The internet has become an inextricable part of life. The recent shutdown of the internet in various parts of India has generated a lot of debate. Most commentators have…
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By Vappala Balachandran |
President Donald Trump’s speech to the nation on January 8 morning American time turned out to be a step towards “de-escalation” as anticipated by several observers…
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Violence of an unprecedented kind flared up at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Sunday evening, drawing recriminations from people across all walks of life,…
By Nawshir Mirza |
It sounds progressive and high-minded but is, in reality, turning a necessity into a virtue. It is a red herring to mislead critics of corporate abuse into believing…
By Nawshir Mirza |
Well intentioned boards and “promoters” of companies look for a variety of attributes in their directors. These include knowledge of the business and expertise in any of…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
We are living through one of the darkest periods of independent India. The Emergency was bad. This is soul wrenching, not only because we feel it here and now, in flesh…
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There is growing awareness of the connection between health and climate change, leading nations to invest in new plans and strategies but not many are committing…
By Ajit Ranade |
The former Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian has said that the current economic slowdown in India looks more like 1991, which was a year of severe crisis. He…
By Ganesh N Devy |
“No Indian citizen should fear the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019.” Well said Amitbhai! My sisters and brothers who are Hindus, Jains, Buddists, Sikhs, Parsis and…
By Nawshir Mirza |
Boards of corporations are supposed to comprise of sage individuals of a higher order than homo sapiens. In the popular imagination, they sit in wood-panelled rooms…
The Indian economy is going through a significant slump. Industrial output contracted 3.8 per cent in October from a year earlier, the worst performance in seven years.…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The nation is in a sorry state. Parts of the sensitive North East are in flames. The fire is spreading to West Bengal, Delhi and Karnataka. With Internet connections cut…
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The Union government in India led by Modi has passed in the Lok Sabha the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which paves the way for providing citizenship to those who…
By Ajit Ranade |
It is a great irony of history that the Hyderabad encounter killing by the police of the four alleged rapists and murderers happened on the death anniversary of Dr.B.R.…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in its resolution on December 05 2019 kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.15 percent with a unanimous decision. This is in sharp…