'Ayurveda is medicine with intelligence, modern medicine is like a bullet'

‘As such classical Ayurveda is shrinking. Not because people don’t want it but because it is not properly placed in the public mind.’ ‘Health is more and more becoming a......

Moral luck and the Bhopal gas tragedy

What is needed is dharma or good faith among both companies and officials to limit harm. Regulators should also remember that costs forced on companies become higher costs for consumers, says......

Nuke deal hogs limelight in Indo-US relations

A year which saw India and the United States chart a new course in hi-tech and defence cooperation and technology transfer was dogged by the controversy around the civil nuclear deal. The year 2007......

Nuclear quick reaction teams set up

As part of new measures to speed up forces' preparedness to fight in a nuclear war scenario, the army has set up nuclear quick reaction teams in all commands and a special unit for Delhi and armed......

IT exports slowdown clouds growth outlook

Lower IT exports will raise India's dependence on capital flows to fund imports. The global economic slowdown has put a spanner into what can justifiably be called the locomotive of India's growth......

'Make in India' idea is good but where's the resource?

  While industry faces high energy prices, compared to global standards, energy as an input accounts for only five per cent of costs in Indian manufacturing, note Vaibhav Gupta and Arunabha......

Why smart people make dumb money mistakes

The house I did not buy at Rs 46 lakh three years back now costs Rs 1.1 crore. The Rs 5,000 I put in a mutual fund three years ago is now worth Rs 15,000. I regret not putting in Rs 5 lakh. The......

GDP growth rate may fall due to HIV spread

Unskilled labour-intensive industries like tourism will suffer a loss of up to 18 per cent and the annual GDP growth rate will fall by 1 per cent in the next 14 years if the present rate of HIV......