Having failed badly in the Indian market over a decade and a half ago, a second attempt to launch Inflation Indexed Bonds has raised hopes of protecting investors but cynics question about the false hopes that have been raised by the hype around the new bonds floated. The economy has [...]

Carbon credit generating a $1 billion business in 2012 for India has thrown up huge business opportunities for the developing economy from which emerging business can hugely benefit but tribal societies across the globe are in a dilemma over its market driven mechanisms. India will continue to benefit more and [...]

Hanoi, May 16 (IANS) On a cloudy noon, a man in office outfit with dark glasses and a woman in a sun-resistant cloak with a mask muffling her head entered a room at a mini hotel in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi. About an hour later, they checked out, again covertly. The [...]

Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) NGOs working on social issues are now finding more volunteers, especially youths, who want to be engaged in different projects of the organisations. “The concept of volunteerism has changed. Earlier, it was self-motivation and concept of charity. But today, we are talking about people’s responsibility,” Child [...]

New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) With the focus on empowering women, the NGO Breakthrough will launch a campaign in Bihar and Jharkhand to raise awareness against child marriage, officials said Wednesday. “We are developing a multi-media campaign that will begin in June or July in Bihar and Jharkhand. We will [...]

Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) A day after a glass pane came tumbling down, closely missing two wheelchair-bound passengers in the domestic section of the new Rs.20 million terminal of the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, a pile of rubble, a defunct beverage kiosk and a large patch on the [...]

Panaji, May 15 (IANS) Descendants of Goans, who fled their villages centuries ago to escape religious inquisition during the Portuguese regime, will be brought to Goa as part of a youth programme, a minister said Wednesday. “It is unfortunate that they had to leave Goa because of the circumstances at [...]

Mark Twain once said that a gold miner is a liar standing next to a hole dug up in the ground. The time has come for financial market participants to stop looking at the world through the prism of a goldbug. Gold finished in the green for 12 consecutive years [...]

Moscow, May 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The remains of 11 people buried about 80 years ago have been discovered near the Russian capital, officials said. The remains were found on the bank of the Pakhra river south of Moscow, the Russian Investigative Committee said in a statement. A forensic examination has [...]

New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Tuesday said she was shocked over the society’s failure to check violence against women and girls. “We all have been shocked by the violence women and girls encounter in the streets and in their homes,” Sonia Gandhi said after laying the [...]