 in his pocket and went on to become an iconic actor-director would have scoffed at all the 'end of an era' cliches in his obituaries, said a Pakistani daily. Dev Anand died in London Sunday. He was 88. An editorial in the News International said, "Thinking about death, for a man who believed only...
11:19 AM, Dec 06, 2011
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