Under Harmanpreet Kaur’s captaincy, team India have a superb opportunity (Comment)
For a country thats as cricket-crazy as India is, its amazing (read “really really unfortunate”), that the womens game, up until very recently, has got …
Macron says no comment on Trump’s tweet attack
Paris, Nov 15 (IANS) French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said he had no comment to make in response to US President Donald Trump’s series …
Why are central bankers obsessed with inflation? (Comment)
The battle between the Indian government and its central bank is neither new nor unique. Though the ongoing spat between the Reserve Bank of India …
Kohli lost control while making ‘leave India’ comment: Anand
Kolkata, Nov 12 (IANS) Virat Kohli ‘lost control’ of himself while making the ‘leave India’ comment, feels legendary five-time former world chess champion Viswanathan Anand. …
Don’t frame government-RBI debate in terms of adversarial engagement (Comment)
Media reports have portrayed the differences between the government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as a face-off, or worse still, as attempts by …
US midterm elections: A referendum on Trump’s policies? (Comment)
The US midterm elections will be held on November 6. Many knowledgeable observers are calling these midterms the most important elections in a generation. Thats …
India can save more than 50 per cent electricity usage through LEDs (Comment)
As per the United States Department of Energy (US-DOE), lighting causes 5-6 per cent of the overall Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions globally. Light Emitting Diodes …
A Booker-like evening for Indian literati — and the hypocrisy (Comment)
The Whos Who of Indian literary circles assembled at a five-star hotel here earlier this week to attend the announcement of the winner of the …
Rahul Gandhi refuses comment on CVC probe against CBI Director
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday refused to comment on the Supreme Court order on an inquiry into the allegations …
Co-working spaces evolve into community-building centres (Comment)
The co-working revolution has swept across the global business environment and announced itself as the future of work. While 2017 witnessed the absorption of more …
Precision agriculture can do wonders for Indian farming (Comment)
The worrisome reality in India is that agriculture is facing a crisis. In village after village, farmers are looking at selling their land and moving …
Mixed fortunes for festive realty (Comment)
In the backdrop of stagnant prices, rising interest rates, improving sales and recovering residential real estate, the current trends in the property market during this …
Imparting skills in Mizoram: The Aizawl experience (Comment)
I recently had the opportunity to conduct a hands-on workshop on entrepreneurship, creativity and communication for three government colleges in Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram, …
Social sectors poised to get private debt-capital boost (Comment)
The Global Steering Group for Impact Investments (GSG) launched a billion-dollar India Impact Fund at a summit held in Delhi last week. The fund will …
Europe in convulsions even as Corbyn rises in Britain (Comment)
From Rome to London the contrast was sharp – from political despair to hope. A comprehensive conference on Afghanistan, superbly organised the NATO Foundation, was …
“Me-too” movement a bad omen for BJP (Comment)
There are several reasons why the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is palpably uneasy about the “Me-too” movement against the sexual harassment of women at the …
Clinching argument: Framing climate change in economics (Comment)
October 8, 2018, brought two bits of news of a global nature. While both of them were defining pieces of news of our times, many …
Snap shares hit all-time low after ‘woeful’ analyst comment
San Francisco, Oct 10 (IANS) Photo-messaging app Snapchat’s parent company Snap shares fell to an all-time low after an analyst commented that the company may …
Ex-Sri Lankan Minister arrested for pro-Tamil Tiger comment
Colombo, Oct 8 (IANS) A former Sri Lankan Minister was arrested on Monday for calling for the return of the Tamil Tigers, a guerrilla group …
India’s circumspection has paid off in Maldives (Comment)
Not surprisingly, India was the first country to congratulate Maldives on the results of the September 23 presidential election. A statement by the Ministry of …
Adopting tech to allow employees flexible work environment (Comment)
Most progressive organisations today recognise that their employees are one of their key stakeholders, apart from their customers, partners, suppliers and shareholders. It is imperative …
Manto speaks post-Partition truth with relentless fury (Comment)
Nandita Das’ film on the subcontinent’s greatest short story writer, Saadat Hasan Manto, brought alive memories of days when it was fashionable to be on …
Hydroponics and the art of helping farmers increase their incomes (Comment)
Hydroponics is not a new concept. In ancient times, the plants lining the walls of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were grown using hydroponics. Only …
GST has hit the private security industry badly (Comment)
The implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has received much appreciation from various industries, but there are sectors that have been terribly impacted …
India and the World: Are we moving with the global social progress? (Comment)
The conversations on development have finally moved beyond the barriers of GDP and entered the arena that caters to the needs of the citizens of …
Saudi Arabia will play leading role in countering extremism and terrorism (Comment)
On September 23, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will celebrate its 88th National Day. It marks the day the Kingdom was unified under the founding …
India-Russia trade at a mere 10% of potential (Comment)
India and Russia have been strong trading partners but the total trade between them in the five years till 2015-16 remained stagnant at $6 billion. …
How IoT and predictive analysis will impact the Indian transport industry (Comment)
A report in the Wall Street Journal predicts that India’s combined workforce will increase by 12 million each month, making it the youngest working population …
Can the trapped Paris Climate Agreement be rescued? (Comment)
Two months ago, all 12 boys and the coach of a Thai football team were rescued after being trapped in a cave in northern Thailand …
Reflections on the Supreme Court liberating gays and lesbians (Comment)
Those travelling to England for the first time in the sixties were recipients of a tract from the British High Commission listing the dos and …
Gauri Lankesh is immortalised in the pages to be read (Comment)
The week gone by marked the first death anniversary of braveheart Gauri Lankesh, whose murder shook the nation and thrust her in the limelight — …
Kerala’s devastation: Why can’t we learn from others? (Comment)
Twenty years ago, in August 1998, then Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji proposed, in a meeting of China’s State Council, a total ban on logging …
Education and career: What you study is not what you are (Comment)
In India, the concepts of “higher education” and “career planning” are often conflated. Parents think of higher education choices as determinants of a child’s career, …
Since burqa has no Quranic injunction, why annoy host societies? (Comment)
In normal times Britain’s former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson’s observation that burqa-clad women resemble walking “letter boxes” and “bank robbers” would evoke laughter. But these …
Building a new Kerala: Window of opportunity for government (Comment)
When one of the rulers of Travancore, now a part of the southern Indian state of Kerala, handed over the reins of his territory to …
State of Indian economy: Is it time to go bearish? (Comment) (With Charts)
Less than a year to the general election is a tricky time for setting a stable economic narrative. The government will glorify its achievements. The …
Child sexual abuse: Working towards a solution (Comment)
The media is abuzz these days with horrendous stories of child sexual abuse, the most recent incidents being of abuse in shelter homes in Bihar …
The best Prime Minister the Congress never had (Comment)
Aaney wali naslein hum par Fakhr kareingi, hum asaro, Jub unko yeh khayal aayega Humney Atal ko dekha thaa (By way of poetic license I …
Lessons in ‘tehzeeb’ – from Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Comment)
Eulogies have been written about the “tehzeeb” — a Urdu word translating into etiquette — politeness and political culture of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari …
Financial distress in India’s thermal power sector (Comment)
The thermal power sector accounts for $40-60 billion of potentially stranded assets that are continuing to trouble the Indian banking sector. Fifteen GW out of …
The evolution of fitness over the years (Comment)
We have grown up listening to the adage “Survival of the Fittest” — in the context of competitive sports, academics and even business. However, not …