Is it time for big changes
BY PRADIP BAIJAL In his recent book, “Has China Won” published in March 2020, and in the many earlier books, Kishore Mahbubani has stated “US has blundered into geopolitical contest with China”. Many other authors…
Commentary
Corona pandemic put the governance on test
BY D.C. PATHAK Addressing the nation on May 12 — in the backdrop of a loud demand for economic stimulus, criticism of the handling of migrants and the growing impatience of the people with corona…
Indian cricket’s dream One Day XI
By Yajurvindra Singh A few days ago, during a panel discussion on selecting the best Indian ODI side at a webinar, my thoughts went towards thinking about Indias one-day cricket. The first international recognised match…
A Brave New World. Revisited!
By Himanshu Manglik The entire world is struggling as the coronavirus struts around like a manic pigeon, threatening to send the world into recession and depression. Struggling to contain the rogue virus, we are like…
Growing quality food & meeting nutritional requirements through urban agriculture
By Ratna Kumria, Shivendra Bajaj Can climate-controlled freight containers help in farming or can plants grow without any soil? The answers to these questions can be found in Urban farming. It involves indoor cultivation under…
Risk diversification strategy — opportunities within India
By Gopal Krishna Agrawal The Prime Minister says ‘India can emerge as the global nerve centre of complex modern multinational supply chains in the post Covid-19 World. The immediate cost of the lockdown was borne…
Markets to remain volatile with downward bias
By Arun Kejriwal The week gone by saw markets begin the week with a loud thud and falling sharply. BSE SENSEX lost 2,002 points while NIFTY lost 566 points on that single Monday and that…
Fair is foul and foul is fair in the Trump universe
BY SAEED NAQVI When the tortoise agreed to ferry a stranded scorpion on its back across the river, which was in spate, he didn’t know what he had bargained for. Midway, the scorpion stung the…
IBC: Much needed to boost credit flow and the economy
BY TAPONEEL MUKHERJEE The global financial news reveals an increase in bankruptcies due to the Covid-19 induced global lockdowns. While the bankruptcies are unfortunate, a recognition of the bankruptcies facing companies in the face of…
India needs to be pro-active on Afghanistan
BY D.C. PATHAK The halting process of implementation of the US-Taliban Peace Agreement, that was signed at Doha on February 29 this year, brings out three distinct realities of the Afghan situation as seen from…
A sliver of hope
By Yajurvindra Singh The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has given the cricketing world a sliver of hope. They have scheduled a series against the West Indies in July at two venues where they…
Dealing with China in post-Covid times
BY FRANK F. ISLAM There is no doubt that China is where the coronavirus originated. There should be doubt and concerns, however, about China’s actions at that time and since. Much can be learned by…
Corona lies finally catch up with the dragon
China is at present busy with a global campaign to rid itself of the taint of an alleged cover-up of and misinformation about the Corona Virus outbreak. But is the world convinced? US President Donald…
Are Internet platforms adversely affecting children in India
BY VINIT GOENKA With the extensive proliferation of online content, free wi-fi across many locations, dirt-cheap data plans on mobile, broadband and fibre optic networks, watching online content has become the most comfortable pastime with…
Brent Crude Futures: The Ideal Choice for Indian Hedgers
By Sameer Patil “La stupefaction” or Astonishment, screamed headlines across the globe, when oil prices fell so much below Zero, that buyers were paid to buy oil. The world was amazed and bewildered in equal…
Pompeo reaffirms US mission to denuke N.Korea
Washington/Seoul, May 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has renewed Washington’s goal of denuclearizing North Korea and creating a “bright future” for its people after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s return to the…
Instinct for survival will bring new ideas
BY AMIT KHANNA Business and industry, irrespective of size and scale, are the lifeline of the economy. A lot is being said and written about the impending doom and gloom, massive job losses, lack of…
Fixing medical priorities in lockdown 3.0
BY DODUL MONDAL So, we have entered the third phase of nationwide lockdown to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. The initial turbulence has now settled down to a great extent in terms of peoples’ acceptance and…
Tough times ahead
The week gone by was one of the best we have had in a really long time. With four trading sessions, markets gained on all the four days and kept their best for the last…
#Manifesto20/20 for a Future that is Human, Humane, and Happy-er
By Robinder Nath Sachdev Make no mistake, this is the first time ever in history of the modern, cognitive homo sapien when a single force has dangerously impacted the complete entirety of human race. Never…