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 figure set to reach the 280 million-mark by the end of this year, the Indian…
Commentary
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 separated from his parents on getting married at the instance of the wife, especially when…
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 of the scrapping of 86 per cent – by value – of Indias currency. In…
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 has once again plunged Italy and the European Union into a crisis. It underlined the…
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 worse air-quality than Delhi, according to a new report in which IndiaSpend is a collaborator….
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 and present unique models of development that have fuelled the long-standing debate on economic growth…
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. Make no mistake: the current cash crunch will last. Let’s face it — we have…
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) and machine learning — redefining the way humans communicate with devices to not only improve…
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 end? The question has begun doing the rounds after it became known that only three…
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 schools are vacant nationwide, according to data tabled in the Lok Sabha by the Human…
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 and vibrant literary tradition — and recognising the usage. In what is among his trademark…
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 to propel Indians to discard cash, IndiaSpend found four signs of an expanding base: Five-fold…
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 bright sparks are developing scripts around demonetisation in double-quick time. One of them has, in…
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 about the unchanging ground realities with no sign of the long queues before banks and…
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 to the Global Terrorism Index (GTI), 2016, released by the Institute for Economics & Peace,…
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, about 30 km from New Delhi. They fan out into the lanes of the neighbouring…
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 did not want Donald Trump as their President”. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton should “take…
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 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa. In a condolence message, Devvrat described Jayalalithaa a charismatic…
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) to reduce production by 1.2 million barrels per day to 32.5 mb/day (effective from January…
How Modi changed
By Praveen Chakravarty Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on November 8, 2016 to announce the withdrawal of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes. The speech (in English) lasted 25 minutes. The Prime Minister…