China's discovery of competitiveness
The greatest contribution of Michael Porter towards the understanding of competitive advantages of nations lies in his attributing competitiveness not to advantages of resources and inputs but to the strategies of nations.

The great cellular rope trick
Everyone's been celebrating cheaper cellular phone call charges. People who would have thought twice and thrice about getting one in the past now say they finally find a mobile affordable. It is quite stunning, really, but you will even hear praise of Ramvilas Paswan, the minister for communications.

Toll-free to disaster
The head-on collision between a truck and car on Delhi's first toll bridge, while tragic in itself, raises disturbing questions about the prospects of toll roads in the absence of a basic understanding and enforcement of safety procedures all round.

Cracking the genetic code
Science and society have been intricately linked since time immemorial. Every one of the most outstanding scientific advancements of our times has had tremendous societal implications, through the process of commercialisation and technological developments.

Counting heads
Before February is out, two million enumerators — a figure larger than the population of many countries — would have spread themselves across 650,000 villages and 5,500 towns and cities to log in crucial demographic and socio-economic data pertaining to the country's one billion plus population.

Coping withthe exodus
The voluntary retirement scheme introduced in public sector banks recently has attracted applications in the thousands. Most banks had done their manpower studies before coming out with the scheme and had identified their surpluses in various cadres.