These days there is lots of news about Tatas. The board of directors of Tata Sons have “replaced” its chairman Cyrus Mistry with Ratan Tata. Lots of lawyers and other representatives of Tatas are giving interviews to news channels. On the other hand, Cyrus Mistry is silent. The lawyers on Tata side say since it was just a replacement, there was no need for a notice. It might be a…

http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/The-Great-Train-Robbery-Rs-5.78-crore-stolen-from-consignment-of-Rs-342-crore-on-the-way-to-Chennai/2016/08/09/article3571267.ece My Comment: This train robbery was completely avoidable but only if the authorities had applied little common sense. The notes which have been looted were soiled ones. They were either in the possession of the Banks concerned or the RBI. In any case, these notes would have been destroyed and the new currency notes of equivalent denomination would have been printed and issued by the RBI. Why can’t the…

Mamata roots for physical books at book fair inaugural http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20160125/2778667.html Expressing her preference for physical books, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said they can never be replaced by e-books . — gReader My Comments I like e-books and am confident that they will disrupt hard and soft covers forever. The only issue is copyright protection. Amazon Kindle has DRM protection whereas e-pub publishers and distributors like Smashword…

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