Markets to continue uptrend till blow-off happens
BY ARUN KEJRIWAL The week gone by began with a bang and markets gained on all five trading days. The BSESENSEX gained 1,032.59 points or 2.69 per cent to close at 39,467.31 points. NIFTY gained…
Opinion
Congress letter writers: Who’s for business houses, who’s for himself?
BY SAEED NAQVI The late R.K. Mishra, editor of Patriot, founder of Observer Research Foundation, used to tell a delicious story about Indira Gandhi whom he knew well. Once Dev Kant Baruah, Congress President during…
Conscription weakening the resolve of PLA soldiers to fight for nation
BY SUMIT KUMAR SINGH Conscription into military service and the pitiable standard of living of soldiers are resulting in the People’s Liberation Army being a force with men and women having no stomach for fighting…
Disruptors at the gate
BY TAPONEEL MUKHERJEE Global technology news, of Walmart planning a potential bid for TikTok in the US, or Instagram’s decision to allow buy buttons, are indicative of trends that traditional boundaries across industries will gradually…
Indian cricket cannot wait endlessly
By Yajurvindra Singh Preparations for Indias premier cricket tournament, the Indian Premier League (IPL), are underway in full swing. The eight franchise teams seem to be doing a remarkable job as organising and executing the…
The rise and fall of Th. Muivah in Nagaland
BY HOTOVI SEMA Thuingaleng Muivah (86) is referred to as master betrayer right from his joining NNC in 1964. He is a Tangkhul Naga from Somdal (Shongran) village in Ukhrul district of Manipur. There have…
Rural India: A case for cautious optimism and nuanced policy mix
By Sreejith Balasubramanian One of the major reasons EMs are forecasted to register less negative growth in 2020, vs. AEs, is the higher share of agricultural output. In India, there is optimism around agriculture, and…
Odisha CM seeks postponement of JEE, NEET exams
Bhubaneswar, Aug 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday urged the Centre to postpone the NEET and JEE exams scheduled to be held in the first fortnight of September. In a letter to…
Indian economy’s twin-engine heart needs land leasing push
By Poornima Advani In the bleak Covid scenario, a rare bright spot has emerged with Indian corporates waking up to the rural sector’s potential. However, forging a deeper synergy of the two that can pivot…
Market momentum to shift to Mid and Smallcap sector
BY ARUN KEJRIWAL The week saw markets gain further ground with the breadth improving significantly. The midcap and small cap segments are where all the action is currently focused. BSESENSEX gained 557.38 points or 1.47…
Links between Beirut blasts, UAE-Israel, oil and gas in east Mediterranean?
BY SAEED NAQVI The mother of all blasts at the Beirut port on August 4 would have qualified as the West Asian 9/11 though the objective circumstances are totally different. But 9/11, the great tragedy…
Unchanging nature of our problems
BY JAYANTA GHOSAL Jawaharlal Nehru’s address on India’s ‘Tryst with destiny’ is historic, widely discussed and well studied. In 1947, Nehru announced over radio that he was the ‘First servant of the Indian people’. Nehru…
Chetan Chauhan: ‘Memories of a Rajput warrior’
By Yajurvindra Singh The cricket fraternity was shocked by the sudden demise of Chetan Chauhan. The deadly coronavirus struck a blow on a cricketer who was known for his guts, grit, valour and fighting spirit…
How is peace process in Afghanistan affecting India?
BY MAJOR GENERAL (RETD) S.B. ASTHANA After the recent release of over 80 hardcore Taliban prisoners, after the Loya Jirga assembled in Kabul gave the go-ahead for the release of the last of 400 Taliban…
India needs to move beyond manufacturing to become product leader
By Nishant Arora New Delhi, Aug 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The ‘Local ke liye Vocal’ call came after the Chinese aggression at the border forced the national leadership to look beyond the investment from the neighbouring country…
Markets likely to be under pressure at open
BY ARUN KEJRIWAL The week gone by continued to be volatile and all gains built up during the course of the first four days were lost and even more, on Friday. The week ended with…
The heart of business
BY HIMANSHU MANGLIK The Covid Syndrome will haunt us for years. Businesses are bleeding and human misery is escalating and many businesses are caught in this Covid trap. The business of business is to make…
Facade vs reality of Chinese/Indian politics of growth: Lessons for today
BY PRADIP BAIJAL In my first interview on ‘Offensive Defense’, I explained the history of Chinese economic rise, based on my book, ‘Containing the China Onslaught’, and that this growth was more a function of…
For Late M.F. Hussain, Rahat Indori was ‘just the greatest’
BY SAEED NAQVI Rahat Indori was five-years-old when the much loved poet Majaz died of a stroke after he was found on the freezing terrace of a country liquor shop in Lucknow’s Qaisar Bagh. As…
Of walls, borders and the Chinese
BY COMMODORE G PRAKASH (Retd) It is easy to associate the Chinese with walls. Not just their famous wall. The opaqueness in their thoughts and intentions too, are walls. Walls, whether of brick and mortar…