Rupee sinks to a record low of 54.51/$ as hapless RBI looks on
Weighed down by rising dollar outflows triggered by foreign funds and importer demand, the rupee plunged to a historic low of 54.51 to the dollar
India to cut Iranian oil imports by 11% this year
Minister R P N Singh's announcement in Parliament is widely seen as bowing to US pressure; but an offer of shale gas may be the quid pro quo
Green motoring to run up £13-bn loss to UK exchequer
Tax breaks for electric cars and lower fuel consumption from fuel-efficient vehicles would blow a £13-billion hole in the UK's public finances, a think tank warns
Fake Sumitomo Mitsui Financial representatives hit New Zealand investors
Posing as representatives of Japanese firm Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Corporation, scamsters have been making lucrative share offers to investors
Illegal mining: CBI raids Yeddyurappa, sons' houses
A special nine-member CBI team has been formed to investigate the case, after the Supreme Court last week directed a CBI inquiry against the former chief minister
 
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  Google and Facebook will both be front and centre in 'social search'
  A survey by independent digital marketing agency Greenlight indicates Google's social endeavours with Google+ might be more successful than most have initially speculated, even as Facebook could potentially capture close to a quarter of the search market globally were it to launch a search engine of its own tomorrow. Andreas Pouros explains
  A saint's diary
  Excerpts from the personal diary of defence minister A K Antony, the only remaining Saint in the union cabinet, though his halo is no longer visible to the naked eye. Detailing his trials and tribulations over the last one year when he had to fight so hard to protect his Mr Clean status and the chances of becoming the next Rashtrapati. By Vivek Sharma
  The India-China Rivalry
  The cause of the new rivalry is the collapse of distance brought about by the advance of military technology. By Robert D. Kaplan. Republished with permission of STRATFOR
  Tribal tales from East Africa
  Meeting tribes that drink the blood of their cattle for sustenance, boys who kill lions to be accepted as men and bridegrooms who pay a bride price of cows to get an eligible bride make Swetha Amit's East Africa visit an intriguing experience
  Links between air pollution and early death established
  In a study appearing this month, MIT researchers report that emissions from cars, trucks, planes and powerplants cause 13,000 premature deaths - more than road accidents - in the UK alone each year. By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office
  Iran's Strategy
  Iran is using the nuclear issue to divert attention from what is actually happening -- a shift in the balance of power in the Middle East. By George Friedman. Republished with permission of STRATFOR
  The Story of Indian Business
  This series of books takes shape like a jigsaw puzzle, with each volume written by a different author but connected to the other by a common purpose: to chart the history of business in India, says Sarang Chari about The Story of Indian Business
  India should have predictable tax system: chancellor Osborne
  Speaking exclusively to CNBC-TV18, UK chancellor George Osborne says India should have a predictable tax system but added he is not going to threaten retaliatory action over the proposed amendment. CNBC-TV 18 shares its exclusive interview with domain-b
  A way out of the aviation turbulence
  If the government had not taken over Air India from the Tatas, maybe the airline would have been one of the best in the world now and New Delhi or Mumbai would have been the world's fastest growing aviation hub. Maybe, it is still not outrageously naive to hope for two or three healthy and friendly airline companies in our skies, if the government can muster up some resolve. By Shivshanker Verma
  More Konfusion about Konnect
  The once premier airline continues to leave its customers feeling short-changed, says financial risk analyst Amit Sukhram, a frequent flyer
  A retailer's faux pas
  What are we doing wrong as customers that retailers feel compelled to stoop to undignified methods of preventing shoplifting, wonders Maulshri Shukla Rajdhan
  Budget dinner talk between the PM and the FM
  It is a closely guarded secret that the PM hosts the FM every year for dinner on budget day, to help the FM get over the stress and also as a performance review exercise. We have exclusive transcripts from their dinner conversation this year. By Vivek Sharma
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