What’s the role of external financing in Indian Railways?

Let’s understand the growing prominence of external institutions in helping the government supplement its efforts to establish railway projects

Happy Data Privacy Day, or is it?

Being 'backward' in India

Practice of safe business

Unprotected romance with privatised communication providers will cause grave pain

Government hospitals on sale!

India is eagerly handing over its public health facilities in towns and villages to private players. Is this the end of public healthcare?

Free for all?

IT's got the look

Unhealthy option?

Queries galore on health privatisation

37 African countries continue to face food deficits, finds report

Agricultural slowdown in the continent is directly affecting 70 per cent of its population, who depend on the sector for livelihood

In the eye of a storm

Health Inc.

Private health sector needs to be guided so that it contributes to national health goals

Divestment of power facility stuck

People power

Business e-sense

Governments are duty-bound to promote open source software

The price of Power

The powerful monopoly caucus that rules electricity supply industry a heavy-handed ragulatory -structure to protect the consumer interest

It was always measly

Post-liberalisation, public funding in health care has reached a nadir

SMEs in Africa ignored in food and agriculture policy debates: Report

64% of food consumed across Africa is controlled by small and medium-sized enterprises

88% land conflicts in South Asia remain unsolved; 47% result in violence

Environmental damage was also a common problem, accounting for 29 per cent of cases

Boost to ecofriendly farming

A department of biotechnology project to popularise the production of biofertilisers has recently been approved.

HEALTHY CHANGES

Spilling the beans

Brazilian scientists decode coffee genome

Talking agriculture

No endorsements for ethics

Fighting the bug

How badly will the millennium bug hit India? While the Y2K Action Force says most government institutions will be able to meet the deadline, …

Start-ups can help Africa meet its energy needs. But they need to be encouraged

Africa's energy potential remains under-exploited, the energy entrepreneur is well-positioned to take advantage of the opportunities presented by …