Justice Markandey Katju- Recently at a dinner party in Delhi, I spoke with some Germans present there. In my usual outspoken way, I said that you Germans are blamed for murdering 6 million Jews in gas chambers, which was of course terrible. But does anyone talk of what the British did to Indians during […]
IANS- After the demonetization of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes in 2016 pushed digital payments, Aadhaar-enabled electronic know your customer (eKYC) resulted in an exponential growth of such payments in the country, according to a new report by the Reserve Bank of India. Transactions in which both the payer and the payee use […]
indica News Bureau- On Tuesday, June 4, Democratic Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal of Washington state made history by becoming the first Indian-born woman to preside over the U.S. House of Representatives and the first South Asian American woman as well. Born in Chennai, Jayapal, 53, tweeted that she was extremely proud to preside over the […]
Frank Islam- Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s re-election by such large margins in a sweeping victory is a testimony to his popularity across India. Many media articles during the seven-week long election process, however, expressed fear that a Modi victory would disenfranchise tens of millions and threaten Indian democracy itself. This perspective is attributable to […]
Nishant Arora(IANS)- India is a key growth market for Alexa’s global team at Amazon and witnessing the potential, the team is working on to introduce more regional language capabilities in the voice-based assistant that has stormed the living rooms in the country. Though the smart speaker is a relatively young product in India, voice assistants […]
Ritu Jha- The sounds of chanting, clapping, and presidential candidates pitching why they are running and what they can offer as the president of the United States of America filled the 2019 California Democratic Convention held May 31 through June 2 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. Demonstrations gathered outside the Moscone […]
Arul Louis- As Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman prepares her budget, the World Bank reports Indias economy grew by 7.2 per cent in 2018-19 in contrast to the recent Indian Central Statistical Office (CSO) estimate of only 6.8 per cent growth during the period. The Bank’s Economic Prospects Report released on Tuesday forecast India’s economy to […]
Amit Kapoor- India’s unemployment rate at 6.1 percent of the total labor force during 2017-18 is at a 45-year high. But the trend of joblessness is not something new for the Indian economy. It has been a long-standing reality for the country due to its factor has driven (labor arbitrage) pattern of growth. Even […]
Partha Chakraborty Indian economy needs a push for market-driven structural reforms It is hot and hazy in Delhi, mercury rising in the range where it is nearly impossible to walk the pavements without going deaf by a cacophony of air-coolers on overdrive. Up at Raisina Hill, markedly cooler climes prevail in the high-ceilinged […]
Rajendra Shende- The climate of change is dawning upon the global platform. The mega mandate with which Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India would begin his second term May 30, 2019, has potential to disrupt the decades-long global inertia to act on climate change, which has been recognized as the defining challenge of our times. […]
