India had its own battle over gauges.
One Chinese lie has been finally nailed this time by a team of Indian scientists who provide irrefutable evidence that rice did originate in India, a fact contested by China.
'Expectations were being built up about radical moves and the action plan did not disappoint.'
After taking over scam-hit Satyam, Techn Mahindra has made many structural changes in the latter to turn it around.
Such a move, Obama argued would attract larger foreign direct investment to the US.
Details on prices sought as 10 generic drugs become up to 83 times costlier in 6 months
Ideas don't have border controls and visas.
Here's why Rajeev Srinivasan believes there will be nothing particularly positive about the prime minister's US visit.
Bhilar, a strawberry farming hub in Maharashtra, has been transformed into India's first 'books village'.
Both Obama and Modi have taken bold steps towards laying the groundwork to give a big push to Indo-US trade, and now it's time to execute, says Bikash Mohapatra.
Dilip Shanghvi has never tried to be everything to everybody.
The prime minister and president stated their intention to expand defence co-operation to bolster national, regional and global security.
'We have great demographics, and are the fastest growing large economy. And we save.' 'All of which is great for financial services,' Aditya Birla Capital CEO Ajay Srinivasan tells Niraj Bhatt.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered an impassioned speech to the United States Congress.
Nokia is hiring software experts, testing new products and seeking sales partners.
How will the navy's six Scorpenes fight, when their primary weapon -- the Black Shark torpedo -- is blocked by a ministry of defence ban on the company chosen to supply these? This gloomy scenario provides a heaven-sent opportunity to revisit the navy's torpedo purchase plan, handled without strategic vision and economic foresight.
"Protectionism is not new. The attention that is given is because there is a political and emotional element to it." TCS COO N G Subramaniam on why his company is optimistic despite global headwinds.
According to the draft, in the northeastern states the threshold is at Rs 500,000.
'Pay-for-delay' settlements between drug patent-holders and generics manufacturers to delay the launch of cheaper generic medicine are increasingly being scrutinised by antitrust regulators
'I believe one of the most critical issues is the common threat we face from Islamist radicals and the continuing and unimpaired financing of Al Qaeda, the 'D' Company, the Haqqani network, the LeT and the Jaish-e-Muhammed.'
'Why doesn't the prime minister wake up to these social issues?' 'This government is basically saying rape is all right.'
Stressing on the 'Make in India' initiative, a Ministry of Defence appointed committee has recommended enhanced private sector involvement by granting manufacturers tax and import concessions.
The court has also questioned Epic's assumption that Tata Consultacy Services used the information for the creation of a competitive product
Smart cities are really about clustering smart people and institutions.
As returns from fiction fall, broadcasters are experimenting with high-cost programming and new genres to grab more eyeballs. But can production houses rise to the challenge?
'Gandhi turned his life into a counter-intuitive experiment in old ideas like non-violence and swadeshi.' 'He offered numerous universal ideas that talk to the human condition.' 'His ability to take risks was outstanding,' says Sopan Joshi, explaining why the Mahatma's ideas are as relevant as ever.
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Because of corrections in property prices and oversupply in the office segment, the rich are investing in hospitals, warehouses, ATMs and other alternatives to traditional investment options.
'My simple instruction to every IBM salesperson is, "When you go to the customer, use less of this (he points to his mouth) and more of this (ear)".' 'Talk less, listen more",' Karan Bajwa tells Raghu Krishnan.
'The verdict must be seen as something more; as a historical balm, a moral restitution and the deliverance of justice to a people wronged,' argues Vivek Gumaste.
Harvard, age and experience have changed Ekta Kapoor in ways that will stand her in good stead as she attempts the biggest transformation Balaji Telefilms has seen.
Under the Copyright Act of India, computer software and software programmes are considered as literary work and can be copyrighted.
'The current government must act sooner rather than later,' asserts Vivek Gumaste.
Modi's visit to some developed countries such as the US, Japan, China and Australia were sprinkled with humongous investment figures. But do we have the wherewithal to absorb such big investments?
'India is no longer the India of the '70s and the '80s.' 'It's a large country with the fastest growing economy.' 'In working with India, you just can't go and humiliate the nation publicly.' USIBC President Mukesh Aghi tells Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com about how he advises American companies to do business with India, what he thinks of Modi's government and the way forward for the India-US relationship.
'If the museum in his memory inspires and instils among Brahminical British Indians an attitude of equality towards Dalits, the edifice would be worth it,' reports Ashis Ray.
The French have been rewarded for their obstinacy with exactly what they wanted -- an order for fully built Rafales without technology transfer.
This is the joint statement issued by the ministry of external affairs on the visit of US President Barack Obama to India.
Indian scientists who wrote to the PM last week are not entirely rejecting GMOs but instead asking for caution and further testing to establish their safety.
If "innovation" were a person, he or she would have looked like David Bowie.
'The biggest struggles are in the human mind.'
