Infrastructure
Coverage, continuity, intensity & quality, key challenges of malnutrition in India: UNICEF
October 2, 2020
India is home to the largest number of children suffering from malnutrition and stunted growth. This has been the case for decades. What has not been happening right? I am an optimist. Things are going in a right direction. Malnutrition is improving but my concern is that they ar...
Read MoreFrench unrest
April 15, 2019
France needs to revive its smaller towns and rural areas to address the root cause of the Yellow Vests movement.
Read MoreThe nuances that make the City of Joy
January 31, 2018
As we set foot in Kolkata, we realised there was so much to see in the ‘city of joy’; after all, it is not by chance that the city got the moniker, it earned it.
Read MoreBengal Global Business Summit 2018 rides high on big baskets from Ambani to Adani
January 18, 2018
The fourth edition of Bengal Global Business Summit 2018 was held on 16th and 17th January 2018 at the newly constructed state of the art, Biswa Bangla International Convention Center located in the intelligent city Newtown, Kolkata. The global investor’s summit was organised b...
Read More‘MAHA-UDAN’ The Quantum Jump Towards Development
October 31, 2017
Maharashtra is firmly poised to carry forward the objectives of central government’s ‘UDAN Yojana’ while targeting smaller cities for developing airports within a 800 km radius of existing airports. With a cap on the fare at INR 2,500 for a distance of 500 kilometres, it op...
Read MoreBengal Global Business Summit: Striving for inclusive and sustainable development
January 22, 2017
With demonetisation playing its game of throne behind the scene, BGBS 2017 called its curtain with an announcement of a remarkable INR 2,353 billion investment commitment floated on the floor.
Read MoreCattle class rail safety in India makes bullet train dreams ludicrous
November 21, 2016
While condolences and reactions on the catastrophic train derailment are pouring in, serious concerns about the cattle class rail infrastructure in India becomes blatantly evident.
Read MoreIndian IT giant Wipro acquires American firm Appirio
October 22, 2016
Wipro Limited, a major IT company announced earlier this week that it has acquired Appirio Inc., a US-based cloud services firm, for an approximate EUR 450 million. However, declining revenue rates, revealed yesterday, remains a concern.
Read MoreLet nature heal you
October 18, 2016
The ancient medical science, Naturopathy, is best suited for modern, hectic lifestyles and the innumerable cures it suggests are not known to many.
Read MoreDifferently-abled employees in India
October 15, 2016
Though many organisations in India are ignorant about the inclusion and rehabilitation of disable persons, various others are recognising the need to tap the differently-abled population; despite the challenges.
Read MoreIndia hosted Indonesia Exposé 2016
October 10, 2016
Indonesia Exposé Day 2016 was a three day flagship event organised with the aim to showcase Indonesia’s potential in trade, industry, tourism, and services sectors, and to attract investment and tourism from India.
Read MoreSuez wins the contract for the Colaba wastewater treatment plant
October 10, 2016
The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) has given French giant Suez the contract to design and build the Colaba wastewater treatment facility, an upscale district of the economic capital of India, which faces enormous sanitation infrastructure needs with its growing po...
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