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Indian American wins Ford Foundation award

\nIndian-American Bhairavi Desai, who has led a diverse population of New York taxi drivers in their fight for fair treatment, has won the Ford Foundation's Leadership for a Changing World......

TEXT: US President Obama's State of the Union address

United States President Barack Obama on Wednesday delivered his State of the Union address in which he spelt out the agenda for the second term of his Presidency.Here's the verbatim text of his......

Digvijay quizzes Kejriwal on funds, postings, NGO links

Stepping up his attack against Arvind Kejriwal, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh posed a number of questions to him on Saturday, raising doubts about off-shore funding of his NGO and......

Indian American appointed to key Pentagon post

Vikram J Singh, who was the senior defense adviser to Richard Holbrooke, the erstwhile United States special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been appointed to a key Pentagon post......

Indian-Americans galore at Obama's state dinner

Several prominent Indian-Americans attended the high-profile White House state dinner hosted by US President Barack Obama in honour of British Prime Minister David Cameronin Washington, DC. This......

'Punishing people will not end corruption'

India's tax system favours the rich and the middle class, says an economics professor at MIT.Abhijit Banerjee, the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts......

What makes Porsche 911 car of the century?

For five decades, the 911 has been the heart of the Porsche brand. This year, it celebrates golden jubilee. The 911 is also the central point of reference for all other Porsche series. From the......

Running a small firm? Here's how you can make it big

While large businesses have deeper pockets, stronger networks and adequate market share compared to upstarts; they always face a lurking threat by these smaller firms which are nimble, agile and......

Michael Boneham to retire from Ford by Dec

After over 27 years at Ford Motor Company, Michael Boneham, president and managing director of Ford India, is all set to hang up his boots this December."Boneham has elected to retire effective......

COLUMN: B-schools and their discontents

On the face of it, times have never been as good for management schools worldwide as they are now. Their graduates command higher starting salaries than those from any other discipline; members of......

What made the Action Replayy gang nervous

The Action Replayy team promoted their film on Kaun Banega Crorepati earlier this week, and managed to earn Rs 50 lakh. The entire amount was donated to Salman Khan's charity foundation Being......

A crossover film about devdasis

Generally, the phrase 'crossover film' makes you think of desis in America. But when Sharada Ramanathan decided to be a crossover filmmaker, she chose a subject rooted in India -- the devdasi......

Wilkinson return inspires England win

Jonny Wilkinson made a spectacular return to the England team on Saturday with 27 points, including a try, to inspire the world champions to a morale-boosting 42-20 Six Nations victory over......

Red Bull have potential, says Coulthard

Red Bull can be future high-flyers even if they have no hope of winning races this season, according to Briton David Coulthard."To expect them to win a Grand Prix is a pipe dream at this moment in......

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Q. We are going to organize an All Bengal Yoga Competition. But unfortunately we are suffering shortage of fund.Is there any NGO Or Foreign organisation who are willing to invest in such cases and can be trusted?
Santanu Chakraborty: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/we-are-going-to-organize-an-all-bengal-yoga-competition.-but/24828377/answers/

Q. why in the World Bank, Ford foundation, these people are all involved in increasing the penetration of international capital and so it explains why at a time when we are also worried about corruption, the major parts of what corruption meant in terms of corporate corruption, in terms of how NGOs and corporations are taking over the traditional functions of the government, but that whole thing was left out, but this is copy book World Bank agenda. They may not have meant it, but that's what's going on and it worries me a lot. Certainly Anna Hazare was picked up and propped up a sort of saint
Santanu Chakraborty: A. Sometimes things happen spontaneously and not always as a conspiracy. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/why-in-the-world-bank-ford-foundation-these-people-are-all-i/24828377/answers/20619179

Q. Becoming rich is your duty not just for yourself but for society , If you are rich then you can use the wealth you earned for betterment of the world Ford and Rockfeller foundation created green revolution around the world. Jamshetji Tata gave india IISc , TIFR and other instututes which laid foundation of science in India. It reacquired a G.D Birla and Jamnalal Bajaj to run sevagram and sabarmati ashram of Mahatma Gandhi ..Comments please
Dalitvoice: A. richness creates wealth,,,, wealth creates capital,,, capital creates investments,,, investments create jobs and prosperity,,, more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/becoming-rich-is-your-duty-not-just-for-yourself-but-for-soc/20619119/answers/18407561

Q. Sugest me names of foundations offer scholarships for meritorious students?
Batao Na: A. Ford Foundation is an international agency for the purpose.There r many other Indian foundations.A google search would help to find the names. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/sugest-me-names-of-foundations-offer-scholarships-for-merito/18407540/answers/17111495

Q. What is \"Green Revolution\"?
Shambu: A. In 1961 India was on the brink of mass famine. Borlaug was invited to India by the adviser to the Indian minister of agriculture M. S. Swaminathan....... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-quotgreen-revolutionquot/17111471/answers/15885442

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