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Public anger is showing its might in Spain, Egypt, India and now the US. Since the past fortnight, thousands of protestors have occupied a private park in New York to fight a corrupt political, banking and corporate system. Around 700 protestors were arrested by the New York Police last Saturday...

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Ashok Datar 03 October 2011
For a dedicated Mumbai Airport bus shuttle, here are a few approaches that can be considered to make it an economically-viable success Mumbai is a remarkable city in many ways. It has an airport which is almost in the centre of the city. It has one of the highest usage rates of public transport...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 October 2011
The MLM company’s office in Kerala was closed after police action, for duping people. However, it continues to do business in other cities, particularly in Navi Mumbai Even as the Kerala government has come down heavily on multi-level marketing (MLM) schemes, many such companies are...

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Whenever you criticise corruption and lack of ethics in India, be sure to track where the money is siphoned out—to the so-called developed countries, ‘free’ from corruption Come October every year, we witness a repeat phenomenon. It is done with much breast-beating and nodding of heads after...

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India is in an advantageous position to assume greater global role provided she first conquers her inner conflicts like rampant corruption in high places and a callous, unresponsive and unaccountable administration Every Indian feels proud when someone describes India as the world’s largest...

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Allegations had been flying thick and fast that huge sums had exchanged hands to break Team Anna. Tall claims were being made by self-styled political lobbyists, purportedly backed by the state government, that they had played a vital role in breaking Anna’s fast at Ramleela Grounds by keeping...

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Healthy low-cost food and natural water to consume are important for all of us. Is there a conspiracy to force us Indians, in the name of "development" and "growth", to consume more and more unhealthy food and beverages? Welcome to God's own country, Kerala. The coconut tree stands as a...

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The shocking details of 1,600 casualties in our country during clinical trials of drugs in just last three years reflect the casual approach of multinational companies as well as the DGHS. Even the mandatory norms for providing information on the website of Clinical Trials Registry are not being...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 September 2011
A Mangalore resident’s ticket-booking transaction was denied, though the amount was credited to IRCTC; despite repeated attempts, the issue is lying unresolved since the past eight months Passengers have time and again complained about the ticket-booking system on the portal of the Indian...

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It took five months for the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) to reply to Hisar-based RTI activist Ramesh Verma to tell him the gory truth about how multinational pharmaceutical companies play with the lives of Indians during clinical trials and almost never bother to pay...

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By some indications, this is a scam of larger proportions than the Commonwealth Games fiasco. Take a huge unnecessary project, inflate the costs, get your cronies to cover the inflated expenses by bringing in a private player like DP World in this case, and when the project obviously fails, cry...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 September 2011
The regulation enforced by TRAI to curb pesky messages or calls sounds very good on paper. Unfortunately, the broad categorisation under which a subscriber can receive such SMS messages may be misused by telemarketers Shakuntala Chavan was very happy that from 27th September onwards, no one...

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Making noise is a political statement just as speeding in a sports utility vehicle with number plates in local script. It is the “dare-you-stop-me” challenge which has to be countered by sticking to the rule book. People must not take this issue lying down. They must approach the environment...

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Moneylife Digital Team 26 September 2011
Recently, TRAI announced that a user can only send 100 SMSs a day, effective from 27th September; users have faced a sudden spurt in spam bulk messages since the past week After being harrowed by pesky telemarketing calls and messages, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) finally...

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Since we are now teaching our children that they can race to the top by any means that they desire, this ‘winner-takes-all’ (by any approach) attitude is actually embedding corruption in young minds. But the recent social protests have come as a shot in the arm for the current generation 

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Moneylife Digital Team 26 September 2011
RMP Infotec promises income, real-estate grants and car loans for selling product kits and binary income for referrals, typical traits of MLM schemes. Now will this scheme be stopped in time? Speak Asia, a Singapore-based multi-level marketing (MLM) company made national headlines after it...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 September 2011
Transport experts say that a private or public-private partnership for a shuttle service connecting Mumbai with the airport would be an ideal option We have been reporting over the past few days (please scroll down for details) on how Mumbai Airport, the country's busiest and situated in the...

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Why is Mumbai lagging behind in providing an effective bus service to and from the airport, when Bengaluru, Delhi and Hyderabad have all got such services? Is it possible that such a bus service could expose the futility of building a metro rail or monorail? The buses are air-conditioned....

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Dr SD Israni 22 September 2011
India possibly has the largest number of laws. But what about their effective implementation? The fast undertaken by Anna Hazare against corruption has taken the country by storm. Today, Anna has become a hero; people from all sections of society throng to show their support to him. The UPA...

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Amitabh Thakur 22 September 2011
The entire government machinery, especially the men in uniform, have to be comprehensively trained to change their behavioural pattern I will begin with a personal experience and attempt to present a larger issue through this. It took place recently, when I was returning from Lucknow to...

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