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How China's Steel Boom Turned Deadly
Jul 27 2009, Sam

Chinese officials say they are on course to achieve GDP growth of about 8% this year, and the fall’s dire predictions of massive unemployment leading to social upheaval haven’t been borne out. But last week’s killing of a steel-company executive by...

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India gets wary of Obama
Chintan, Ambala
Conspicuous by its absence was India. Was India not on his radar? Or was it such a close ally that he skipped naming it at a public function? It left New Delhi...
India, Obama, Obama's Asia tour
made popular Nov 21 2009
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India's shame: 5,000 child deaths a day
Sukhbahar, Ludhiana
For millions of children in India, childhood is an elusive dream, as a UN report has revealed that 5,000 children below five die every day. It may be a shocking...
Children, Child mortality rate, child deaths
made popular Nov 21 2009
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Former Mumbai police commissioner: Cops refused to take on terrorists during 26/11 attack
Andy, Navi Mumbai
Shunted out after his leadership came under fire in the fight against the 26/11 attackers, former Mumbai Police Commissioner Hasan Gafoor has broken his silence only to...
Mumbai attacks, Mumbai police, Hasan Gafoor
made popular Nov 21 2009
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Is India Shining?
Yaatendra Mamgain, New Delhi
Is India shining? Give me a break! This piece of article is an un-well thought of thoughts that keep flashing in my mind. I am deeply concerned about a country that I...
India, social problem, development
made popular Nov 21 2009
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Sena men attack Marathi news channel's office
Vinit, Mangalore
Thackeray stance” over the last few weeks. Armed with clubs and hockey sticks, the Sena men assaulted the channel’s editorial team,including its head,...
Bal thackery, Hind oath gaffe, regionalism
made popular Nov 21 2009
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A New Indian Travel Fad: Divorce Tourism
Gibson, Gwalior
Perhaps it’s a case of life imitating bad art. In this year’s mirthless Hollywood comedy Couples Retreat: Return to Eden, eight Americans attempt to...
India, Tourism, Divorse
made popular Nov 20 2009
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Chicago Suspects In Danish Cartoon Terror Plot Eyed In India Attacks
Souransu, Calicut
Two Chicago men accused of developing what federal prosecutors call a blueprint for a terrorist assault on a Danish newspaper also are being investigated for possible...
India, Danish Cartoon, Terror Plot
made popular Nov 20 2009
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Haryana under Metamorphosis
Ranbir Dahiya, Rohtak
SOCIETIES the world over, whatever be their stage of development, from primitive times to modern days, have never been static. Either progressive or retrogressive...
India, Haryana, development
made popular Nov 20 2009
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Indian History by a School Boy:Courtesy Fropki
Rajbir Deswal, ANTA
Courtesy Fropki A member of Fropki sent this to me...titled...Indian History by a School Boy...I lapped it up including all that non-sense!Read... Indian History by a...
Fropki, Indian History, School Boy's perception of Indian History
made popular Nov 20 2009
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What Security?
Vikas Sangle, Mumbai
The horrors of the Mumbai terror attack are back to haunt us as we remember that night next week after one year. After one year, very less seems to have changed. The...
Mumbai, Mumbai Terror Attacks, Security
made popular Nov 20 2009
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And I Used To Envy Celebrities!
veena, delhi
Being a celebrity is not a cakewalk, especially not in present scenario. I used to envy them for their fame, name and of course money, lots and lots of it so that they...
celebrity, life, MNS
made popular Nov 20 2009
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10th world congress WAPR/ a carers perspective
Captainjohann Samuhanand, Bangalore
10th World Congress of World association of Psycho social rehabilitation(WAPR) The 10th World congress of World Association for Psycho social rehabilitation was held...
WAPR, Psycho social disability, Schizophrenia
made popular Nov 20 2009
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Pakistan Better than India in Literacy, Worse in Child Mortality
Karim Khan, Peshawar
The UNFPA report shows that literacy ratio in Pakistan’s male population of age group above 15 years stands at 32% as against India’s 23% while for the female...
Literacy in Pakistan, literacy in India, child mortality Pakistan
made popular Nov 19 2009
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India’s shame: Sexual slavery, the Prostitution Racket and Child prostitutes
Ekawaaz Ekawaaz, Delhi
Incredible India: A land of Broken Laws, Religion hypocrisy, Gutter politics and Bigger contradiction. Our beaurocracy is one of the worst in world so no wonder when we...
Child prostitute, Child prostitute India, child Prostitution in Bangladesh
made popular Nov 19 2009
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Jaipur heritage to hyper city, Happy birthday to Jaipur
GAURI SHANKAR SHARMA, JAIPUR
Today is the 282th Birhday of Jaipur. Forts, palaces, architectural marvels and tales of valour, all in their own way, bear testimony to the glory that Jaipur is and...
Jaipur, Culture, Cultural heritage
made popular Nov 19 2009
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Shiv Sena - No Work and Bad Play
Vikas Sangle, Mumbai
It was indeed shameful to see someone like Sachin Tendulkar being verbally attacked by Bal Thackeray. What Sachin said in his statement is something that any rational...
Politics, Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar
made popular Nov 19 2009
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No women as fighter pilots
Yamini, new delhi
Now a new verdict is given to the women on their way of working .On 17th November, a top Indian Air Force Official said women may become fighter pilots provided they do...
IAF, women, fighter pilots
made popular Nov 19 2009
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Please don't consider me future PM: Rahul
Surendra, Ghaziabad
I am absolutely delighted at the statement of Rahul. So I believe that many Indians would feel as I do. He is very modest and when he says that any one can become Prime...
Rahul Ghandhi, Future PM, Politics
made popular Nov 19 2009
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Farmers it's change over time to new crops....
Surendra, Ghaziabad
..........sugar cane growers of U.P. are in for trouble again this year. They have started agitation in Delhi with the help of a few politicians. I think nothing would...
Sugar cane, Farmer agitation in Delhi, Alternative Crop
made popular Nov 18 2009
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Who is responsible for 7 innocent deaths?
Neelu Singh, noida
This happened in a Government Hospital in Karnataka. Mothers are crying with the dead body of their 1-4 days old babies. Leakage in central oxygen system in this...
Infants, Infant deaths in Hospitals, central oxygen plant
made popular Nov 18 2009
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RBI and CSO data released shows decline in growth allover
Hitesh Anand, Faizabad
The number crunching game of economics is the only thing at boom in this recessionary atmosphere around the globe. Data is being analyzed rigorously in order to get...
RBI, Economic crisis, Growth rate in India
made popular Jan 21 2009
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Iceland: the canary in the gold mine?
Johann, Reykjavik
Iceland has indeed bailed out Glitnir. But here’s the thing: Iceland’s credit default swaps are now suggesting that the sovereign itself is a distressed...
Iceland, Glitnir, GDP, Business
made popular Oct 7 2008
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Better tax-GDP ratio helping increase outlays: FM
K.Ramesh Babu, Chennai
Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on 29 April the improvement in tax-GDP ratio has given enough money to the Centre to vastly increase outlays.
GDP, India, Tax, GDP-Tax ratio
made popular Apr 29 2008
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RP's tourism to employ 3.5 M workers for 2008
Maynard, Manila
The Philippine local tourism industry is expected to generate over P636 billion in earnings and 3.5 million new jobs this year, the Department of Tourism (DOT)...
RP, Tourism, Ace Durano, Jobs
made popular Mar 27 2008
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Unveiling Turkey’s uncalculated richness
Adem, Ankara
The Turkish Statistics Institute (TurkStat) has already announced the “new” gross domestic product (GDP) accounts, aiming at revising the extension of national...
GDP, YTL, Uncalculated richness, Business
made popular Mar 12 2008
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Can India maintain its accelerating economic growth rate?
Arpita Mukherjee, Kolkata
The term ‘Hindu rate of growth’ was coined to describe the sluggish growth rate in GDP during the first few decades after independence. The Hindu rate was an...
GDP, Central Statistical Orgaization, Indian economy, Global
made popular Feb 16 2008
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Are slumping Industrial output, Core Industries pulling down economic growth?
Pratyush, New Delhi
Is Indian economy is going down now? This was a million-dollar question that raised when market experts saw the negative growth patterns in industrial output report...
Industrial Growth, GDP, IIP, Indian Economy
made popular Nov 14 2007
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No Indian city has water 24-hr a day: Report
Pratyush, New Delhi
India is now experiencing the Infrastructure boom across the country like never before. Several projects are about to be finished and several are being geared up for...
China, Infrastructure development, Indian Cities, Planning commission
made popular Nov 5 2007
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PM's Economic Advisory Council predicts growth rate over 9% this fiscal
Pratyush, New Delhi
India is waiting for normal Monsoon to register the GDP growth of 9 percent in this fiscal year. According to the report prepared by Prime Minister’s Economic...
GDP, Economic Advisory Council, C Rangarajan, Global
made popular Jul 17 2007
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Indian economy booming but what about India?
Pratyush, New Delhi
The high-profile post holders in government offices in North block and South block are busy showing the data on papers that Indian economy is going up with greater pace...
Indian Poor people, India shining, GDP, Legatum Global Prosperity Index
made popular Jul 7 2007
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1/3 of 860 center's projects become white elephants, cost goes up to 9% of original
Pratyush, New Delhi
India has achieved more than 9% GDP growth in last financial year but still several government projects are running behind the scheduled time and creating hurdles in...
GDP, Government Projects, Indian railways, Global
made popular Mar 17 2007
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Employment opportunities declining in industrial sector
Pratyush, New Delhi
Indian economy has registered more than 9% GDP growth and the media is busy projecting India as fast developing country. But the biggest question is that where are the...
FICCI, NSSO, ITIs, ITCs
made popular Feb 28 2007
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GDP growing by 9% & set to cross $1 trillion mark next year: RBI
Pratyush, New Delhi
India’s economy is going great and is ready to post a sustained 9 per cent annual growth rate. India’s Gross domestic product is expected to cross the $1...
Economic Growth, rakesh Mohan, GDP, RBI
made popular Feb 26 2007
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42 years from now, India will be ahead of US: Goldman Sachs Global Research
Pratyush, New Delhi
If the recent growth of productivity level will be maintained it would help India to sustain the 8% growth until 2020. By that year, India will be emerged as the second...
Goldman Sachs' research arm, BRIC Report, US, Japan
made popular Jan 24 2007
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India gaining investor's confidence from all around globe: Kamal Nath
Pratyush, New Delhi
India, with its great pace of economic growth, is attracting investments in various sectors from different global investors. India is performing better with great...
Foreign Investments, FDI, FII, GDP
made popular Jan 18 2007
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Accept rise of India, China, PM asks western part of World
Pratyush, New Delhi
‘Accept India and China as emerging power’ Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said to the Western part of the world. He said that the global institutions to...
Manmohan Singh, China, UN, UNSC
made popular Dec 7 2006
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The 1.87% that rules over 1020 million Indians, spends 30% of GDP
Pratyush, New Delhi
Indian bureaucracy is said be a ‘white elephant’ some times. If India ranks 83rd in the list of most corrupt country, in the world and scores only 28 out of...
Indian Bureaucracy, Transparency International Ranking, Organizer, GDP
made popular Jul 5 2006
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India, China Step into 2006 in Style
Nirmal, Delhi
It’s celebration time for the two Asian giants, India and China. Towards the close of 2005, China got its GDP revaluated, which declared the economy size to be...
China, Economy, GDP, 2006
made popular Jan 3 2006
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Indian elephant to beat Chinese dragon by 2007 : Ambani
Jayanta Bhattacharya, New Delhi
Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani today said India will overtake China in GDP growth rate within the next two years. Addressing on the...
mukesh ambani, GDP, beat china, elephant
made popular Oct 29 2005
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