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Shailendra Tyagi

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Business
Prize-winning Pariah

Microfinance pioneer and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Muhammad Yunus is embattled in his homeland Bangladesh on graft charges. Open invited him to have his say.

21 April 2011
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Business
To the Poor with Love

The Government gets serious about subsidies in the form of direct cash transfers to the needy

03 March 2011
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Business
Pushed Together: RIL and BP

BP is believed to have the technical expertise that RIL needs to ramp up gas output

25 February 2011
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Business
The Virtual Gold Rush

Gold Exchange-Traded Funds hold 16 tonnes in India, which has 18,000 tonnes of real gold

17 February 2011
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Business
Indonesia’s Barter Model Pays Dividends

Having averaged about 5.5 per cent growth over the past five years, Indonesia now nurtures a desire to join the BRIC league.

03 February 2011
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Business
The Era of the Carbon-lite Plane

Budget carriers like IndiGo and Virgin America are moving towards smaller planes that are easier to fill with both people and gas.

21 January 2011
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Business
The Price of Onions Explained

Why has the agriculture sector growth not eased surging food inflation

13 January 2011
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Business
Pipeline of Peace

The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline will likely test the political patience of some unlikely allies

16 December 2010
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Business
Oil Is Well, or Is It?

The IEA’s latest annual report puts the world oil subsidy total at $312 billion for 2009, with India listed as the fourth biggest subsidiser with $21 billion spent by the state to cushion fuel users.

28 November 2010
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Business
Tale of Two Takeovers

Fancy taking over a company? Vedanta’s bid for Cairn India and BHP Billiton’s bid for PotashCorp offer differing lessons on how to. And how not to

22 September 2010

Authors

Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground

MJ Akbar

MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

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