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The article discusses the acuteness of the rape situation in India and how its time for the country to start maintaining a national sex offender registry. Topics include the challenges in India when it comes to maintaining a national sex offender registry which has been advocated by India's minister Maneka Gandhi, and the challenges faced by rape victims in India which includes social stigma and a poor justice system.

The article discusses the societal condition of the LGBT people in India. It mentions the persecution experienced by gay people in the country including the liability of the landlords to evict gay tenants and their families and the acts of cops to ask for bribes and sexual favors from men caught cruising. It cites the case of Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras, a professor of Indian literature at Aligarh Muslim University who committed suicide after being caught doing immoral sex activities.

Soe Myint, a Burmese activist living in India, hijacked a Thai Airways aircraft 12 years ago and was not prosecuted until now. This article explains the terrorist's motives and India's failure to act against him.

The article discusses problems due to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recall against tax evasion and corruption through surgical strike. Topics discussed include demonetization of rupee 500 and 1000 currency notes, decline in economy due to cancellation of old denominations and several problems for banks such as notes distribution problem.

The article discusses four successful education initiatives in the developing world, among them a program in Shanghai, China for educating the children of migrant workers, a training regimen in India that prepares disadvantaged youth to take the entrance exam for the Indian Institutes of Technology, and the use of activity-based learning in schools in Chennai, India.

The article focuses on the holy cow vigilantes. Topics discussed include the suspected killings of Muslims in India who were suspected of eating or transporting beef, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's response to the killings, and the concerns of the citizens and the government on the increase in violence due to the legality of killing cows in India.

The article focuses on the marketing hype regarding environmentalism which includes an attempt by the authors to separate fact from fiction. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission's guide clarifying how terms such as "recyclable" could be used is explored. How to determine if a product such as a hybrid automobile is truly environmentally friendly is considered. Carbon offsets, carbon trading, and the need for finding a biofuel are discussed.

The article discusses poaching and thievery at wildlife parks in Africa. At the Zakouma National Park in Chad marauders killed three park rangers in an attempt to steal the 1.5 tons of ivory housed in a strongroom there. The attackers were Janjaweed, the same militia that has committed genocidal killings in Darfur, Sudan.

The article presents an overview of the U.S. economic crisis of the winter of 2007-2008. Details are given outlining the initial trigger of the subprime mortgage market crash along with its continuing effects in additional market sectors such as foreign exchange, retail sales growth, consumer credit debt, and others. Questions are raised concerning whether or not the crisis is a containable error or signs of a new paradigm in global economics.

The article discusses Indian film producer Ronnie Screwvala and his company, UTV Software Communications. Screwvala is modernizing Bollywood, India's Bombay movie industry, by professionalizing both its business and creative dimensions. UTV has attracted interest from established U.S. entertainment companies. Screwvala has his eye set on international growth, and expanding further into television production, animation, and gaming.

The article focuses on Rajesh Jain, co-founder of Novatium, makers of NetTV and NetPC technology. Jain has developed a cheap and feasible alternative to the PC, and involves little more than a keyboard, a screen and a few USB ports. Details of the Novatium's marketing strategy and competition are discussed. The implications of this technology for computer hardware suppliers such as Compaq, Dell and Hewlett-Packard are presented.

The article discusses invasive species of plants and animals, characterizing them as bioinvaders. A number of examples are given, from giant African snails in Brazil to Japanese knotweed in England, and the difficulty of preventing such things in an age of globalization is discussed. Scientists are quoted analyzing the ramifications and causes of the problem, and pointing out that exotic species remain part of the natural order. INSET: THE OTHER ACCIDENTAL TOURISTS.

The author looks at how poor people living in destitute countries worldwide are moving to developing countries in their effort to make a better living for themselves and their families. According to the author, globalization is redrawing the map of mass migration. The author discusses how Mexicans are queuing up in droves at the U.S. border, while Central Americans are queuing up in droves at the Mexican border. It is suggested that wages in developing countries are still higher than what many can expect to earn at home.

The article looks at how western education officials and industrialists are teaming up to increase the appeal of the engineering field about students. The author reviews how enrollment is soaring at engineering and technical schools in India and Asia. Statistics related the issue are reviewed. The reaction of educators in the wealthiest countries to the lack of interest in engineering education among their populations is discussed.

The author reports that class barriers to higher education are growing worldwide. Statistics related to the issue are reviewed. The author suggests that the class divide is perhaps the most pronounced in Europe, particularly Great Britain. Details related to the situation in United States are also reviewed. Comments regarding the issue of P.V. Indiresan, former director of the Indian Institute of Technology, are included.

The author discusses the concept that the future of city life will offer smaller, humbler urban relations, in contrast to the "megacity" of the last half-century. According to the author, urban populations are expected to stagnate in the next quarter century. The author states that although more people will soon live in the city than the countryside, the urban core itself is downsizing. Various examples of urban environments worldwide are discussed.

The article focuses on an increasing trend of academic cheating at high schools, colleges and universities in 2006. Internet plagiarism, illegal focusing drugs, picture messaging and test banks are being used in record numbers. New technologies are making cheating easier, and increased competition pressures students to cheat, especially when they know that others are.

Focuses on identity theft. Observation that personal information stored in databases can translate to money for thieves if they get ahold of credit card numbers or Social Security numbers; Recent cases in which millions of people have had their personal information lost or stolen; Claim by Martha Stansell-Gamm, head of the U.S. Dept. of Justice's computer-crime division, that criminals go where the information is; Case involving CardSystems, which was lax in protecting the credit cards from transactions in processed, leaving 40 million Discover, Visa, MasterCard and American Express users vulnerable.

Examines the use of biofuels, or fuel that comes from plants, such as ethanol, to reduce the use and reliance on fossil fuels. Description of the process of producing biofuels; Discussion of Brazil's use of biofuels and how it is a leading producer and exporter of ethanol; How Shell Oil Co. and British Petroleum are investing in research and production facilities for ethanol; Comments from Paris-based biofuels consultant Christian Delahoulieàre about the politics involved in biofuel production; View that biofuels may improve hydrogen and other fuel alternatives.

Focuses on the popularity of luxury-nature travel. Review of how communing with nature and living the good life are no longer mutually exclusive; Comments on the concept from travel author Martin Nicholas Kunz; View of Kunz that the quest for privacy and exclusivity means that haute civilization is popping up in ever more remote places; Popularity of such locations as the Maldives islands and the Serengeti.

Reports on the Southeast Asia tsunami disaster. Explanation of the seismic mechanics behind the earthquake that caused the tsunami; Various stories of survival, loss, and heroics; Detection of the earthquake by Stuart Weinstein of Hawaii's Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, declaring it posed no threat; Lack of sea-level wave monitors in the Indian ocean, making it impossible for tsunami watchers in Hawaii to know there was a tsunami in the Indian ocean; Chronology of the tsunami's destruction, from Sumatra to Thailand to Sri Lanka and India and finally to Africa. INSET: HOW TO HELP THE VICTIMS.

The author describes his experiences at the Bison Club, a boxing, karaoke and prostitution club in Beijing, China. As a foreigner, he was interested in the Chinese culture and practiced speaking Chinese while studying boxing. The ups and downs of the club are described, involving brawling locals, rival gangs, police crackdowns and security guards in motorcycle helmets.

The article describes the developments in the astrology business in India, which has been affected by murder cases. Topics discussed include the murder of the relatives of astrologer Kura Pati Nagaraju, who survived the assassination allegedly done by the Butham family, the origin of the assassination came from an allegation that Nagaraju and the Gandham clan planned the murder of Butham family scion Durga Rao, and the Indian astrology business under the Hindu caste system.

The article discusses corporate academies. By one estimate there were over 4,000 corporate colleges in 2010. Companies use these colleges to teach employees skills for specific careers and disciplines. Campuses vary from the completely online environment at computer maker Dell Inc. to the $120 million complex of outsourcing firm Infosys.

This article discusses the contrast between the economic conditions of developing countries such as China and developed nations such as the U.S. during the financial crisis. While economies in developed countries are shrinking, several developing nations are remaining stable or showing low levels of growth. The implications of this growth for the long-term economic outlooks and consumption profiles of countries such as China, India, Brazil, and Russia are noted.

The author reports on Bilal Abdullah, a doctor who rode a blazing Jeep Cherokee into the Glasgow, Scotland airport. The question which people are trying to answer is, did Abdullah carry out a mission by the terrorist group Al Qaeda, or was he simply inspired by them. Abdullah's past is discussed in the article.

This article looks at economic development in India, which has become a new source of appeal to nonresidential Indians who had left the country to seek education and economic opportunity. India has evolved from agrarian torpor to high-tech vibrancy in a short span of time, causing many expatriated Indians to come home for the same reason they originally left: to find economic opportunity.

The article focuses on the agricultural production of India. According to the author, India imported wheat for the first time in six years. India had launched a successful food sustainability program during the 1970s that is beginning to show signs of weakening, according to the author. The article features and expert who advises that India develop more sustainable agriculture that favors drip irrigation and natural predators instead of insecticides and heavy fertilization and irrigation.

This article reports on U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow calling for India to speed up the liberalization of its financial-services sector. Snow argued that loosening rules for foreign investment banks, insurance companies and pension funds would add capital to India's banking system, spread credit availability, bring in more managerial expertise and enhance technology.

This article reports on India's Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. Dr. D. Yogeswara Rao, head of business development at the council, commented on how many foreigners want to engage in research collaborations. Over a six-month span, Rao was visited by representatives from Procter & Gamble, Colgate, Johnson & Johnson and Alcoa.

The article looks at how South Korean firms are investing in the Indian economy. In one whopping megadeal, South Korea has become the largest foreign investor in Asia's second emerging giant, India. On August 31, 2005 Korean steelmaker Posco established a local subsidiary in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, paving the way for a controversial mill and mining complex that will cost the world's fifth largest steelmaker $12 billion and employ some 40,000 workers once it's fully operational in 2010. The behemoth dwarfs India's previous foreign-investment centerpiece, a $3 billion power plant launched by Enron in 1993. Yet even before shovels hit soil, Posco's arrival has triggered an outcry among anti-globalization activists and opposition politicians, who see a scheme to snatch, then export, Orissa's vast iron-ore reserves. Their clamor--and the global buzz over China's emergence as an economic superpower--mask a deeply significant trend in Asian business: Korea Inc.'s rise to prominence on the Indian Subcontinent. INSET: An Investment Hot Spot.

This article discusses a study on the relationship between teenagers and their parents. Amanda Hund, 17, credits her parents for her relatively easy ride through adolescence. Is the Hund family for real? Did they get the memo that says teens and their parents are supposed to be at odds? Actually, they are very much for real, and according to scientists who study the transition to adulthood, they represent the average family's experience. "Research shows that most young people go through adolescence having good relationships with their parents," says Richard Lerner, Bergstrom chair of applied developmental science at Tufts University. The roots of misconceptions about teenagers goes back to the fact that psychologists were primarily looking for explanations of why things went wrong. But in the last 15 years, developmental scientists have begun studying the dynamics of success. At the head of the pack are Lerner and his colleagues, who are in the midst of a six-year longitudinal study of exactly what it takes to turn out okay and what adults can do to nurture those behaviors.

Focuses on the potential for economic growth in India. Role of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in supporting the growth of Indian industry and trade; Criticism of Singh's economic policies by Indian politicians and leaders; Popular opposition to the privatization of state-owned industrial and energy companies; Impact of foreign investment on the growth of industry.

The article talks about "Wild Wild Country," a documentary series about America's encounter with Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, also known as Osho. It states that filmmaker brothers Maclean and Chapman Way have aimed to do more than investigate Rajneeshis' alleged crimes like the largest immigration fraud in American history and the largest mass poisoning.

The article focuses on the response towards the memoir of actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, which he had later withdrawn. It discusses his altercation with his ex-girlfriends actresses Sunita Rajwar and Niharika Singh, who accused him of disrespecting and misrepresenting her character in the book. Siddiqui discusses how it was not his intention to offend someone and he only made the memoir after being approached by co-author Rituparna Chatterjee.

Announces that Marvel Comics will release "Spider-Man India." Translation of Western names in the comic to Hindi names; Plans for the setting to be steeped in Hindu mysticism; Plans to release the version in the United States as well.

An interview with herpetologist Rom Whitaker is presented. Topics discussed, include the Padma Shri award he received for his conservation efforts and other projects, the challenges in his efforts to provide anti-venom in India and his experienced being bitten by two species of rattlesnakes and a black whip snake in Australia.

The article presents an interview with William Dalrymple, an author and impresario who discusses about his favourite place in Jaipur, India, favourite nonfiction author Maya Jassanoff and idea about the literary festival held in Jaipur, India.

The article offers brief information on several mobile apps which include Social Climbers, Gym Gyaan, and Calorie Counters.