The list of products that Philips could bring to India in the near future sure looks impressive. There is a &ldquo;light alarm&rdquo; that will wake you in the morning by adjusting the lights in the room. No more waking up with a jolt from the shrill ring of the alarm clock. Then there is a &ldquo;light shower&rdquo; which will help you get out of jet lag in no time and medical equipment that will remove the disorder of snoring.

Let there be light

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With fears of the virulent swine flu fast turning into a global pandemic a group of scientists here are working hard to develop a vaccine to counter the deadly disease.

Scientists in Australia working on swine flu vaccine

HCL Security wants to use technology to make offices, hotels, temples and cities safe.

Betting on security

How realistic and well-defined goals engage employees to give their best.

Commitment through  goals

Telecom companies are doing everything they can to retain customers, still the churn remains high.

Telecom companies try to retain customers amid churn

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Indian Railways transport over 18 million passengers daily. The Railways are the largest employer in India with 1.4 million workers.

KIT: Indian Railways

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    With which insurance company are the following linked: House insurance of Sir Isaac Newton and Robert Walpole, Britain&rsquo;s first prime minister, and the personal accident policy taken out by Winston Churchill in the 1890s?
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    Whose thought marked a tectonic shift in the marketing of cars in 1924, when he decided that each car model should appeal to a distinct population segment and, therefore, with

Answers to last week's quiz (#087)

    Name the first liquid detergent brand that was advertised on TV.

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Just what is a &ldquo;boutique winery&rdquo;? The label evolved from the term &ldquo;les garagiste&rdquo; &mdash; literally &ldquo;the garage (wine makers)&rdquo;.

Garage wine

Drinking wine in restaurants just got cheaper. Anoothi Vishal exults at the new deals.

By the glass @ Rs 250

When Barbie, the most famous and coveted doll in the world, recently turned 50, India too joined in the celebrations. In fact, the party will continue throughout the year.

Barbie collectibles

IN any sporting contest, the better player tends to be &ldquo;lucky&rdquo;. This is so even in chess. It is particularly true at top levels, where preparation involves an element of guesswork. It is only possible to prepare a limited number of systems in depth.

CHESS #579

Times are tough all over the world, but the experts say there&rsquo;s no point running around panicking like chickens with our heads cut off. I expect they mean that it&rsquo;s wiser to stand still and quietly fall apart, so as I watch the unhappy tide of recession turn inexorably onto Indian shores I&rsquo;ve tried to respond with the snappy moves of a deer caught in the headlights: keep turning down work, eat out a lot more than before, and put all your savings into the stock market.

Oh, that recession

Abha Dawesar's new book is different from her previous works because she took care not to be &quot;eyeball-grabbing&quot;, Neha Bhatt learns.

Anti-aesthetic but effective

Himani Dalmia&rsquo;s debut novel, Life is Perfect, traces the journey of a girl on the cusp of adulthood. Mitali Jatia, the protagonist, hails from a rich Marwari family and lives in Lutyens Delhi. Mitali has it all &mdash; wealth, privilege and beauty &mdash; yet she has to grapple with contentious family issues before she can live happily ever after.

Fact and fiction

When we meet Sminu Jindal at her plush residence in Delhi&rsquo;s posh Anand Niketan, it&rsquo;s almost like meeting a friend. Having met her almost a decade ago, when she was announcing the launch of her portal Svayam to take up the cause of the differently-abled, I realise it is time to renew our acquaintance.

Where the mind is without fear

There is a question that has been perplexing me for a while: Is creating and selling luxury the sole preserve of white people? Ever since various luxury labels have been coming to India to sell their wares, I have been stuck by the fact that most international luxury companies are owned and headed by whites.

Colour blind

Julia Blackburn is a well-known writer of non-fiction, but it is this, the memoir of her growing-up years, that will likely go down as the definitive work in her oeuvre. The daughter of a poet-father and painter- mother, Julia grew up in a Bohemian household that comes across as horrific for the scant regard it paid to the conventions of family. Her father Thomas was an alcoholic addicted to sodium amytal.

A gripping memoir

Monica Tata, vice president and deputy GM (Entertainment Networks), Turner International (India), tells Priyanka Joshi why she's excited about the company's two new channels.

Debuting - and surviving - on TV

It&rsquo;s billed as a lifestyle accessory. We drive the new Tata Xenon XT pickup truck.

Truck or treat?

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