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Britain withdraws old 20-pound note

Indians who travel to Britain for sight-seeing, shopping or on business purpose, please note: from tomorrow, the 20-pound note featuring the image of composer Edward Elgar will be withdrawn from......

Relax, capitalism is not the problem

The choice for policy-makers is not between free markets and central planning but in getting the right mix of regulation, says Gurcharan Das.The epic, Mahabharata, thinks that human beings are......

Coming soon: Capitalism 3.0

Capitalism is in the throes of its most severe crisis in many decades. A combination of deep recession, global economic dislocations and effective nationalisation of large swathes of the financial......

The uncertainty bias and missed opportunities

The October low we talked about held against all odds. A strange time cycle that worked against all conventional knowledge. And now that 2008 comes to end, we can sum up a few gaps in generational......

'India can be the services capital of the world'

Dan Gupta, the chairman andchief executive officerof UST Global has been associated with the IT industry for more than 40 years. He was one of those early birds who left India in 1956 to study in......

What makes Shilpa Shetty an ideal wife

The Twitter world is quite a busy one, and Bollywood contributes a great deal to it. Here's looking at the best star tweets of the day. Looks like your prayers worked, tweeples! Shilpa......

Red Alert readies for release

Here is what your favourite celebrities have been up to: Sameera Reddy was spotted at a press conference for her upcoming film, Red Alert. In the film, Sameera plays a de-glam role: a simple girl......

Images: Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians' skipper Sachin Tendulkar won the toss and elected to field first. However, his side failed to nail the advantage and finished with 154 for 9 in the stipulated 20 overs.......

Playing in India an advantage for Royals: Warne

Indian Premier League's (IPL) return to India after being held in South Africa in its previous edition will be a huge advantage to Rajasthan Royals,believes skipper Shane Warne."Going back to......

'Tendulkar has lost his fighting abilities'

Readers' responses toThe naked and the dead feature:It is SPOT ON.I feel we r saying this day only because of our seniors (namely Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman).Please make no......

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Q. what is Laissez-faire in govt administration?
Amitava Duttamajumdar: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-laissez-faire-in-govt-administration/21096751/answers/

Q. I remember those old days when there was no television. In the evening all family members use to exchange their experiences of the day. Neighbours and friends used to visit our home and intearct of issue of common interest. \The First effect of TV was to affect dining table discussions. Internet has made global villages but have widened the person-to-person gap. \What do you think? Has television and internet has edge out personto person socil interaction?
Amitava Duttamajumdar: A. This change is not only due to TV or Internet - MAIN REASON is change our attitude.Before independance may persons were ready and willing to work /...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/i-remember-those-old-days-when-there-was-no-television.-in-t/21096751/answers/16695760

Q. ''capitalism carries its own seeds of destruction"-MARX said, your comments.
Tushar Kher: A. looking at modern India is a good example. And one thing about capitalistic societies especially in heterogenous environments like India is that...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/capitalism-carries-its-own-seeds-of-destructionquot-marx-sai/16694950/answers/12436015

Q. Every one says looking at the country's 61st Independence day celebrations, that it is time to pay back to the country. Dont you think that it can be done through bringing social awareness against corruption, population growth, literacy, communalism, terrorism, social security, energy, health and infrastructure? what is your view?
Venkatesaldevarajan: A. The fault in India is neo liberalization. If this was Singapore or China, and we had the social DNA of the Singaporeans or the Chinese, I'd support...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/every-one-says-looking-at-the-countrys-61st-independence-day/12431069/answers/10365296

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Britain withdraws old 20-pound note

Relax, capitalism is not the problem

Coming soon: Capitalism 3.0

The uncertainty bias and missed opportunities

'India can be the services capital of the world'

What makes Shilpa Shetty an ideal wife

Red Alert readies for release

Images: Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians

Playing in India an advantage for Royals: Warne

'Tendulkar has lost his fighting abilities'

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