Category: Commentary

Flagship battles dominated Indian smartphone industry

By Anuj Sharma New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) With nearly 250 million unique smartphone users in the country and the…

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97% of Indians migrating for marriage are female

By Devanik Saha "It is not a common practice or desirable culture for a Hindu son in India to get…

7 years ago

April 2017: Earliest India will get its cash back

By Sahil Kini We are 17 days away from Prime Minister Narendra Modis 50-day deadline to end the worst effects…

7 years ago

Italian referendum: Sounding the death knell of European integration?

By Bhaswati Mukherjee The decisive rejection last week in the referendum for reform by 41-year-old Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi…

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Varanasi has India’s most toxic air, as North Indian cities outpace Delhi

By IndiaSpend Team The holy city of Varanasi has Indias most toxic air, and many north Indian cities are recording…

7 years ago

Jayalalithaa presented India alternate model of development

By Amit Kapoor Jayalalithaa was to Tamil Nadu what Narendra Modi was to Gujarat. Their respective states symbolise their legacy…

7 years ago

Demonetisation deed is done – now look ahead

By Salim David Money is a medium that lubricates the economic system. Without it the wheels creak, and turn slowly.…

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AI-powered IBM Watson to help Indian enterprises go digital

By Sourabh Kulesh New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) The year 2017 is predicted to be that of Artificial Intelligence (AI)…

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Is Oommen Chandy on the way out?

By Sanu George Is Oommen Chandy's tenure as the most popular leader of the Congress in Kerala coming to an…

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India’s unfolding education crisis: Government schools short of 1 mn teachers

By Abhishek Waghmare Eighteen 18 per cent positions of teachers in government-run primary schools and 15 per cent in secondary…

7 years ago

Daring the ‘zamaana’, focussing on thorns along with flowers

By Vikas Datta An art contemporary Indians seem to have forgone is of using an apt quote from a rich…

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4 indicators of India’s cashless growth – and hurdles to future expansion

Prathamesh Mulye As Indias government - fronted by Prime Minister Narendra Modis Twitter account - announced a slew of incentives…

7 years ago

Cashless queues and a Million Pound note

By Saeed Naqvi Consider this very plausible rumour I picked up at the Times Lit Fest in Mumbai: Some Bollywood…

7 years ago

Will Modi’s popularity save him when the votes are counted?

By Amulya Ganguli A month into the demonetisation drive, there cannot but be a sense of worry in government circles…

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India ranked 7th among countries most hit by terror

By Abheet Singh Sethi India was ranked 7th in the list of countries most impacted by terrorism in 2015, according…

7 years ago

RBI says no notes shortage, outside Delhi hundreds face job losses

By Malini Nair Around 8.30 every morning, hundreds of workers arrive at the main bus depot in Noida Phase II,…

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Majority of Americans did not want Donald Trump: Michael Moore

Los Angeles, Dec 7 (IANS) Filmmaker Michael Moore says people should feel good about the fact that "majority of Americans…

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Himachal Governor, CM condole Jayalalithaa’s death

Shimla, Dec 6 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Governor Acharya Devvrat and Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Tuesday mourned the demise of…

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OPEC move to cut production may adversely affect India

By Amit Kapoor The decision at the just-concluded 171st ministerial meeting of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)…

7 years ago

How Modi changed

By Praveen Chakravarty Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on November 8, 2016 to announce the withdrawal of Rs…

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