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The Fifth Plenum of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was held between October 26 and

On October 9, jewellery brand Tanishq circulated an advertisement that showed a Hindu woman and her Muslim mother-in-law. This 45-second

One of our major newspapers has, on page one, underlined for emphasis something significant: India became the first “non western

Though India has emerged as the fastest-growing major economy over the past few years, its growth has primarily been driven

Corona has taken a toll of my discourses on elementary Hindu rituals, like Navratra, because my yoga guru from the

President Donald Trump and his National Security Adviser, Robert C. O’ Brien are aching to announce troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

The government has executed a re-think on the outstanding GST compensation issues by announcing intent to borrow itself under the

Expecting others to do the right thing is always a losing expectation. People want everybody else to keep the city

This story is from about 20 years ago! A person from Kolkata came to visit our office in Delhi. He

The current China-India standoff in Eastern Ladakh has seen multiple rounds of talks failing to ease tensions, with continued troop

Leaders changing sides before an election is not an unusual scenario in India. In general, such crossovers are by politicians

In his address to the nation, the Prime Minister saluted the corona warriors — the health workers, who passionately treated

As the Indian economy deals with the economic impact of the Corona induced slowdown, an opportunity to make constructive changes

Covid-19 caught the world off-guard. It is embarrassing. It is embarrassing that the economic distress is more acute in India

The week gone by saw markets jump sharply on Thursday and the gains registered on that day were enough to

Foreign minister S. Jaishankar has recently written a book on India’s position on the implementation of foreign policy. The book

Markets were on a roller coaster ride last week and the optimism and bullishness of the previous week just vanished.

A priceless gift from a friend in Kerala, a Namboodiri to boot, is a film to augment my collection which

India has strong geopolitical, historical and economic reasons to disentangle itself from China’s arms By Atul Singh, Manu Sharma &

The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) air crash in June that killed 97 people and the circumstances causing it beg a

China is not a normal State, but this is a fact that most China ‘experts’ in India have, for years,

The week gone by began with a bang and markets gained on all five trading days. The BSESENSEX gained 1,032.59

The mother of all blasts at the Beirut port on August 4 would have qualified as the West Asian 9/11

Jawaharlal Nehru’s address on India’s ‘Tryst with destiny’ is historic, widely discussed and well studied. In 1947, Nehru announced over

After the recent release of over 80 hardcore Taliban prisoners, after the Loya Jirga assembled in Kabul gave the go-ahead

The week gone by continued to be volatile and all gains built up during the course of the first four

The Covid Syndrome will haunt us for years. Businesses are bleeding and human misery is escalating and many businesses are

In my first interview on ‘Offensive Defense’, I explained the history of Chinese economic rise, based on my book, ‘Containing

What did Xi achieve by attaching Ladakh? Nothing. Can he equate 1962? To achieve National rejuvenation of 1.4 billion Chinese;

It is easy to associate the Chinese with walls. Not just their famous wall. The opaqueness in their thoughts and

Markets continued their volatile movement in the week gone by and manged to close with gains for the week. BSESENSEX

IR 4.0 and 5.0 are on the horizon today. These technologies work on the same medium, wire or wireless, which

It reflects on the civilizational power of Lord Rama in this ancient land that independent India’s five Prime Ministers involved

On June 22, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order suspending the entry of a number of non-immigrant work

Union Home Minister Amit Shah made a very profound and pertinent statement that under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi,

Markets behaved on expected lines last week and bulls continued to drive home their advantage into June futures expiry. BSESENSEX

“Globalization” may not have been part of the discourse 45 years ago when Indira Gandhi shelved civil liberties after declaring

The Chinese muscle flexing on LAC over months culminated into the horrific killing of twenty Indian soldiers by PLA in

“If you’ve never stared off into the distance, then your life is a shame” Counting Crows Drawing inspiration from these

The world is witnessing the fourth industrial revolution. Ever newer technologies are changing the way industries and businesses operate. In

As the Indian consumer market recovers from the Corona-induced lockdown and the ailing economy gradually heads back to normalcy, the

Yoga was developed by the Indus-Saraswati civilization in Northern India over 5,000 years ago. The word Yoga was first mentioned

The continuing escalation of India-China tension on the border leading to a large-scale physical attack by PLA men on Indian

The Athirapally Hydro Electric Project has a history from the 1980s. In 2005, Kerala approved this project based on a

For the first time in his tenure, President Donald Trump’s personal image as the leader of the only superpower of

India always had problems in dealing with spectrum. — We wasted valuable wireless spectrum for fixed line services in 1995,

Markets are witnessing extreme volatility and while day traders may be happy with the kind of movement, it is unnerving

Pictures of unrelieved despair everywhere on TV and, that too, in the course of an extended house arrest (lockdown), does

Since the brutal death of 46-year-old African American George Floyd at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer Derek

Now that the ‘grand reset’ is in place, the world which we always took for granted has started slipping away

Covid-19 has thrown up new challenges in every walk of life and one is seeing various stakeholders reacting to the

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005 is a shining example of a radical and rational systemic

Markets were on a roll last week and gained on four of the five days of trading. They just did

A passionate appraisal of the widespread anger at George Floyd’s murder by a white policeman that newspaper columns are full

As we look to restart the economy and build on India’s competitive advantages in the future, it is time for

It is extremely thoughtful of the Modi government to designate the next phase of counter corona measures as Unlock 1

The opening lines of the recently-released ‘United States Strategic Approach to The People’s Republic of China’ are: “Since the United

Moody’s blues? A macro update Global rating agency Moody’s downgraded India’s sovereign rating by one notch to the threshold of

Markets were on a roll last week and registered sharp gains in tune with the rest of the world. They

Consumers and businesses are in flux, especially during the past many months, as they stagger around trying to react to

Almost all of us have spent more time during the lockdown watching TV and online entertainment than usual. Amidst several

The Corona pandemic caused by a new contagion — yet another virus in the form of a ‘non-living’ free-floating protein

Modiji has led this country successfully for the last six years. This is the first year of the Second term

In most nations, massive economic changes take place every 70-100 years, changing the nations totally. Sometimes these changes destroy the