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Dr P G Babu new Director of MIDS

Dr Shashanka Bhide retired as Director, Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS). An agricultural economist who earlier served the University of Iowa, Bhide stepped up...

The Economics – Science divide

After long years I visited the Madras Christian College (MCC) where I worked during 1960-62. The Miller Memorial Library kindled nostalgic thoughts: it provided...

TN power position comfortable

“Demand for power has been growing. There are multiple sources of supply and the average cost has also fallen compared to recent years,” said...

Straw the main product, rice a by-product…

  In the 1970s the brilliant technocrat entrepreneur S Viswanathan of Seshasayee Group said that in a sugar mill bagasse is the main product and...

Less-known local area banks

One bank per state would be the norm. The winds of change will blow away the remaining local area banks. In India, three local area...

Elegant, eco-Friendly waterways

It’s a famous watershed that promises to be a game-changer: the inauguration of India’s first multi-modal terminal on the Ganga River at Varanasi. The...

The new Titans

Recent years witnessed the rise of corporates in new domains as also the fall of established ones. Remember the dominance of Chrysler, Kodak and...

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