Events seem to be rolling fast and furious, and Marans are caught in it. After the SpiceJet fiasco of Kalanithi Maran, his brother Dayanidhi Maran is likely to be arrested in BSNL telephone exchange case. Marans are close relatives of DMK chief M
As I walked towards the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), a melancholic woman stopped me and asked: “Tu es Charlie (Are you Charlie)?”, referring to ‘Je suis Charlie (I am Charlie)’; the phrase that has caught the ima
In his novel “Delhi”, Khushwant Singh described his mistress Bhagmati as akin to the capital: both are unattractive and detestable, yet their roughness on surface conceals a seductive charm underneath. It is difficult to keep away from
Reflecting dull manufacturing activities, indirect tax receipts growth has been below par while direct tax collection growth has been in double figures in the April-December period of this financial year. Anticipating such a fall the government ha
Now raising concern on the dwindling sex ratio, prime minister Narendra Modi launched ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ scheme from Panipat, Haryana on January 22. The state of Haryana was selected for the launch of the scheme b
India’s mobile service providers have received strong support from the world body over high price of spectrum and a skewed auction policy scheduled next month. The GSM Association, which represents nearly 800 mobile operators
This Republic Day is first for the BJP, which formed the government in May last with huge majority, and the names for Padma awards are floating around. The ferocity with which the media went ahead with the publication of its list, forced the gover
The budget carrier SpiceJet has received another lifeline on Thursday as aviation regulator Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has allowed the airline to accept advance bookings beyond March 31. The summer schedule of the airlines commences
How much a government can interfere or make rules to lift an ailing corporate giant? Asking the US Congress to implement ‘application neutrality,’ Blackberry Ltd. CEO John Chen has sought a law to force app makers to provide a version
Microsoft has unveiled Windows 10 and it will be last OS (operating system) you will buy, and many will get it free. After Windows 10 is installed, Microsoft plans to put in place a continuous updates process that will eliminate the concept of nex
The US president will get an opportunity to address the people of world’s largest democracy. After joint write up in a major newspaper in September last year, Barack Obama and Narendra Modi will jointly speak to the people of India in a radi
Trouble for Shiromani Akali Dal refuses to go away and now its ally BJP has also been dragged into the Punjab controversy. A division bench of justices S K Mittal and Deepak Sibal of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday stayed the transf
Delhi elections are noisy on ground and becoming creative in virtual world. Apart from the battle for power there is a battle of hashtags being waged. As the nominations closed on Wednesday in Delhi, the Twitterati hit the overdrive
When US president Barack Obama comes to India next week, he will be a different person, and prime minister Narendra Modi can learn few things from him. Addressing Congress for the first time since Republicans seized the Senate in No
Union finance minister Arun Jaitley meeting Jayalalithaa on Sunday night at her Poes Garden residence in Chennai has kicked off controversy. Chennai-based political observers say, “The BJP is trying to strike a deal with AIAD
There is a reason why the government’s Digital India makes business sense. The internet-based economy is set to grow by $200 billion by 2020. This will be four percent of country’s GDP. According to a study conducted by
A sustained effort, even from the government, pays handsome dividends. This has been demonstrated by the Project Tiger. The national animal is thriving. Tiger population in India has seen a growth of 30% with 2,226 tigers in 47 rese
This ratio that you are about to read is irrational by any standards. Last year 48% of world’s wealth was owned by just 1% and next year they will have 50%. It means, the wealth accumulated by the richest 1% will exceed that o
For any student of political science, name of Rajni Kothari must surely have resonance beyond time. Kothari, who institutionalised the study of politics beyond the curriculum of universities, was the founder of Centre for the Study of Developing S
With Kiran Bedi, the Bharatiya Janata Party hopes to corner a big chunk of middle class votes of AAP and on Monday the party took another calculated step to snatch AAP’s dalit supporters with the induction of Krishna Tirath. K
