The cost of China’s economic achievements
The Communist Party of China (CPC), which observed the centenary of its founding on July 1 with a very assertive speech by Xi Jinping, has much to celebrate and the world, even a divided one, has to acknowledge its accomplishments. A country which suffered oppression by multiple colonial powers and [...]
LEAF Coalition – “Save the Tropics”
Context:-
At the recently concluded Leaders’ Summit on Climate [...]
THE MAKING OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION
INTRODUCTION:-
The Constitution of India was adopted on 26 November 1949, [...]
Can India avoid a Telecom duopoly?
Context
Sunil Mittal, the chairman of Bharti Airtel, said recently that [...]
One Nation One Ration Card
Recently, the Supreme Court did well to set a deadline of July 31 for states to implement the One Nation One Ration Card system. Considering the sheer scale of the migrant crisis that unfolded last year — foodgrains were distributed to a staggering 2.8 crore migrants under the government’s Aatma Nirbhar [...]
WOMEN IN EARLY INDIA-GENDER PERSPECTIVES
INTRODUCTION
Since most of the early scholars, researchers and historians were [...]
e-Governance and Police
An efficient and well-oiled criminal justice system helps a country politically, socially and economically. The economic cost of the failed criminal justice system is reflected in the reluctance of foreign companies to set up manufacturing and commercial ventures in India for want of quick settlement of criminal, labour and civil [...]
Understanding the Bad Banks-arguments for and against
The idea of setting up a bad bank to resolve the growing problem of non-performing assets (NPAs), or loans on which borrowers have defaulted, is back on the table. With commercial banks set to witness a spike in NPAs, or bad loans, in the wake of the contraction in the economy as [...]
World Wide Web & Tim Berners-Lee (Who Changed the Humanity forever)
“Three decades ago, I created something which, with the subsequent help of a huge number of collaborators across the world, has been a powerful tool for humanity. For me, the best bit about the Web has been the spirit of collaboration. While I do not make predictions about the future, [...]