Category: Commentary

Cervical Cancer in India: A preventable tragedy that requires urgent attention

By Prof Vivekanand Jha Premature death and disability from cancer is a great tragedy that hundreds of thousands of women…

5 years ago

Dharam’s unfulfilled dream – of sharing screen space with Dilip Kumar

By Ali Peter John Two days ago, Dharmendra was in his bungalow in Juhu (these days he spends most of…

5 years ago

Brexit turmoil: Britain gears up for make or break week

By Azeez Anasudhin London, Dec 8 (IANS) Weekends are usually peaceful days at Westminster. But the ongoing Brexit debate has…

5 years ago

Congress needs to position itself differently from BJP

By Amulya Ganguli The Congress deserves two cheers for recovering from being down in the dumps in 2014 to a…

5 years ago

Poland seeks to send a climate-change message to the world

By Rajendra Shende Is humanity in peril due to climate change? The much-publicised underwater meeting of the Maldavian cabinet 2009,…

5 years ago

As solar industry booms, time to start thinking about recycling

By Vishu Mishra & Dr Abhijit Banerjee One of the few encouraging trends in the global efforts on mitigating climate…

5 years ago

Real estate innovation: The next phase of growth

By Taponeel Mukherjee As the Indian economy evolves, value-creation opportunities in real estate will exist as much in capturing the…

5 years ago

India’s education crisis: Time for India, Australia to forge knowledge partnership

By Amit Dasgupta India faces a critical challenge in the education sector that has, tragically, been of its own making.…

5 years ago

Focused higher education can help India capitalise on its demographic dividend

By Amit Kapoor While investment in critical social infrastructure like education is a pre-requisite for a country's sustainable development, government…

5 years ago

Don’t design to accommodate only disability, design to accommodate all

By Arman Ali They say Newton adored his cat and her kitten. To make it easy for them to enter…

5 years ago

Korean coach Kim Sang-ryul out to make China a hockey power

By Veturi Srivatsa Exciting things are happening in the world of hockey for the Indians to sit up and take…

5 years ago

Sentinelese in shadows: A lesson in letting live

By Sahana Ghosh and Mayank Aggarwal New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS/Mongabay) John Allen Chau, a 26-year-old American missionary who "illegally"…

5 years ago

Tweaking data as in an Orwellian world

By Amulya Ganguli The British magazine, The Economist, once wrote about the Chinese growth figures being stir-fried. Is India emulating…

5 years ago

Contrary to perception, Green Climate Fund will deliver

By Manuel Pulgar-Vidal Imagine, as a leader of a small developing nation, you are faced with the oncoming existential crisis…

5 years ago

Chinese consulate attack: Baloch grouses cannot be forever ignored

By Rajiv Dogra The November 23 attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi by Baloch separatists brought into global view,…

5 years ago

Public healthcare in India: Need to move from ‘biggest’ to ‘finest’

By Frank F. Islam India's public healthcare system is sick. In late September, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration launched Ayushman…

5 years ago

Much ado about prices and price-setting

By Taponeel Mukherjee The debate around "pricing" of services and goods is of interest to the government, the private sector…

5 years ago

Location’s the name of the game in competitiveness

By Amit Kapoor In this globalised world, there are many voices cheerleading the belief that location holds no relevance in…

5 years ago

IndiaRF invests $156 mn in Archean Group’s marine chemicals business

New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) India Resurgence Fund (IndiaRF), a joint venture of Piramal Enterprises and Bain Capital Credit, on…

5 years ago

Reclusive tribes of the Andamans: American’s misguided attempt has tragic end

By Shakti Sinha The death of American evangelist John Allen Chau in the North Sentinel Island of the Andamans has…

5 years ago



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