Bhutanese Prime Minister Lyonchhoen Jigme Y Thinley on Sunday lauded the role of the Indian Institutes of Technology and spoke of IITians as

ADVOCATES of drastic cuts in carbondioxide emissions now speak a lot less than they once did about climate change.

Although the withdrawal of government stimuli around the world will likely cause a further slump in worldwide employment, the United Nations

Dr Manjit S.

POLITICIANS and commentators are understandably pessimistic about the chances of an international deal on carbon cuts emerging from the United Nations summit in Mexico this December. Nothing has been resolved since the Copenhagen climate talks fell apart last year.

DROUGHT usually means electoral defeat for incumbent governments. So does double-digit inflation.

IN THE second decade of the 21st century, the environment has found an irredeemable place in the international economic discourse. It was not always like this.

JUST IN TIME: OVERALL 8.8% GDP FIGURE FOR Q1 STAYS
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The Indian economy grew a robust 8.8 per cent in April-June 2010, its highest in 12 quarters, but a closer study of the CSO data released today reveals worry lines for the next three quarters of the current financial year.

While growth in private consumption expenditure, that makes up almost 58 per cent of the demand-side GDP, is almost flat in Q1 this year over April-June 2009, government cons

THE government