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A highly skilled and cost- effective workforce may be a major driver behind India’s emergence as the global back-office of it industry, but it still has miles to go before it catches up with global giants in terms of productivity. A comparison of revenue contribution by employees of top five...

NEW DELHI: A highly skilled and cost-effective workforce may be a major driver behind India's emergence as the global back-office of IT industry, but it still has miles to go before it catches up with global giants in terms of productivity. A comparison of revenue contribution by employees...

Indians feel globalisation is good for health: study GLOBAL APPEAL • 64% say international trade is good • 59% feel it is good for companies • 54% agree it is good for standard of living • 32% hold the opposite view Many Indians believe that globalisation benefits their country and think that...

Incredible India: It is Still Surviving! by Rajinder Puri Consider the state of the nation. Then consider the political response to issues that confront it. Begin with the north-east. The entire region is bleeding from separatist insurgencies that started decades ago. The National...

An insect falls into a mug of beer... Reactions: Englishman: Throws his mug away and walks out American: Takes the insect out and drinks the beer Chinese: Eats the insect and throws the beer away Japanese: Drinks the beer with insect as it is coming free Indian: Sells the beer to the...

New Delhi: The Indian economy may be growing in leaps and bounds and so are reports which seem to suggest that India is on its way to becoming a superpower. But the one question that leads to a never-ending debate is –Is India really shining? The National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO)...

An Indian was travelling in a train in Pakistan, along with his pregnant wife. A few Pak army officers were also travelling in the same compartment. As every body knows ,the Pakis think they are a little too smart and also try to show their superiority in all aspects,they tried to act little...

Tired of waiting for months to get an appointment for an interview to secure a US visa? Here's some good news for you. The prolonged wait for a visa may soon be a thing of the past with US authorities looking to streamline the process for applying for non-immigrant visas to America. Their goal...

Islamabad: Pakistan will be issuing visas on arrival to visitors from more than 20 countries, but not from India, Tourism Ministry officials said on Thursday, clarifying a report by the state-run news agency a day earlier. Associated Press of Pakistan had quoted Tourism Minister Nilofar...

Indian-Americans are not only climbing the corporate ladder but also taking the elevator to the richie rich club, leaving behind many US corporate moguls, including those from Starbucks, eBay and Motorola. Google Inc founder-director Kavitark Ram Shriram and Bose Corporation chairman Amar Gopal...

Indian-Americans are not just climbing the corporate ladder but also taking the elevator to the richie rich club, leaving behind many US corporate moguls including those from Starbucks, eBay and Motorola. Google Inc. founder-director Kavitark Ram Shriram and Bose Corporation Chairman Amar...

Indians are splurging on gizmos and white goods, buying property, betting on the stock market and even depositing hefty amounts in fixed deposits. By all accounts it's party time for the nation's upper classes. India's economic boom is showing in higher spending and investments, with the tax...

NEW DELHI: Indians are seeking luxury homes. What was a niche barely a few years ago is about to burst at its seams. Super premium housing in India is on a high-growth trajectory if the developer’s interest in the segment is any indication. Growing at 25-30%, luxury housing has already grabbed a...

Why Indians are learning Chinese There was a time when students keen to pick up at least one foreign language headed to either Alliance Francaise to learn French or the Max Mueller Bhavan for German. Today, students and professionals are waking up to economic realities and opting for the...

Let's vote like Indians: Musharraf told A former Inter Services Intelligence chief has asked Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to follow the Indian model in appointing a person with "experience in civil administration" as Chief Election Commissioner to make the next year's general...

Here is a funny joke about a Indian boy on his first day at schoolin the USA . It was the first day of school and a new student named Chandrashekhar Subrahmanyam entered the fourth grade. The teacher said, "Let's begin by reviewing some American History. Who said "Give me Liberty, or give me...

Why Indians Can't be Terrorists 1. We are always late; we would have missed all 4 flights 2. Pretty girls on the plane would distract us 3. We would talk loudly and bring attention to ourselves. 4. With food and drinks on the plane, we would forget why we're there 5. We talk with our...

Sitting back in the butter-soft leather seat of her Cessna jet, in which I am a fractional partner, I rummage inside my Louis Vuitton bag for my Sir Henry Tate Mont Blanc pen and sign my sister's birthday card. A sip of Dom Perignon later, I slip my feet out of burgundy Chanel stilettos and...

The Star Online > Nation Monday February 27, 2006 Indians duped in work scam By LIM SHIE-LYNN KUALA LUMPUR: They came to Malaysia to work so that they can have a better life and paid between RM7,000 and RM11,000 to agents who promised that they would get decent work and pay. However...

It is because of the business sense demonstrated below. An Indian walks into a New York City bank and asks to see the loan officer. He says he is going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000. The bank officer says the bank will need some kind of security forsuch a loan...