Science and Technology Group Discussion Topics Multinational corporations: Are they devils in disguise? Is the usage of sap in Indian companies worthy? Future of BPO s and KPO s Technology: The Ism' Of the New Millennium? Science is A Boon or Bane

Business - Finance and Management group discussion How to deal with high oil prices The role of parliament in budget making is insignificant Is the Indian foreign policy adequate? Should trade unions be allowed in it sector? Reliability of mutual fund investments? Rise of sensex on Indian economy and its role Role and future of banking and insurance sector in India Nice Guy Finish Last Sacred cows make the best burger Business is a war Developing countries need trade, not aid The Malthusian economic prophecy is no longer relevant GENERAL -Success is due only hard work. Luck does not make a person successful or Unsuccessful -Listening is as important as speaking

How will you motivate terrorist to spare the innocent

Knowledge with out character is not worthy

Desire is the root of the all suffering?

Do beautiful people live better lives?

One should never judge a person by external appearances

The one who loses is the real winner

-Management education is must for success in life

- Mba does it mean a passport to success?

Individual Freedom and Civil Society Yellow journalism National GD Parliaments are a waste of public money. Does u think Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals hold relevance in today? Should India go to war with Pakistan India Needs Gujral Doctrine for Better International Relations India should go for the presidential form of democracy Future of low cost airline International GD Effect of liberalization on poverty

Is the US economy headed the Japanese economy way? Global terrorism The Growing Menace of Casteism and Regionalism Universal Disarmament is a Must

from Singapore to Sydney. TheSingapore Airlines flight, which took offfrom Changi airport in the morning,landed several hours later in Sydneythereby scripting a new era in thehistory of aviation. On board the flightwere a crew of 30 including four pilotsand over 450 passengers from 35countries. Earlier, tickets for the flightwere sold in an online auction whichraised $1.3 million for charity. Mr. JulianHayward, who paid more than $100,000for a pair of first-class suites, was thetop bidder while Mr. Georg Burdicek,who paid $560 for an economy seat, gotthe cheapest ticket.The inaugural commercial flight ofthe double-decker Airbus A380 has put anend to the nearly 37-year hegemony ofthe Boeing 747 jumbo jet as the mostspacious passenger aircraft. Generally, theBoeing 747 jumbo jet carries about 400passengers whereas the A380 is capable ofcarrying as many as 853 passengers in anall-economy class configuration. However,for its historic first flight, SingaporeAirlines (SIA), regarded as one of the bestin the world, preferred a configuration of471 passengers divided into three classesincluding 12 in Singapore Airlines suites,60 in business class and 399 in economyclass.The A380 is as tall as a seven-storybuilding with each wing big enough tohold 70 cars. It is also the most fuelefficient and quietest passenger jet everbuilt to this date. The plane is poweredby four Rolls Royce Trent 900 engines.Mukesh Ambani becomes therichest IndianReliance industries Chairman,Mr. Mukesh Ambani has overtaken NRIsteel tycoon Mr. Lakshmi Mittal to becomethe richest Indian in the world. Mr.Ambani's net worth has soared past $50billion, making him the first Indian andonly the fourth person after Mr. Bill Gates,Mr. Carlos Slim Helu and Mr. WarrenBuffett to have a wealth higher than thisamount.Based on the closing share prices ofvarious group companies such as RIL,Reliance Petroleum, IPCL and RelianceIndustrial Infrastructure, Mr. Ambani wasestimated to have held shares worth $50.1 billion (about Rs. 2,00,000 crore)

through promoter holdings in thesecompanies.Four Indian-Americans make it toForbes listFour Indian-Americans – acousticspioneer Mr. Amar Bose, Google founderdirector Mr. Kavitark Shriram, venturecapitalist Mr. Vinod Khosla and Mr. BharatDesai, CEO of an info-tech outsourcingfirm – have made it to the Forbes list ofrichest Americans. In the list released onSeptember 21, 2007, Mr. Bose shares the271st place with Mr. Shriram with a networth of $1.8 billion. Mr. Desai andMr. Khosla are ranked 286th and 317th,respectively, in the list.India signs MoU with BangladeshIndia has signed a Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MoU) with Bangladeshon September 16, 2007 in Dhaka onprocedural arrangements for importingeight million duty-free apparel articlesunder South Asian Free Trade Area(SAFTA). The MoU allows India to importapparel items from Bangladesh withoutany conditionality of sourcing of fabric orport restrictions.India & Japan to sign currencyswap pactDuring his visit to India, JapanesePrime Minister Mr. Shinzo Abe, on August22, 2007, proposed to sign a bilateralagreement on currency swap that will addto a regional network of such accordsdesigned to provide emergency financialliquidity to either or both parties in timesof currency market or other turbulence.Mr. Abe said that his government iscommitted to assist India in infrastructuredevelopment, particularly the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Kolkata dedicatedfreight corridors and Delhi-MumbaiIndustrial Corridor (DMIC).Abatement rate raised for touroperators’ servicesThe Centre on August 23, 2007, hikedthe rate of abatement from 60 percent to75 percent for the purpose of calculatingthe service tax payable by tour operatorson ‘package tour’ ser vices. With theCentral Board of Excise and Customs(CBEC) issuing an amendmentnotification to this effect, tour operatorshenceforth will be required to pay servicetax only on 25 percent instead of the earlier40 percent of the gross amount chargedon customers for such package tours.Taj Hotels Partners Okura of JapanTaj Hotels Resorts and Palaces andOkura Hotels and Resorts, one of thelargest international hotel groups in Japan,

on September 4, 2007, entered into astrategic joint marketing alliance todevelop cross-promotional opportunitiesfor both companies to harness eachother’s strengths in their respectivemarkets of dominance. Under the alliance,Taj Hotels and Okura Hotels have agreedto implement reciprocated points in eachloyalty programme – the Taj Inner Circleand the Okura Club, wherein both hotelchains will allow guests to earn and burnpoints at the participating hotels.Bharti, Wal-Mart form WholesaleVentureBharti Enterprises and Wal-MartStores Inc. announced on August 6, 2007a 50 : 50 joint venture to form BhartiWal-Mart Private Ltd. for their wholesalecash-and-carry and back-end supply chainmanagement operations in India.Through the new venture, the companywould serve neighbourhood kiranastores, fruits and vegetable resellers,restaurants and caterers and otherbusiness owners, besides other retailersincluding Bharti Retail, which would besoon opening its stores in India. Thenew venture would also provide smallretailers and other business owners awide range of quality products atcompetitive prices thereby helping themto grow their business