In store: Sourcing challenge for Wal-Mart
As Wal-Mart Stores Inc ramps up its operations in India, it needs to find more farmers like Yogesh Todkari from Maharashtra. His acre of cauliflowers is big, leafy, and a deep shade of green, thanks to...
View ArticleVikram Pandit, a low-paid CEO among Wall Street peers
Vikram S Pandit worked as Citigroup's chief executive for just under five years. But during that time, he earned a good deal less than what other Wall Street chieftains made. There are a number of ways...
View ArticleEconomic growth needs to be inclusive: OECD
Tackling poverty in India and making its economic growth more inclusive requires sustained investment in people - in health and education as well as in areas such as transport and energy...
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Malware scan»Jotti's malware scan is a free online service that enables you to scan suspicious files. Uploaded files are checked against the databases of various anti-virus companies to...
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Decline of an industry »The Newsweek's announcement that it will go all-digital sounds like an obituary of newspapers in the Western countries. For decades Newsweek and Time magazines have...
View ArticleSeeking privacy in a networked age
A pulled pork taco hovered about four inches from my mouth when my phone impolitely interrupted me. "Hey, I see you're having people over. OK if I stop by?" read a text message from someone whom I had...
View ArticleYouTube grows up to act like TV
A visit to YouTube these days shows so many professionally produced channels that it could be confused with a TV guide. There are channels for ABC News, Taylor Swift, Nike Football, America's Test...
View ArticleThe ring of another era
Once coveted by the elite, BlackBerry is becoming an object of ridicule as Androids and iPhones corner the smartphone market, says Nicole Perlroth Rachel Crosby speaks about her BlackBerry phone the...
View ArticleArt reviews
Architectural staging of atmosphereAlthough Tasveer has been accommodating different kinds of accomplished photography from old maharaja portraits to modern classics and clearly contemporary...
View ArticleMusic and dance reviews
A different experienceConnoisseurs of music had a different kind of experience at the Bangalore Lalithakala Parishat on Friday. A popular instrument of the eastern country - Anklung, was performed by a...
View ArticleCost of global biodiversity: $4 billion a year
Protecting all the world's threatened species will cost around $4 billion a year, according to an estimate published in Science. The scientists behind this work also report that effectively conserving...
View ArticleTrouble in Tuvalu
Tuvalu, a tiny cluster of nine coral atolls and islands about halfway between Australia and Hawaii in the South Pacific, is one of the smallest countries on the planet. Data suggests that global sea...
View ArticleMercury rising
A new report by researchers from Bangalore and Mumbai suggests that India could witness a two-degree and 4.8-degree rise in mean temperatures by 2030 and 2080 respectively, writes Madhumitha B...
View ArticleSNIPPETS
The chemistry behind great food pairingsRed wine and steak, soda and burgers, pickles and pastrami sandwiches - these are combinations that just work. Now researchers provide a scientific explanation...
View ArticleFault lines & break-ups
Quakes that occurred in the Indian Ocean in April may have triggered the formation of a new plate boundary within the earth's surface. Unlike most earthquakes that shake along a single fault, this one...
View ArticleHow old is modernity?
A study has pushed the anitiquity of Stone Age settlements from 20,000 years ago to 44,000 years back. Discoveries at a site in South Africa show that the lifestyle of these ancient people bears a...
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A sea of blueThe Tungabhadra (TB) river project at Hospet, Bellary district, was taken up as early as the year 1945 and completed in 1953 at a cost of Rs 130.76 crore. The golden jubilee of the project...
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Poetry in stone
Vatsala Iyengar visits Harihara in Davangere district and is enchanted by the beauty of the Harihareshwara temple, which was built by a Hoysala king.Karnataka is home to many temples that idolise Shiva...
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For that healing touch
The Institute of Public Health is trying to help the underprivileged by creating awareness on issues related to health and hygiene. The NGO also conducts free eye care and general health camps, writes...
View ArticleFrom here & there
Abode of the goddessVisitors from every part of the country and abroad throng to Mysore to taste the royal splendour of Dasara. The heritage city has a variety of tourist spots to suit every taste. Of...
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