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Koffee with Khetan :System Restore

after the mining is over, conservation and restoration of the natural environment is becoming a concern says Sumit Khetan Resource and mining companies are the favourite whipping boys for any crime whatsoever around the world nowadays. A case in point is the proposed new tax regime in Australia. The Australian government’s plan to impose a …

Will Rupee Depreciation Bring NRI Real Estate Investors Home? Ashutosh Limaye, Head – Research & REIS, Jones Lang LaSalle India

Dubai, which is touted to be the most popular and world-class property investment destination in the Middle East, has started to witness a recovery of its property market post the financial crisis. In 2012, real estate prices recovered for the first time, growing by 10% y/y, according to the Dubai Land Development (DLD) authority’s data …

EDITORIAL: Himalayan blunders – by Sunita Narain

The floods in the Himalayas have been ferocious and deadly. Fears are that the final body count could run into several thousands. There is no clear estimate of the number of villages wiped out, property destroyed, roads washed away and hydropower projects damaged in the mountain state of Uttarakhand. The mountains are bleeding and its …

Looking for a job in Bengal? Don’t. – Chawm Ganguly

How does it smell when hopes die? Is it the ranking stink of charred bodies and simmering implements of what people used to call “home”, doused in water from a fire engine’s hose pipe? Is it some strange cocktail of smells of sweat, grime, toxic fumes of the diesel engines, and suppressed tears of seeing …

GOLD REPORT: Umesh Shanmugam

Gold has been in a waterfall-like decline for 2013, off nearly 23% YTD. The price of gold and silver are closer to a bottom than a top. The QE-Infinity is closer to a top and will collapse under its own “goldless” weight. The PaperMoney holders are on the correct side of history. Understand that it …