By Yajurvindra Singh Before the stroke of midnight to mark India’s 73rd Independence Day, Indian cricket came alive when they won the inaugural tournament for the differently-abled in the Physical Disability Cricket World Cup in…
By Amit Kapoor In his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the issue of population explosion in the country and the need to address it. He added education as a means of both…
By Taponeel Mukherjee As India celebrated its 73rd Independence Day, the roadmap for the next phase of growth is of prime importance and much interest across the spectrum. While the details are being debated upon,…
By Yogesh I am at a loss of words to hear about Vidya Sinhas demise, simply shocked beyond words. Till only the other day, I was watching her on the television show, “Kullfi Kumarr Bajewala”….
By H.A. Nazmi A record 200,000 pilgrims from India are going to perform Haj this year, after the third consecutive increase in India’s Haj quota. The decision was announced when Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Get rich schemes – call them what you may – have siphoned off some Rs 7 lakh crore but no one seems to bat an eyelid, laments…
By Amit Khanna If the Industry has survived (thrived?) so many decades it is because of the influx of fresh capital from new, glamour struck players. Every generation since the beginning of the Indian film…
By Amit Khanna Bollywood is going through a purple patch in the last couple of years. Or so it appears. The revenues are up by 11 per cent year on year. Number of hits and…
By Arun Kejriwal The week gone by had plenty of action and played out on expected lines as mentioned in the previous weeks article. It all began with the Rajya Sabha and then the Lok…
By Akhil Bhardwaj What started as a demonstration by 12,000 citizens against a proposed legislation for extradition of criminal undertrials to China has escalated into a daily assembly of over two million protesting against Chinese…
By Vinod Mirani There has been a class of actors known as character artistes. Nobody ever thought of calling them stars, let alone superstars. But the fact is there have been some superstars in this…
By Deepika Bhan The question is why did Modi chose ‘now to do what he has done with Article370? There was no big election in sight so as to create a build up for electoral…
By Jayanta Ghosal A joke surfaced on social media after the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. A black-and-white photograph featuring that ultimate jewel of Bengali romantic films, Uttam Kumar with Suchitra Sen. She said, “Let us…
By Amit Kapoor The special status of Jammu & Kashmir has been revoked and the state has been bifurcated into two Union Territories. Those are the facts. Much has been discussed and debated over these…
By Taponeel Mukherjee Steps taken to boost the Indian economy, especially with a view to providing a fillip to the credit markets, have lately dominated the news headlines. This is an excellent time to look…
By Suyash Chaudhary What went by: Bonds continued their positive run with the 10-year bond yield falling by 51 basis points (bps) while the 10-year ‘AAA’ and 10-year SDL eased by 33 bps on the…
By Anoop Bhaskar The overall sentiment, on the domestic front, remained negative throughout the month on account of lower growth and subdued consumer sentiment, credit crunch due to tight liquidity conditions and rising stress especially…
By Nikhil Nanda Prime Minister Narendra Modi has once again proved that he is head and shoulders above the run-of-the-mill politicians. His decision in respect of Jammu and Kashmir required many exceptional qualities. First and…
By Deepika Bhan New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The end of Article 370 heralds a new beginning for many Kashmiris, despite the doom and gloom in some quarters over its revocation. Now Kashmiris will not…
By K. Yatish Rajawat “It has been adopted and has become too much of a convention… “, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das angry explanation on cutting the repo rate by 35 bps instead of following the…