UpFront
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Are Nanoparticles a Health Hazard?
Nanoparticles are a mega business opportunity for multinationals but they may pose a health hazard to users
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Artificial Life: Has Man Become God?
Artificial life could be a scientific revolution, technological marvel or a triumph of imagination
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Should India Have a One Child Policy?
The downsides of a one-child policy could outweigh any benefit in terms of reducing carbon emissions
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Cryogenic Technology: The India Story
Seventeen years on, India still struggles to come to grips with cryogenic technology for its space programmes
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"Tata in the UK Means they Closed the Corus Factory"
Peter Unsworth, chief executive, Tata Global Beverages, says that the Tata brand doesn't carry the same meaning in Europe as it does in India
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SK Roongta: India Won't face Steel Shortage
SAIL's outgoing chairman talks about the direction SAIL and the Indian steel industry will take
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The Price of Poor Regulation
Letter from the Editor: Our regulators don't quite understand the implications of almost unrestricted entry on industry rivalry. Or else, they wouldn't allow almost 12-15 players into our telecom circles
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The Year that Was: Rajiv Bajaj, The Comeback Kid
Bajaj Auto was down in the dumps for over a year. But after much soul-searching, Rajiv Bajaj tried a whole new strategy to take on Hero Honda. And that's now beginning to pay off
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The Year that Was: More Bank for its Buck
Under its new chief Vishakha Mulye, ICICI Venture, India's largest private equity firm, is learning to strike a balance between building an entrepreneurial culture and also tapping ICICI Bank's vast relationship network
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The Year that Was: In Business There Are No Foes, Only Friends
Sunil Mittal, chairman and CEO of Bharti Group, speaks about the deal with MTN, the challenges of a cross-border merger and life after Bharti
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The year that Was: Vikram Akula's Moment of Reckoning
SKS Microfinance is caught between the need for profitable growth and its social imperative to serve the poor. Its choices in the coming months will show which way it goes