A welcome certification
From what started off as a simple greening project around its premises five years ago, Welcomgroup Maurya Sheraton Hotel and Towers, has gone the whole way and achieved an ISO 14001 rating for its efforts to protect the environment.

Exporting nations slammed for bribing developing world
Marking a departure from its past surveys that purported to expose corruption in the developing world, a renowned anti-corruption watchdog has criticised leading exporting nations for paying kickbacks in developing countries.

Manage your funds with a click
There is no denying that mutual funds have proliferated tremendously since their entry into the private sector was allowed in 1993-94.

Check the four Cs before you buy a diamond
A recent survey by De Beers found that the diamond is catching up with Indian buyers. And that Delhi is the biggest diamond market in the country.

A young Qureshi chef takes his bow
The Qureshi clan is all over Delhi, dishing up Lucknowi and Hyderabadi food, with Imtiaz Qureshi of Dum Pukht, being the master. And any underling of his should be as good or almost as good as him.

Key to 21st century art
For those who wish to understand the break that the art of the 20th century represents with the past, the exhibition of works of the Vollard Collection from the Leon Dierx museum in Reunion Island at the National Gallery of Modern Art, is highly useful.

AT&T steals the show at US education fair
The latest Western pop, stalls of McDonald burgers, Coke and Nescafe made it an ideal setting for a college party. But it was far from a party.

Tourism and frontline orientation
Tourism is one of India's biggest foreign exchange earners. This is in spite of the fact that India gets far less tourists (about 1 million) as compared to much smaller countries like Thailand, Singapore, Cyprus and Mauritius, or even the Canary Islands.