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Brass metal work losing its shine (22 November 07:15) |
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Hundreds of artisans in Hajo are finding their livelihoods threatened by a local monopoly and other factors that have driven the prices of raw
materials very high. The Assam government... |
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Villagers protest plans for salt factory (22 November 07:15) |
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Against the wishes of the local people, and even the State government, a salt factory is proposed to be established on land that has been used freely
by 20,0... |
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Wanted: talented young to match jobs galore (22 November 07:15) |
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The Indian economy is creating millions of varied job opportunities. Despite this, scores of educated youth are not readily employable and face a grim future. Companies are struggling to ... |
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Two classes, two unions (22 November 07:15) |
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At the Guwahati IOC Refinery, labour is divided between organised and unorganised workers, with social and cultural factors at play too. How do the unions handle complex issues? Is there ... |
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Tripura taps the rubber economy (23 October 08:22) |
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A persistent push to develop large-scale rubber plantations as a livelihood alternative to slash-and-burn cultivation by tribals has resulted in a
major ... |
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SEZs: A history of injustice and abuse (04 October 07:49) |
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The origins of today's law for land acquisition for SEZs act can be traced to 1824, when the British colonial power felt the need to codify the
undisguised f... |
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Uneasy quiet on the POSCO front (04 October 07:49) |
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A large development or industrial project, stiff people's protests, takeover of vast tracts of land, widespread environmental and social impacts, and more. All of these realities have man... |
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How about a fruit ice cream? (20 August 08:03) |
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Charles and Nirmala Sequeira were simply looking for something different to do. Little did they think that their decision to start selling ice cream
made fro... |
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Paying no heed to groundswell of opinion (20 August 08:03) |
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A range of criticisms raised at a recent seminar in Mumbai are a sufficient indication of the extent to which
SEZs are being pushed as a government policy without any public consultati... |
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India's investment opportunities in sustainable business (09 July 09:09) |
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A new report from TERI, the first of its kind for India, argues that
compliance with environmental, social and governance criteria would
better differentiate Indian stocks in compar... |
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A rural B-school for women (09 July 09:09) |
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Mann Deshi Udyogini, formed by a rural women's cooperative bank in association with HSBC Bank, is a business school aims to empower rural women with
knowled... |
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Carts, kiosks, and Indian retail (09 July 09:09) |
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A number of implicit and explicit constraints influence the extent to which carts and kiosks work as avenues of creative entrepreneurship. Varupi
Jain compares the Indian scenario... |
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Tender coconut juice, instantly chilled (09 July 09:09) |
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Moments after a customer approaches this cart, the vendor pours tender coconut juice into a funnel-like part.
Chilled juice comes out of a stainless steel tap below, filling a 250 m... |
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Storm continues over Silent Valley (09 July 09:09) |
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The Kerala government is proposing to construct a new dam only a few kilometres from the site of one of India's great environment struggles in the
Silent... |
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A 'sour' source of delight and livelihood (09 July 09:09) |
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A three day festival of a special tender mango called appe midi held last
month in Shimoga, Karnataka attracted 6000 visitors. The festival showcased
a range of preparations inclu... |
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Lives strangulated by needle and thread (09 July 09:09) |
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27-year-old Ratnamma, a garment factory worker, was forced to deliver a baby on
the streets of Bangalore. 20-year-old Gayathri was run over by the bus belonging to
the Bangalore ... |
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Growing credibility gap (09 July 09:09) |
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It is widely accepted that agricultural subsidies in developed nations are distorting global agriculture trade.
And yet, Purdue University and the World Bank are cleverly using econo... |
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North East: Looking beyond the chicken's neck (09 July 09:09) |
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The economy in the North East is still largely based on
subsistence-oriented farming. There is plenty of frustration
arising out of inability to meet modern aspirations. What are
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India's black agenda in a climate change era (09 July 09:09) |
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In January, the Ratan Tata-chaired Investment Commission green-lighted coal-to-liquids (CTL) technology for India and
the goverment appears eager to develop policy to promote CTL. But ... |
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Jobs, skills, shortages and future-proofing (09 July 09:09) |
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India has only 5,100 Industrial Training Institutes and 1,745 polytechnics compared to 5,00,000 similar institutes in China. The USA boasts of 1500 trade training programmes compared to I... |
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Under pressure, India makes U-turn (09 July 09:09) |
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At a two-day international seminar on "Saving Doha and delivering on
development" that concluded at New Delhi on 13 March, India's Commerce Minister
Kamal Nath provided ample eviden... |
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How much, for submerging that forest? (09 July 09:09) |
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When a large hydropower projects results in the conversion of forest land, or its submergence, what is the right amount of money to be paid as
compensation... |
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SEZs: Lessons from China (09 July 09:09) |
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While single-minded pursuit of exports has helped China touch record growth figures, millions have been left behind, besides incurring huge environmental costs. And without even the limit... |
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A storehouse of untapped potential (09 July 09:09) |
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A majority of poor and low-income workers, especially women, are not aware of how to secure their own income using basic skills. Often, they are clueless about using the skills they have ... |
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Traditional knowledge receives a boost from government (09 July 09:09) |
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The government's recent traditional knowledge digital library will send data to patent offices abroad, so that indigenous knowledge that India
abundantly ha... |
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Training the millions left behind (09 July 09:09) |
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Vocational training could play a key role in bridging the gap that keeps millions of workers in the unorganised economy
away from a better future. The needs of informal sector workers ... |
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Pune's Bus Rapid Transit stumbles at the start (09 July 09:09) |
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While the idea of Bus Rapid Transit has merit, its implementation in Pune has created a poor first impression. Inadequate planning, lack of
enforcement of dedicated lanes for buses, an... |
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Timbaktu Organic is scaling up (09 July 09:09) |
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This year, 160 farmers in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district committed 480 acres
for organic production. Two complete cycles of procurement, processing, and
marketing of organic pr... |
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Bit by byte, IT firms make rural plans (09 July 09:09) |
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Technology majors are keen to establish direct contact with potential customers in rural areas, and setting up computer kiosks is an important step
in thi... |
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