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Aug 22, 2009
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Editor’s Note
View: Energy
The government will have to take a number of policy measures if India is to realise its nuclear ambitions.
View: HR
A layoff may not be the best solution in a crisis. There are better ways to cut costs while also enhancing employee performance.
Cover Story
A bunch of start-ups are developing robots that can help humans in every task—at home, in hospitals, factories and at war
Automobiles
Hot Seat
Chief Representative of Volkswagen Group India, tells Kunal N Talgeri how the German auto major’s strategies will work in India
Feature
Air India
History is replete with governments holding back state carriers only to set them free. Air India can learn from those experiences.
Economic Data
Important economic decisions are sta ked on these four numbers. Yet, they can’t be taken at face value.
enterprise
Kanwal Rekhi hasn’t lost his appetite for early-stage investments. And Inventus, his VC firm, is seeking them out in earnest.
enterprise
Kwench, a Mumbai-based start-up, wants to help corporate employees satiate their thirst for books. And, it seems to be on the right page.
economic Data
Like him, many of the poor don’t get government benefits meant for them. Even as many better-off do.
Agriculture
A text message a day keeps losses away, say farmers who have subscribed to Reuters Lite on their mobile phones
Life
sport
In their prime, these three sporting immortals wowed audiences. Past their prime, in their comebacks, nothing changed.
hey!
Kunal N Talgeri caught up with the Briton of Indian origin in his favourite position
Advertising & Media
The reality show Rakhi Ka Swayamvar took a new avatar in online gaming a few weeks ago.
Books
Advertisers have always been hunting for magic formulas to help them connect with people. This book on account planning says better consumer research can show the way.
Navan Ignatius on Truth, Lies & Advertising: The Art Of Account Planning by By Jon Steel
Take One
First
The government has been dragged into the Ambani free-for-all and Murli Deora has taken some flak. But his colleagues are backing him to the hilt.
IT SERVICES
Finally, industry-lobby Nasscom has admitted that only single-digit growth will be possible in 2010.
green cars
Currently, a few niche players like Reva and US-based Tesla sell ‘pure play’ electric cars
Education
For the Right To Education Act to work, old schemes have to be implemented efficiently.
Prime Mover
She is probably the most powerful woman in the world. And her recent visit signalled further progress in Indo-US relations.
Q&A
That wasn’t such a bad thing, says its top man, in an interview with Ajita Shashidhar.
technology
Gadgets and services have become an indispensable part of life for most Indians. So says a recent survey carried out by Dentsu.
changing stakes
June saw 26 M&A deals compared to 49 last year. The road to recovery is long.
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