What Obama said in his State of the Union speech

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday delivered his State of the Union speech in the US Congress. Here's the transcript:Tonight I want to begin by congratulating the men and women of the 112th......

New SAYA! chief aims to target poor youth

As a Cornell University undergraduate majoring in chemistry and Asian studies, Udai Tambar spent many weeks studying ethnic identity issues among Indians in New York City. "I also studied how......

India as a punching bag

You have to time it right to get the full impact. I happened to, purely by chance: for I showed up at 8 am and had to wait in the glass-encased security building for about half an hour before my......

Is this the end of 'India Shining' story?

Just six months ago, India was looking good. Annual growth was 9 per cent, corporate profits were surging 20 per cent, the stock market had risen 50 per centin 2007, consumer demand was huge, local......

The exponential power of 'Chindia'

If you are a strategist or a decision-maker in almost any enterprise anywhere in the world, you can't help but see the impact being made by India and China. It is visible not only in the new waves......

How to reduce investing risks

All investors, whether in stocks or fixed-interest instruments, have to continually weigh the various risks associated with their investments. Money in a savings account assumes no risk factor,......

Of market failure, IPR and competition

The key challenge before us today is the competitiveness of various sectors of the economy. The experience of last 60 years has shown that there are areas which were over regulated, like telecom,......