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The Indian growth story depends heavily on infrastructure development. And the infrastructure sector is showings signs of weakening. Due to sluggish capacity additions in key infrastructural sectors, the economy as a whole will slow down. Cement,...
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Grant Thornton’s International Business Report (IBR) has, for the 4th consecutive year, forecast an optimistic outlook for the Indian economy. India will have a growth upwards of 8 percent compared to China’s projected double digit...
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A classmate of Rizwanur Rehman from his days at St.Xavier’s College, Calcutta remembers the eager young scholar devouring Indian novels in English. He was not called Riz then, but Rizwan. He had wanted to become an English professor. The first...
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True military secrets have ready international buyers. Conspiracy theorists have only their stories; none really pays for knowing whether the US really landed on the moon or just stage-managed the whole event. Now, Sibel Edmonds, a 37-year-old former...
When Pope Benedict XVI is preparing to hold talks with Islamic scholars in Rome, an Anglican Bishop has raised the hackles of Islamic extremists by pointing out how Britain is shunting out Christianity. Rt. Reverend Dr. Nazir Ali, who grew up in...
Oil is the key to the world’s economy. Nations are going to war simply to gain control over oil-fields and oil price fluctuations hold developing nations at ransom. And fearfully, oil reserves are not getting any bigger in the Middle East or...
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If women suicide bombers expect respect from their male counterparts, they are sorely mistaken. It appears that women are being inducted into terrorist ranks to mock the masculinity of Muslim men. Professor Mohammad Hafiz, an expert on Islamic...
While the world debates whether China will be the world’s next super-power, Chinese sweatshops keep on churning out cheap goods for the world to consume. According to the International Herald Tribune, Wal Mart is one of the biggest offenders in...
There are two aspects to every war. There are the self-serving, sit-at-home political leaders and the brave youths who are sent to fight. Wilfred Owen had put it well long ago:
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
–Only the monstrous...
Pope Benedict XVI has responded to the invitation of Islamic scholars for dialogue. He plans to meet Islamic scholars in the spring. MSNBC quotes the head of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, Cardinal Jean-Louis...
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