'TN's finances are a mess, it's not going to be easy'

'We have about Rs 4 lakh crore debt on a state budget of about Rs 1.5 lakh crore.''We are in a debt two-and-a-half times our annual budget,' says the banker who would have been Tamil Nadu's finance......

The man who will be the DMK's finance minister

'The state's finances are in a mess...we are in a debt two-and-a-half times our annual budget.'From my perspective, distributing cash to voters is a dying business, not because of morality, but......

'The best friend god gave me'

Mummy, my super hero!The Veda says, matrudevobhava, pitrudevobhava, acharyadevobhava, atithidevobhava in Sanskrit- mother (matru) always first. Not pita (father), not acharya (teacher), not guru,......

IITs to offer new courses

Faced with growing demand from students for admission to prestigious engineering institutions, three Indian Institutes of Technology have decided to start new courses from 2005-06 academic......

Make studying abroad cost effective!

To give a boost to your career, you are looking to study abroad. However getting admission in some of the best colleges and universities abroad is not easy. Quality institutions attract plenty of......

Morgan Stanley CEO Purcell quits

Morgan Stanley Chairman and CEO Philip Purcell plans to leave the Wall Street investment bank by early next year, but he still has a lengthy and difficult agenda to complete: halting a stream of......

IIM grad Shuvajit Payne gave up a cushy job to work in rural India

India is witnessing a radical transformation where highly qualified youngsters are giving up cushy jobs to make a difference in the lives of poor people in rural areas. Manu A......