New Delhi / Tribune News Service In a unique environment friendly initiative, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has decided to use broken tiles to reduce the heat inside Metro stations. Unable to dispose of tiles that are broken at Metro stations and removed every day, engineers working with the DMRC suggested the pieces be placed on the rooftop …

  Sometimes, an economic paper delivers such a disturbing result that you have no choice but to sit up and take notice. That was the case for me, when I saw this new study by Stony Brook University’s Marina Azzimonti. Azzimonti’s disquieting hypothesis is that political partisanship is deterring overseas investment in the U.S. When we think of foreign direct …

  David A. Welch SPECIAL TO EMIRATES BUSINESS There has been a great deal of commentary recently on Beijing’s strident refusal to participate in the Philippines’ arbitration case and the almost desperate vehemence with which it is preparing to greet the tribunal’s final judgment. This is not terribly surprising, as most analysts agree that the Philippines will win on a …