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Globally focused funds in India still few and far between |
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Despite the liberalisation of rules for investing in global funds, Indian investors still seem chary of taking this route. Global funds can provide valuable diversification of the portfolio, though there is some downside in terms of taxation, says Manjunath Gaddi of Fundsupermart.com Research |
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Ending the Maoist insurgency is not a mission impossible |
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Ending the Maoist insurgency requires different strategies towards different layers of the insurgents, argue Manu Sharma and Raja Karthikeya |
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Behind the 4th of July spectacle |
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 How free and independent is the US when China holds nearly a trillion dollars worth of US government debt? Indeed how free and independent is any country today? As the European sovereign debt crisis has shown, a wobble in one small country can cause a tumble oceans away. By CNN anchor / correspondent Richard Quest, in his exclusive column on domain-b |
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Learning from the best |
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 Benchmarking is recognised globally as an established business practice that leads to superior performance. In an interview with Vivek Dev, benchmarking guru Dr Robert Camp talks on the 'what', 'how' and 'why' of the practice |
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Towards a new Indian approach in Afghanistan |
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 Authors from The India Research Group, a recently formed think-tank of Indian policy professionals, have released a report that seeks to revise India's strategy in Afghanistan. The report argues that the challenge for India lies in converting its tremendous soft power advantages here into meaningful geo-political influence. By Raja Karthikeya, Mohsin Khan and Saurabh Naithani |
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BP: Haranguing Tony Hayward |
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He has only been at the helm for three years and it is easy to see this latest crisis as a legacy of the previous way of doing things rather than an indication of how he runs the company, writes CNN anchor / correspondent Richard Quest, in his exclusive column on domain-b |
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Climate change leading to major vegetation shifts around the world |
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 Vegetation around the world is on the move, and climate change is the culprit, according to a new analysis of global vegetation shifts led by a University of California, Berkeley, ecologist in collaboration with researchers from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service. By Sarah Yang, media relations, University of California at Berkeley |
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How to make small look big |
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 Supriya Sanzagiri gives some handy, cost-effective tips to create more space in our space-starved city lives |
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Indo-US strategic dialogue: Five pillars of inconsequence |
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 India has allowed the US to carry its charade of a 'strategic partnership' a bit too far. Allowing itself to be co-opted in a sham exercise can have disastrous long-term consequences for the nation, argues Rajiv Singh |
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