Wal-Mart Expects First Indian Store Within 18 Months
Wal-Mart Stores Inc is looking to open its first retail outlets in India within 12 to 18 months, Scott Price, president and CEO for Asia, said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
America’s Richest Include Indians That Make Top Dollar
Five Indian-Americans figure in the Forbes magazine's annual list of the richest people in America with Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates retaining his top spot with $66 billion, up $7 billion from 2011.
Indian Cuisine is Next Main Food Fashion
As global cuisines touch base with their roots to appreciate locally-grown raw materials, a group of Michelin chefs from Britain and Australia say it is a good time for Indian chefs as Indian cuisine is on the brink of being the next main food fashion and should make use of its strong and diverse heritage.
US Embassy in India Shuts Due to Risk of Protests
The United States embassy in New Delhi was shut on Friday and employees were asked to stay on the compound due to the risk of protests over an anti-Islam film, embassy sources said.
Trinamool Ministers Quit, UPA Govt in Minority
Trinamool Congress ministers met PM Manmohan Singh today at his residence and submitted their resignations to him.
Why Users are Hating Apple Maps in iOS 6
While in theory it will be possible for Apple to update Maps with a software fix, the problems appear to be "pretty profound and pretty fundamental," said Marcus Thielking, co-founder of Skobbler, maker of the popular GPS Navigation 2 app, built using the crowdsourced OpenStreetMap platform.
Writing in English: RK Narayan’s Unconscionable Sin
Leading lights of the Mysore literati oppose the Karnataka government’s move to preserve the author’s Yadavgiri home as a heritage site. Narayan’s crime: He wasn’t Kannadiga and did not write in Kannada.
Getting High in Delhi: Terrace Culture Takes Off
Delhi is not a high-rise city. But just three floors off the ground you can find a rooftop culture that’s growing by leaps and bounds. And we have the smoking ban to thank partly for that.
A Resort Developer’s Himalayan Quest
The story of an American’s dream to build a luxury Himalayan ski resort shows the particular difficulties faced by foreign companies who want to do business in India.
Silicosis-affected Workers Die Silent Death in Delhi
This village, which is surrounded by some of the affluent south Delhi neighbourhoods, was once home to mining and quarrying fields where thousands of workers were employed. The workers toiled day and night to meet the demand to create the modern Delhi that it is now.
Reebok India's Ex-MD, COO Among Five Arrested for Fraud
Reebok India's sacked MD Subhinder Singh and former COO Vishnu Bhagat were on Wednesday arrested along with three others for their alleged involvement in a Rs 870-crore fraud in the company.
Rise in Complaints Against Indian Doctors in UK
There has been a record rise in complaints by patients against doctors during 2011, including a rise of nearly 19 per cent in complaints against Indian doctors working in the National Health Service, according to Britain's medical regulator.
Five Indian Americans among Forbes 400 Richest
Five Indian-Americans figure in the Forbes magazine's annual list of the richest people in America with Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates retaining his top spot with $66 billion, up $7 billion from 2011.
Obese Elephants in Tamil Nadu Given Slimming Help
Authorities in India are being presented with a massive task - managing the weight of obese elephants kept in temples.
India Strike Over Retail Reforms
Opposition parties and trade unions in India are joining in a day-long strike over the government's plan to open the retail sector to global supermarket chains and other reforms.
US Food Giant General Mills Seeks Acquisitions in India
Minneapolis-based food company, General Mills, is actively seeking acquisitions in India to bolster sales in emerging markets to make up for sluggish US retail sales.
Bangalore Luxury Homes More Attractive than Mumbai, Delhi
From completely automated ‘smart’ homes to private pools and from extravagant landscaping to golf courses in the backyard, the differentiators are varied and unique.
Skepticism and Caution Greet India’s New Policy on Retailers
Indian policy makers are hopeful that policy changes designed to welcome Wal-Mart will inspire an economic boom for the country, but some economists are doubtful.
Not a God of Small Things
Celebrating Ganesha festival has grown beyond the simplicity of our homes that we once associated with the festival.
A Leader’s Threat on Economic Measures Imperils India’s Governing Coalition
Mamata Banerjee, the mercurial leader of West Bengal and a crucial ally of India’s governing coalition, angrily announced that she was withdrawing her support for the coalition.
Oh How Darling. Let’s Go Stay in a Real Indian Village
Palaces and havelis are just so passe. In Rajasthan you can now stay in a real Indian village – tractor rides, asli ghee, and milking the cows included. That Vicco vajradanti ad was right all along.
India's Rich Lose Wealth as Global Trends Weigh
The number of rich Asians surpassed North Americans for the first time last year, but their fortunes shrank slightly and still trailed total wealth on the other side of the Pacific, Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management said on Wednesday.
Was Jesus Married? New Papyrus Fragment Fuels Debate
A previously unknown scrap of ancient papyrus written in ancient Egyptian Coptic includes the words "Jesus said to them, my wife," -- a discovery likely to renew a fierce debate in the Christian world over whether Jesus was married.
The Shawl Collectors
Antique jamawar shawls are highly prized and difficult to procure, very expensive to buy and almost impossible to part with.
Mahesh Bhupathi Criticises Tennis Body's Dirty Politics
Indian tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi has criticised his country's tennis association for imposing a two-year ban on him and Rohan Bopanna.
Younger CEOs Paid More in India Than US
A new breed of younger Indian CEOs is rewriting the rules of the compensation game. In the process, they are topping their American and European peers to stand out as the highest paid executives globally
Forgot Your Password? Just Wave your Hand
The technology, developed by Intel, could do away with the multiple passwords most people use for websites
The Shadow Of The Crab
A worrisome rise in the cases of childhood cancer—55,000 per year—pains hearts, draws tears
Minister Chidambaram Says India Government is Stable
India's Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said the government does "not face any threat" over its decision to open up the retail sector to global supermarket chains.
Indians Refuelling Global Demand for MBAs
After three years of decreasing application numbers, the full-time MBA programme and its other variants are back in demand globally.
Kirana vs Wal-Mart: Busting the Big Myths of Big Retail
It is widely believed that wherever Wal-Mart goes it destroys the local business. As Anthony Bianco writes in The Bully of Bentonville – How the High Cost of Wal-Mart’s Everyday Low Prices is Hurting America: “It (Wal-Mart) grows by wrestling businesses away from other retailers large and small. In hundreds of towns and cities, Wal-Mart’s entry put ailing …shopping districts into intensive care and then ripped out the life-support-system.”
Scandal Poses a Riddle: Will India Ever Be Able to Tackle Corruption?
A brazen brand of crony capitalism has created huge fortunes for a few, at the expense of the nation as a whole, which is falling short in energy infrastructure.
Who's the Daadi Traces South Asian Ancestry
A new social ancestry website created by two Londoners is helping South Asians reconnect with their past.
India Plans Fastest Supercomputer
The government has drawn a blueprint for developing the next generation of supercomputers that could be 61 times faster than existing machines.
Punjab Youths Forge Death Papers for Visa
Youths from Punjab have devised a novel way to fly to foreign shores — forge death certificates of fake relatives in the UK to obtain visas on humanitarian grounds.
FDI: Big Bang Reforms Signal that India is Open for Business
US industry gave marks to Singh’s perseverance in loosening restrictions on foreign multi-brand retail.
Just Because Indian Meds Cheap, Not Fake: WHO
Arun J Panda, joint secretary in the ministry of health said: “There have been reports recently that say the bulk of medicines produced in India are counterfeit. We disagree.”
Stasi Files: The World's Biggest Jigsaw Puzzle
More than 20 years after the Berlin Wall fell, you might think the Stasi had been consigned to history. But a new generation wants to know what the East German secret police did to their parents, and computing wizardry is about to make it easier to find out.
After Life in New York, Banker Returns to India for Turn at Fashion
Ms. Vardhan is one of tens of thousands of recent “repats” — Indians who left for educational or work opportunities abroad but then returned as India’s economy began to boom.
India Backs Foreign Investment in Retailing
After years of intense debate, India’s government agreed on Friday to open the country’s retail sector to global behemoths like Wal-Mart and Ikea, pushing for a profound shift in India’s economic and political direction.
J&K Grand Mufti Tells US Tourists to Leave
The Grand Mufti of Jammu and Kashmir Bashiruddin Ahmad has asked all US citizens in the Valley to “immediately leave” the state in wake of the controversial video which has hurt the sentiment of Muslim community.
Govt May Allow Foreign Airlines to Invest in Aviation Sector
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who has had to face some stinging criticism both at home and abroad for failing to push reforms that are crucial to revive a depressed economy, meets his ministers today to discuss norms to allow investment by foreign airlines in the aviation sector. T
Zuckerberg's Search Comments Raise Questions
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has fired a warning shot that threatens to ignite a battle to marry social networking with one of the most valuable areas of the technology industry: search.
India’s 7 Best Safari Spots
Hill stations, snow-clad mountains or beaches - these are places on every vacationer's bucket list. But ever thought of adding a safari trip to your travel wish list?
True Cost of Ghar ka Khana: Time to Pay the Indian Housewife?
A very well-intentioned Krishna Tirath, Minister for Women and Child Development, wants to introduce a bill that would require women to be legally compensated by husbands for house work.
Global Tech Companies Give a Miss to IITs; Offer Fat Pay Cheques to Non IITians
Global tech and Internet firms are on the prowl in small towns this placement season, looking to lure talent from NITs and good private engineering colleges. Both would rank a notch lower than IITs in the talent pecking order.
Arrest in Kashmir in India IC-814 Hijack Case
A top militant allegedly involved in the 1999 hijacking of an Indian plane has been arrested in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say.
India's Accidental Dairy King
When Verghese Kurien demanded an autopsy on a dead fly, it was to protect the honor of his milk. Did the fly drown in the milk, or was it dead before it landed there? Was the fly planted by his foes?
Top 20 Healthy Indian Dishes
Indian food, though hugely popular, is highly misunderstood. In fact, Indian food includes an array of healthy spices, due to which the dishes are cooked in a multitude of ways that help retain their nutrients. Indian food includes carbohydrates, proteins, fats, all the elements to make a balanced diet.
MIT Replaces Cambridge at Top, no Indian Varsity in Top 200
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has replaced Cambridge University at the top of the widely respected QS world university rankings but Indian institutions are languishing outside the top 200 for a second year in a row.
A Time to Dream
Undocumented youth in the US are growing determined that their presence will be seen and their voices heard
The Dim Flicker Of A Night Light
India’s overnight ascension, characterised and caricaturised as having manifested despite its state rather than due to it, is unsustainable. Here’s a photosynthetic model for growth.
Byte by Byte, in God’s Own Country
Kerala is developing as an alternative IT hub to its better established neighbours
Indian Salve for America’s War Curse
Bangalore scientists pit stress-beats-stress theory against post-trauma disorder
Rushdie Criticises India Book Ban
British author Sir Salman Rushdie has said that India banned his 1988 novel The Satanic Verses without any scrutiny.
African Migrants who Call America's Whitest State Home
Maine is the least diverse state in the US - 96.9% of the population describe themselves as white - but a growing community of African immigrants now call it home.
India Hiring Outlook Weakest in Over 3 Years
India's employment outlook is the weakest in more than three years as technology employers impose hiring freezes. Widespread layoffs, however, are unlikely, Manpower said.
India Takes up Case of Child in Foster Care in US
Indian missions in the US have taken up with authorities the case of an Indian couple who have been denied custody of their child after he suffered head injuries in a fall.
For a Pew Dollars More? Urban India Loves America
A new Pew research poll has revealed that a solid 58% majority in urban India is favorably disposed toward the United States, seeing America in a more favorable light than they view other major world powers
Dear Lady Gaga, the Sari Doesn’t Need You
No one told thousands of Indian women this but the sari is in grave danger of extinction. But it turns out Lady Gaga and our hotshot designers are rushing into the rescue. The new-age sari, the bikini sari, how many ways can you say sari?
Seditious Cartoons? The Real Dishonour is in India’s Plunder!
For all their rough-edged nature, and their capacity to disturb the tranquility of your ‘mera bharat mahaan‘ reverie, the cartoons themselves don’t do India (or the ‘symbols’ of state power) any more damage than the reality of corruption that they depict.
Verghese Kurien: Rare Visionary and Astute Manager
Dr Kurien was the rare visionary who always translated his vision on mission mode. His creation of community owned cooperatives empowered millions of rural families, mostly landless and small farmers, in India.
India's Business Schools get Tough Lesson in Supply and Demand
A boom in India's management education sector that saw the number of business schools triple to almost 4,000 over the last five years has ended as students find expensive courses are no guarantee of a well-paid job in a slowing economy.
Indian Couple's Custody Battle in US
The couple ,who is originally from West Bengal, has been given limited access by American authorities to their one-year-old son after he underwent surgery for an injury.
The Most Moving Moment in Obama’s Speech was Not his Own Words
There is every reason for Americans to dislike Barack Obama. He truly defies popular wisdom about what it takes to be a political candidate. He is admired around most of the world which immediately makes Americans distrustful.
Rise of Crony Journalism and Tainted Money in Media
A lot has been written in recent weeks about crony capitalism, but an important issue for the media to introspect over is this: can this happen without significant amounts of crony journalism?
Outrage Over India Cartoonist Arrest
The arrest of an anti-corruption cartoonist in India on charges of sedition has sparked criticism.
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