The diesel USP is likely to be retained for competition thrashing. Meanwhile, parent company Volkswagen is also coming up with its India strategy. The Bavarian major is ready to launch the Passat & the Jeta some time early next year. At the same time, while Maruti is said to be working on an updated version of the 1.3 litre diesel motor currently doing duty under the hood of the Maruti Swift , for its mid segment offering SX4, Hyundai is reportedly working very hard on the 1.1 litre CRDi motor for the Getz & the Santro. To get the game forward, there are more ‘luxury’ fireworks. While Daimler- Chrysler is all set to enter with the brand new version of the C-Class, Audi is ready to bring in its latest A5 series this season. Furthermore, BMW has just launched the X3 SUV to gauge the market reaction. Italian major Lamborghini is also looking at launching updated versions of its respective model range that includes the Gallardo superleggera.

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An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative

Terrorist safe-haven overnight

South India has not become the terrorist safe-haven overnight. It has been an important target of the Pakistani intelligence agency, ISI, mainly because our defence, nuclear & space establishments are located here. Furthermore, the availability of impressionable Muslim youth in the region have helped the out-lawed outfits to deepen their roots. These youth are being used to form sleeper cells in southern India, which in many cases are controlled through the Pakistani High Commission in Colombo. In 2004, Col. (Retd.) Bashir Wali, former Director of Pakistan’s Intelligence Bureau, took over as the Pakistani High Commissioner South India has not become the terrorist safe-haven overnight. It has been an important target of the Pakistani intelligence agency, ISI, mainly because our defence, nuclear & space establishments are located here. Furthermore, the availability of impressionable Muslim youth in the region have helped the out-lawed outfits to deepen their roots.

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Presidency underscored

The fierce debate concerning the presidency underscored the symbolic significance of the post in Turkey’s domestic balance of power. The headscarf that Gül’s wife wears for religious reasons was seen as an assault on Turkey’s sacrosanct principle of secularism. Indeed, outgoing Ahmet Necdet Sezer refused to invite the wives of AKP deputies who covered their hair to state dinners and Republic Day receptions. The President obviously represents the state, but he is not a mere figure head. After all, he sits in Ataturk’s chair. He has wide-ranging powers, including the authority to make senior government appointments. He appoints judges to high courts as well as the members to the Higher Educational Council (YOK). He selects the Presidents of state universities from a list submitted by the YOK. In times of peace, he is also the undisputed commander- in-chief of the armed forces of the nation.

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Decorative segment

On one hand, the competition brags about its decorative segment sales contributing more to its kitty, Ashok Saini, VP (Special Projects), KNP confusingly claims, “KNP has a ‘balanced sale’ between decorative & industrial, divided equally. With this unique positioning, it benefits from growth in both business areas. Other companies are either primarily decorative or industrial.” As far as the marketing efforts of the company go, it is taking up innovative marketing efforts to capture that elusive customer mind share in the decorative segment.

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Straight-line calculations

Further, straight-line calculations do not take into account relationships with other parts of the world, like the Middle East, where tie ups and friendships with one country or another could very well change over the next few decades. Given that reality, then, what broad brush scenario would you bet on for the next 50 years? Would it be America’s 3% annual growth or China and India at 8%? We’d take America for a simple yet incontrovertible reason. Its system – the sum of all its parts – works. And when it breaks, it bounces back fast. Now, don’t worry; we’re not going to start singing the “Star Spangled Banner.” We just believe US economic dominance isn’t a function of how long it has been leading the pack. It’s about how America operates as a country. We’re talking, mainly, about freedom and stability. The US has a final competitive advantage that is as powerful as it is unique: its confluence of bright, hungry entrepreneurs and flush, eager investors.

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Environment labourers...

In our conversation with Sampat Lal (MLPC), Bhakta Ram (President, Adivaasi, Karyagar Majdoor Sanstha) & Sohan Lal (mine worker) asserted, “Environment, labourers... everybody is exploited out here. Seths (mine owners) only keep filling their pockets with money and that’s all.” The Aravalli Range is facing huge disturbances. We were stunned at the sight of ‘whole’ mountains being razored down to ground zero and in some cases the miners had dug well beyond 150 feet! Subrotto Dutta, activist, explained to us, “More than 50% of the mining is illegal, this means huge resources are being lost and government doesn’t even get a pie of it, besides the environment gets damaged!”

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The green knight

Leo has been up to his ears trying to save the planet and he’s even figured out a way of earning money in the process. For this, Leonardo has converted all 104 acres of his personally-purchased island into a self sustaining environment-friendly resort that works on renewable energy sources. When not minting money, he drives an electric car and relaxes in his home fitted with solar panels. He has even written and directed a documentary on climate change called The 11th hour. Leo sure is a true blue green hero!

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"dumbed down"

D: Now that society has “dumbed down,” and it’s all sensational and tabloid, we have to re-invent ourselves to keep our issues on the front burner.

P: I think it is essential to play in the arena you’re in. I think that’s something PETA is very cool with. You will do the stunts, you will do what people might think are silly things, but in order to get the point across, I think you have to.

D: We are seeing the first generation of kids who have grown up with this issue, and many of them are going vegetarian or vegan. You have raised some fantastic vegan kids. What would you say to anyone who is worried about their kids going vegetarian or vegan?

P: I would say quite conclusively that the facts are in favour of vegetarianism. We always say, for animal cruelty, vegetarianism is the great solution to get rid of that. For the planet, (to prevent) depletion of the water and the land and everything, it’s a great idea, too. And I think it’s a great thing for your health, and I think doctors nowadays agree. That’s your first step, and I think your second step is to just look in the supermarket for good veggie food, and it’s readily available now. It’s very easy to do. Anyone that’s worried about it, get the facts, look into it, and go do it.

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. Poverty and poaching go hand in hand. Is it realistic to hope for an end to poaching as long as a sizeable number of people in the country remain poor?
Given a choice, most people will not indulge in illegal activities. Poor people living on the fringes of good wildlife habitat oft en turn to poaching, or assisting professional poachers, not because they want to but because otherwise their families would starve. And of course there are also ‘bad hats’ in every community and society to encourage this. We have let down forest fringe dwellers by not off erring them alternatives and opportunities to better their situation. Corruption plays a large part in this, for even where there are schemes to help these communities, they oft en do not benefit the people they are supposed to. In Ranthambhor, for instance, a tiger poacher confessed that he had used the money he made to buy gift s for his family and to organise a puja for his dead grandmother’s soul.

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Reduced carbon dioxide

The consequences of the second paradigm, the reduced carbon dioxide emissions worldwide, the poor get both economic justice and energy justice, having their rightful place in an economy, livelihoods with dignity and sustainability. The solution to climate change and the solution to poverty are the same – protecting, enhancing and rewarding livelihoods, work, production and consumption patterns centred on people, not on fossil fuels. In the case of food, economic justice and energy equity implies more small farms, not less – because small farms are people centred, large farms are machinery and chemical centred, which contribute to greenhouse gases.

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