Category: Commentary

Donald Trump and BJP hawks: Birds of a feather?

By Amulya Ganguli The similarities between the views of Donald Trump, the Republican Party hopeful in the US presidential campaign,…

9 years ago

Madrid Mayor’s soothing slogan against post Brussels rightwing hysteria

By Saeed Naqvi If “terrorize” and “polarize” is the name of the game, the message from the Brussels terror attack…

9 years ago

Why India shouldn’t worry about Nepal’s ‘China card’

By Anil Giri Kathmandu, March 25 (IANS) With the signing of the Transit and Transportation Agreement between Nepal and China…

9 years ago

Communicable diseases rise 32 perccent in 5 years, spending up 7 percent

By Prachi Salve Spending on programmes to control India’s three main communicable diseases — malaria, tuberculosis and leprosy — increased…

9 years ago

How green bonds can help achieve 2022 RE targets

By Ashish Nigam In June 2015, the Indian government reaffirmed its support to renewable energy (RE) suppliers by revising the…

9 years ago

Why India’s governance frontlines are cash starved

By Charu Bahri Between 2010 and 2015, funding shortfalls to local governments nationwide - rural and urban - were as…

9 years ago

Proud that I did ‘Mastram’: Tara Alisha Berry

Mumbai, March 22 (IANS) Actress Tara Alisha Berry, who made her Bollywood debut with the Akhilesh Jaiswal directorial "Mastram", says…

9 years ago

Badruddin Ajmal: King-maker or spoiler in Assam politics?

By Amitava Mukherjee Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is now perhaps ruing his earlier brash comment when, in an apparent…

9 years ago

Gandhi tried his best to save Bhagat Singh’s life

By Praveen Davar The 85th death anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, the revolutionary icon of the freedom struggle, who attained…

9 years ago

Change of guard 100 days into Paris climate pact

By Rajendra Shende US President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met in Washington some days ago and…

9 years ago

Electric buses daily earn 82 percent more profit than diesel vehicles

By Deepa Padmanaban Electric buses generate 27 percent more revenue and 82 percent more profits than diesel buses per day,…

9 years ago

Writer’s cut: Iconic films that could be books too

By Vikas Datta Among the divisions in our already fractured world, one is between those who derive recreation from the…

9 years ago

Citizens should not be forced to chant ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’

By Amulya Ganguli Few people will have any objections to chanting "Bharat Mata ki Jai (Glory to Mother India)”, but…

9 years ago

How 52,911 profitable Indian companies pay nil tax

By Rohit Parakh "Why is it that subsidies going to the well-off are portrayed in a positive manner? Let me…

9 years ago

UN spat with Morocco: International community shifts on ‘Self Determination’

By Saeed Naqvi Morocco, Algeria, Western Sahara would not be of the highest saliency in South Block had Prime Minister…

9 years ago

Cheaper renewable energy has soared past nuclear power

By Amit Bhandari Renewable energy in India has overtaken nuclear power as the country seeks carbon-free sources of energy to…

9 years ago

Indian government’s health, education spend declines over 2 years

By Saumya Tewari The money allocated for key centrally sponsored social schemes — Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Sarva Shiksha…

9 years ago

Only 6 Of 21 Indian cities surveyed financially independent

By Prachi Salve Mumbai is India’s best-run city, followed by Thiruvananthapuram, Kolkata, Pune and Bhopal, according to a new survey.…

9 years ago

Realty watchdog, reforms will empower property buyers

By Vinod Behl Once the the Real Estate Regulator (Regulation and Development) Bill, pending since 2013 is passed, the realty…

9 years ago

Can India transform economic challenges into opportunities?

By Amit Kapoor and Sankalp Sharma The Indian economy, with its evolution and transformation over the past 25 years, has…

9 years ago



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