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By Kiran Desai |
It is evident that the ruling party is on uncertain ground as it prepares for the coming general election later this…
By Arun Maira |
The immanence of Industry 4.0, a new economic paradigm, in which machines with artificial intelligence will be able to…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
Fund managers and shareholders work with a different agenda governed more by higher profits and rising stock prices in…
By M A Kalam |
If the American national, John Allen Chau, has been killed in the North Sentinel island, in the Andaman and Nicobar…
By M A Kalam |
Do celebrities have proprietary rights over a country and should they use the love of their fans and the popularity of…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
This is the season of the RBI being looked at and studied threadbare as the central bank hits the headlines like never…
By Ajit Ranade |
India’s economic growth this year will once again be among the fastest in the world, even ahead of China. The real GDP…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
M J Akbar has quit. But not before we saw how he wanted to cling on. He was not the one to leave his berth in a hurry.…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The killing of an executive by police constables in the dead of night on the streets of Lucknow has sparked outrage…
By Martin Macwan |
‘Dalit’ is a popular identity in India as it is in Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and other parts of the world. Further, ‘…
By Ghanshyam Shah |
Dominant peasant castes occupying significant space in the economy and polity in their respective States are not giving…
By Arun Maira |
There was great uncertainty in 1999 about the outcome of India’s national election and concern that India’s development…
By Ganesh N Devy |
The SIT constituted by the Karnataka government deserves praise for getting closer to cracking the conspiracy of…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
However, the real strength and appeal of these messages is more in the way everyday people can relate to, practice and…
By Ajit Ranade |
India’s female labour force participation rate (LFPR) has fallen steeply in the past thirteen years. This is the ratio…