Can electoral bonds ensure free and fair elections?

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced electoral bonds in the recent Union Budget. Can these bonds usher in a new era of much-needed glasnost in political financing in the world’s largest multi-party democracy?

Complex permutations to decide Goa’s truncated political landscape

Who will rule over India's tourist paradise—the tiny state of Goa—when it goes to polls on February 4 to elect 40 members of the legislative assembly? Torn by an internal feud and a tussle with the ideological fountainhead, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ruling BJ...

Himalaya – Aventures, Méditations, Vie

L ’homme est depuis toujours en quête de « bien-être ». Défini et interprété de multiples façons, c’est d’abord un état d’équilibre entre l’esprit, le corps et l’âme, aboutissant à un sentiment total de plénitude. Plus que jamais, de nos jours, devant les...

Two-horse electoral race to determine Uttarakhand’s fate

Uttarakhand will be one of the five states to go to assembly polls in February. Not surprisingly, the state has turned into an electoral battlefield for the principal contenders - the ruling Congress (I) and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Tough triangular tests await political titans in Punjab

For the first time, it is getting difficult for political observers to predict which way the wind will blow at the upcoming Assembly polls next month in Punjab, though they believe that Captain Amarinder Singh-led Congress has an upper hand.

Uttar Pradesh revving up for Assembly Elections

Uttar Pradesh, an epicentre of tumultuous events that have shaped the history and politics of India, is reeling under the cold wave. Things promise to heat up with the forthcoming political battle next month, when the state goes to poll for 402 state assembly seats.

A monumental task awaits new Tata chief

Natarajan Chandrasekaran has been appointed the new chairman of Tata Sons amidst speculations that have constantly hounded the Tata group since Cyrus Mistry unceremonious dismissal. All eyes are now on the new chairman and his farsightedness.

Anxious times for India as China deepens roots in SL

Last week’s protests in Hambantota, in southern Sri Lanka, against the launch of a special industrial zone - conceived, promoted, financed, built and to be operated by China - may not hold good for India, strategically.

Future Wave

Interview with Professor Anil Kumar Gupta, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

A key solution to eliminate poverty, improve sustainable livelihood and environment, and find a way out of global slowdown is grassroots innovation, according to Dr Anil Gupta of the IIM, Ahmedabad. He has networked innovators from the grassroots while criss-crossing India for ov...

Farm to Fork

Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s home state, Gujarat, shows how to boost food processing, increase farmers’ income, spur investment, generate employment and reduce agro waste, thanks to its Comprehensive Agro Business Policy (CABP). Will it work? It is a classic case of...

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