Can we make high speed 4G Internet available at 10 cents per GB, and make all voice calls free of cost -- that too in a large and diverse country like India? Can we make high-quality but simple breast cancer screening available to every woman, that too at the extremely affordable cost of $1 per scan? Can we make a portable, high-tech ECG machine which can provide reports immediately and that too at the cost of 8 cents a test? Can we make an eye imaging device that is portable, non-invasive and costs 3 times less that conventional devices? Can we make a robust test for mosquito-borne dengue, which can detect the disease on day 1, and that too at the cost of $2 per test? Amazingly, says Dr R A Mashelkar, the eminent scientist, all this has been achieved in India, not only by using technological innovation but also non-technological innovation.
'In the present era of strategic uncertainty and rapidly changing threats, no military professional now disputes the unavoidable necessity of a joint planning staff for the planning and conduct of joint operations so that integrated operations can be planned 'top down',' says Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
Riding on a stock market boom since 2009, India Inc's chief executives have been able to salvage a lot of lost pride in their second innings.
Is Hyderabad the reason Telangana wants separation from Andhra Pradesh? Or has perceived backwardness of the Telangana region fuelled demand for a separate state? Mayank Mishra reports
If one drops the book-versus-series chatter, is Sacred Games watchable? Very much so, promises Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Reasons include include dropping out of education, raising children and family pressure
As many as 313 fidayeens, out and about in Pakistan, plan to strike in India during the Lok Sabha elections.
Externally, the global economy is stabilising, with better growth is expected this year.
A more rigorous training in core skills is required to boost the engineering talent in the country, instead of a varnish of 'soft skills', says Ajit Balakrishnan.
'The fact that Kalanick and others managed to build such great companies, in spite of their apparent foibles, should give us hope,' says Vikram Johri.
'Why has the rhetoric gone down on the Indian side, Durrani wondered aloud.' 'I said because almost total normalcy and peace had returned on the ground in Kashmir,' recalls Shekhar Gupta. 'The general gave me that career spook's laser look. And he said: "That situation on the ground can change in no time".' 'This was precisely when the Pakistanis began their first incursions into Kargil.' 'Durrani had been retired for five years.' 'But once the ISI boss, you are always in the know.'
The new numbers did not apparently pass consistency checks with production, inputs, or movements in the National Stock Exchange.
'Modi must keep his members in check or risk losing domestic and global credibility,' Moody's warned.
In the past 12 months, such earnings have grown in double digits in Europe, the US, Japan and South Korea.
An analysis of year-wise movements of average global crude oil prices versus India's GDP reveals no inverse correlation, contrary to wide belief.
The index is more expensive than it was at 2014-end or when it hit a life-time high in January.
That resulted in a 50-basis point improvement in operating profit margins on a sequential basis.
The increase in violence along the Line of Control in the last few weeks indicates that despite the olive branch offered by Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, hard-line elements in Islamabad are in no mood to become friendly with India.
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Investors booked profit ahead of the outcome of the two-day US Fed policy meet which begins today.
I would not recommend picking up your briefcase and walking out of your cubicle at the first sign of trouble.
It is quite likely that the Pakistanis are cleverly using the Jadhav card to derail the outcome of the JIT process.
ITC's net profit grew the fastest, followed by HUL and Asian Paints.
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Rohan Murty was speaking at the 50th anniversary symposium of the computer science department at Cornell University.
'It all runs on sugar-coated lies. If I like something, I will want to believe it.'
Naresh Chandra was most certainly among the greatest patriots two generations of Indian strategists have seen.
Bank CFOs may meet next week to discuss minimum public shareholding and takeover rule issues.
Firms generated free cash flows in 2013-14, for the first time since the 2008 Lehman crisis
Many anticipate that by the 2021 assembly elections in West Bengal, the BJP may come to power, says Mohammad Sajjad.
De-scaling of businesses, job losses and subsequent impact on disposable incomes has created negative sentiment among traders, business owners and workers alike, says Abhishek Waghmare.
'Against the backdrop of difficult administrative, political and economic problems, Imran's temperament and staying power will be the subject of intense expectation and public scrutiny,' says Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan Desk at the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.
It hopes to leverage the growing number of mobile transactions
As many as 10 public sector banks could be out of the infusion plan because of Sebi's minimum public shareholding norms.
The company has booked around 350 spots for the 2015 tournament.
There's a certain amount of drama to the profession. Sample these taglines: 'We can see the unseen'; 'I can plant my detective in your guest bedroom.' One agency has even ensured that all its phone numbers end in '007'.
'They have no other agenda, but to perpetuate hate.' 'They have destroyed the economy and polity and they survive only on hate.' 'They think through hatred, they can mobilise the large chunk of Hindu votes.'
'Article 15 is not the work of a hack, or of someone merely scooping a plot out of newspaper headlines.' 'It is a well-researched, clear-headed movie; but its findings have a purpose,' says Sreehari Nair.
Former Research and Analysis Wing chief AS Dulat has claimed that everybody in Kashmir makes money off the unstable situation in the region, alleging that it is 'in their DNA'.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries:
'There are fossils to indicate that there has been a gradual evolution of various body parts leading to very complex organisms like vertebrates, apes and humans.'
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