To cope with the backlash against globalisation, more and more transnational corporations are adopting strategies that go beyond short-term profit maximisation.
Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain will join the Indian-American community in Austin and leading Texas lawmakers March 6 to honor Arunachala 'Raj' Nagarajan for his nearly four-decade-old commitment to Indian classical music in the United States.
In an online chat with readers overseas education consultant NNS Chandra addressed queries related to international admissions.
Professor Dr Aravinda Chakravarti of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, who is president-elect of the American Society of Human Genetics, and Professor Dr K Ranga Rama Krishnan of the Duke University Medical Center, who is now setting up a medical school in Singapore for Duke, have been elected to the Institute of Medicine, one of the three components of the National Academy of Sciences.
"Today, 23 million Indian reside abroad. Either, they are citizens of other countries or they are working there. So it is essential that whichever country you go, you make that country a winner," he said, and added, "That is your mission. I am sure the JSS Spiritual Mission in USA will definitely spread this mission."
The G-20's new-found importance should be used to challenge North Atlantic hegemony.
Looking back 20 years from now, the month just gone by will loom even larger in history books.
'An estimated 90 million people in the developing world are likely to be pushed below the poverty line. Lower revenues will also lead to lower levels of expenditure on rural infrastructure, health and education. This will not only hurt future growth, but also delay achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.' Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speech at the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, September 25.
The leaders from the US, UK, France, China and others reached a historic agreement to put the group at the centre of their efforts to build a roadmap for durable recovery, avoiding the financial fragilities that led to the crisis.
Shyam Saran, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's special envoy on climate change, who is in Pittsburgh, declared several times why India can not accept any legal or quantifiable limits to carbon emissions. There are many social issues in India, he had explained.
It would be futile to believe G-20's promises to rein in monetary and fiscal policies
India should push the World Bank to focus on generating ideas and technology.
Profound differences of views persist between the major blocs on the appropriate fiscal/monetary mix, reflecting different traditions and capacities.
In the wake of the sharp downturn in the valuations of mortgage-backed securities last year, financial firms justified their investment in these non-transparent instruments on the triple ratings accorded to them.
Excessive CEO compensation is a matter of debate and research all over the globe. According to an estimate, in USA, the CEO compensation is 400 times the average compensation of employees in the company.
Inder Singh, 31, director of the Drug Access program that is part of the Foundation's HIV/AIDS Initiative, took a unique business approach to a major global health problem, negotiating the price cut of an artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) for malaria by a third while slashing the price volatility of artemisinin, a vital ingredient for the therapy, by 70 percent.
Are your emotions always battling your parent's logic when it comes to life decisions? Era Singh analyzes this battle
The counties and metro areas with the nation's poorest air quality.
Venture capitalists are moving beyond clean tech and social networks.
From thousands of job losses to historic bankruptcies to Dubai debt crisis, the year had more than its share of shocks.
Seniors dread this time of year, when they run out of Medicare drug coverage and have to pay out of pocket. Some just stop taking their drugs.
No matter how supportive your organization might be, coming out to your colleagues is not always an easy process.
Dr Singh made a strong pitch for restoring the momentum of growth in the developing world at the G-20 Summit and said there is need to replace lost export demand and to expand investment.
Professor M S Ananth, director, IIT-Madras, tells Aziz Haniffa he does not expect tangible deliverables from the conference.
Cities with a strong presence in health care, education, law, energy, and the government will feel the impact of a downturn less.
'Most Chinese are out of the shadow of the 1962 border conflict. They are thinking of how to make money and not about threatening another country,' says Professor Wang Dehua, who advocates better India-China ties.
Take the rediff business quiz and see how much you know about Tatas, India's first business family, and the founder of the group.
As one surveys the changing face of mulilateralsim today, we see mutation and multiplication. The underlying reality is that the world is multipolar and with more poles, you tend to get more constellations.
For animosities to be truly buried, grief must become common. How long before India and Pakistan achieve this state?
From Web designers to future fashion moguls, meet high-school students who have already taken the entrepreneurial leap.
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