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Tristan Stewart-Robertson
Laws alone can’t prevent a disaster like the Bangladesh factory collapse
There was no shortage of people walking into one of the Primark outlets in Glasgow on Wednesday. As a new agreement to raise building and fire safety standards was being signed in Bangladesh, people in Glasgow were busy looking for the best deals Primark had to offer. One of #Bangladesh Factory collapse #GAP #HowThisWorks #Primark #Walmart #World
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Arjun Parthasarathy
Inflation indexed bonds on 4 June: Here’s what you need to know
The Reserve Bank of India plans to issue inflation-indexed bonds in phases to discourage investments in gold, with the first tranche of bonds worth Rs 1,000-2000 crore being issued on June 4 for a total of Rs 12000-15000 croreby the fiscal year ending in March 2014. The principal will be indexed #CPI #Inflation-Indexed Bonds #PersonalFinance #WPI
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Arjun Parthasarathy
Explainer: A strong US dollar is good for India
The US dollar (USD) is seeing renewed strength and this strength is giving asset classes across the globe a new direction. Equities have rallied and oil prices have fallen over the last two years on the back of the USD strength. Indian equities and bonds are benefiting from the dollar strength. #Bonds #ConnectTheDots #Dollar #Inflation #Investing #Rupee #Sensex #Stock market
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Shubham Nag
IPL 2014 Auction: A catastrophe waiting to explode
“We want to be referred as the Manchester United of IPL” - Surbramaniam Badrinath, after Chennai Super Kings won the Indian Premier League in 2011, for the second time. And over the course of the IPL so far, CSK have deservedly earned that tag of being the Manchester United of the #Chennai Super Kings #Cricket #InMyOpinion #IPL #IPL6 Fan Blogs #Sports
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Tristan Stewart-Robertson
Why Chris Hadfield’s “Space Oddity” is the most inspiring YouTube video ever
Commander Chris Hadfield has had a remarkable time at the International Space Station, and connected us more to the floating mass of metal than perhaps any astronaut before him. It's not just the pictures and the sense of humour, but the sense of wonder that any of us would feel looking #Chris Hadfield #Davied Bowie #InMyOpinion #Nasa #Space exploration #Space Oddities #Viral video
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Ramesh Nair
Why Mumbai real estate rates will continue to be stable
In the Indian city which has for years carried the unwholesome reputation of being the most over-priced in terms of residential real estate valuations, there is no relief in sight for aspiring home buyers. Over the last four years, property valuations in the financial capital have increased by an average #Mumbai Real Estate #Navi Mumbai #Thane #WhyNow
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Jegannath Ramanathan
IPL: How Dravid’s strategy helped Rajasthan beat CSK
With the victory against table toppers CSK, Rajasthan Royals are almost certain for a playoff spot. Barring a big slip-up, the Royals should finish among the top two and get a chance at qualifying for the IPL finals. The win also made it a perfect eight on eight record at #Cricket #CSK #IPL 2013 #IPL 6 #IPL6 Fan Blogs #Rahul Dravid #Rajasthan Royals #Sports
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Jay Mazoomdaar
Lessons from those splendid but empty European forests
A few days back, I was walking the fascinating old forests of Boubinsky Prales in southern Czech Republic. A few patches of virgin wilderness, primarily beech forests with more than 200-year-old spruce and fir trees dotting the higher slopes, still survive in the Sumava mountains as the second oldest natural #ConnectTheDots #Tigers #Wildlife
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Aakar Patel
Karnataka elections: Narendra Modi is brave, Rahul, Sonia opportunists
The Congress won elections in Karnataka this week, and the side story was the deflation of Gujarat's chief minister Narendra Modi. He campaigned in the state (and received raucous crowds as he always does these days), but his party was hammered. This is seen, correctly, as his inability to influence national elections. To #Congress #Gujarat #InMyOpinion #Karnataka #Karnataka 2013 #Narendra Modi #Nehru #Pluralism #Politics #Rahul Gandhi #Secularism #Sonia Gandhi
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Shining Path
39 MLAs with serious criminal charges, did Karnataka’s voters get a good deal?
Governments, so far from being always the cause or means of order, are often the destruction of it - Thomas Paine, Rights of Man. This is in continuation to the 2-part series that was published here on Firstpost before the Karnataka polls, wherein the contestants were mapped against metrics such as #B. S. Yeddyurappa #Congress #criminal case #disproportionate assets #Karanataka Elections #KJP #PoliticsDecoder
