Business & Politics

Swaraj on maiden visit to France

Swaraj on maiden visit to France

June 18, 2018

This is the first visit that Swaraj will be making to France in her four-year tenure as the External Affairs Minister of India. During her visit, Swaraj will hold discussions with her French counterpart Jean Yves Le Drian and is also expected to call on President Macron.

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Mushrooming of paid news culture in India

Mushrooming of paid news culture in India

June 17, 2018

The role of the media is supposed to facilitate greater accountability of public personalities and bring the corruption into light. But seeing the recent trends the credibility of media is being questioned. Only after a month of ‘Operation 136’ Cobrapost, an independent inves...

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Sweetening the deal?

Sweetening the deal?

June 14, 2018

India is all set to sweeten the Air India sale after its failed attempt to put the debt-laden national carrier for sale recently. Will the efforts to list national carrier help?

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Expansion of uranium mining in India

Expansion of uranium mining in India

June 13, 2018

The uranium mining projects in India have time and again failed to gain “social consent” which leads in slowing down approvals and increasing the project costs.

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Citizens’ draft privacy bill

Citizens’ draft privacy bill

June 12, 2018

Privacy violation may now lead to penalty of INR 10 million and prison sentence of three years. The data privacy bill also talks about penalizing companies found violating the law as well.

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Soaring petrol and diesel prices

Soaring petrol and diesel prices

June 7, 2018

With petrol prices in India at near five-year high, and diesel prices at all-time high levels, after oil marketing companies hiked prices, here is a look at how it can have a negative impact on the economy.

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Shifting sands in Indian politics

Shifting sands in Indian politics

June 7, 2018

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decimated the Congress party across the country, except in three states. But the recent by-poll results do not augur well for the saffron party ahead of the 2019 general elections.

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Infrastructure expansion, a key focus area for India

Infrastructure expansion, a key focus area for Ind...

June 6, 2018

Aviation, railways and roadways are the backbones of a country’s economy. It is very essential to modernise them for the country’s growth. The Indian government, therefore, is planning to undergo a major expansion for airports and railways.

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No suitors for the Maharaja

No suitors for the Maharaja

June 5, 2018

For the second time in its history India's beleaguered national carrier, Air India, failed to attract any takers. Now everybody is selling their ideas to the government on how to go about it.

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Cybercrimes should be considered as phone frauds

Cybercrimes should be considered as phone frauds

May 31, 2018

To fight increasing cybercrimes, stakeholders call for stringent norms, self-regulation and discretion.

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