The month of August 2008 had seen an unusual phenomenon In Jammu. This normally peaceful part of Jammu and Kashmir had erupted in never-seen-before anger. Mass protests against Kashmiri Muslims’ demand for banning the annual Hindu Amarnath p
The banking sector employees of nationalized banks are going on a four-day strike next month ‘seeking an early and reasonable wage settlement’. One fails to understand how a reasonable settlement argument is valid when you hold t
In a bid to end the winter session of Parliament on a meaningful note and to send a clear message to its fringe elements, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday made a categorical assertion that it was against conversions. Tuesday (Dec 23) is the
After closure of the Nokia plant at Sriperumbudur on November 1 this year; the world`s largest electronics contract manufacturer Foxconn has also announced suspension of production at the same location. The fate of 1,700 employees w
The alleged mastermind of the Mumbai attacks, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, granted bail by an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad on Thursday, is still in jail thanks to a much abused law of Pakistan. Lakhvi has been detained under the Maint
Chunibhai Vaidya, an old-school civil society activist inspired by Mahatma Gandhi and Vinoba Bhave and veteran of many battles on behalf of the marginalized people, passed away at his residence in the Sabarmati Ashram premises on Friday. He was 96
Prime minister Narendra Modi still rides high in popularity charts at home. Will this translate into votes in the Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand and all important Delhi elections? In a
Signs are unmistakably ominous. We are increasingly heading towards a society in which democratic institutions would be debilitated to the point of being effete. Look at the manner in which parliament is being disrupted at the expense of issues wh
The participatory corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities with a collaborative effort by the beneficiaries and ensuring transparency by publishing annual score cards can help corporate houses in achieving result-oriented CSR, Jayant Sinha
When it is about populism the governments show unusual hurry and go to any length to get it in the public domain disregarding values and hard numbers. Denying such unethical pleasure, the supreme court on Thursday refused to hear Maharashtra gover
The house should function. With the country facing imminent shortage of coal to run power plants, it is imperative that parliament give green signal to the coal block allocation. But the Rajya Sabha is in turbulence over the opposition demand. It
The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) will hold the fourth empirical issues in international trade and finance (EIITF) conference on December 18 and 19. EIITF brings together academics, policy researchers, multilateral agenci
There are black days in history. Opaque and beyond the pale of human understanding. We know it is not a perfect world and we are imperfect people and, therefore, we do imperfect things. But these black days are not about imperfection. They fall so
With political parties getting unaccounted funds to the tune of over 70%, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has asked for a strict regulation of donations of this kind being used in the country’s electoral process. The ADR says th
The Brisbane Exhibition and Convention Centre hosted a show recently entitled Delivering Global Economic Resilience. The introductory performer, Angel Gurria, is director general of Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Cou
Shankar Aggarwal, secretary, ministry of urban development, admitted that our country has not been managing water resources properly, but the government-planned smart cities will effectively deal with the challenge of water shortage by plugg
The disinvestment drive of the NDA government kicked off on December 5 with an offer for sale (OFS) in public sector behemoth Steel Authority of India (SAIL). The stake sale of 5% in SAIL through one-day offer was over-subscribed by more than two
A mid-December Delhi night brings up images of cold and eerily empty roads, for anybody. And for a woman out in the street, it is nothing but constant threat of rape or death. However, a group of citizens chose to challenge this fea
The Uber rape incident has brought radio taxi services under scrutiny. Women are not safe anywhere if they are alone with a man. But they need to go out and work, sometimes even at odd hours. What would the solution be then, a cab service driven o
Fifty-two-year-old Kumar has seen a lot of queues in his life. The diabetic is now happy that at least one has disappeared from his life. When he visits the Tambaram taluk government hospital at Chrompet in Chennai for his monthly check-up, he wal
