By Frank F. Islam, Over 31 million people of Indian birth or descent are part of the Indian diaspora spread around the world. Of them, 3.1 million, or 10 per cent, are Indian-Americans living in the US. The Indian-American diaspora has proven to be a vital resource...
By Milinda Ghosh Roy, Kolkata : With no cutting-edge medical equipment, air-conditioning or critical care unit in place, the under-construction building in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district hardly matches the popular notion of a modern medical care facility....
Kolkata : India's small farmers and street vendors are exhibiting far more entrepreneurship than the country's corporate sector, Bibek Debroy, Chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, said here on Friday. "Entrepreneurship cannot be taught but...
By Vishnu Makhijani, New Delhi : Comedy is gaining a lot of momentum in India and the challenge lies in monetising this space, says comedian-entrepreneur Adnan Nalwala, adding that comedians in this country need to come out of their "local" shells if they are to make...
By Saket Suman, New Delhi : There has been, in recent times, a great churning in what can be called India's "cultural space". Public institutions, hitherto custodians of all things "cultural", have been eclipsed by the rise of new-age festivals and events. Indeed, the...
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday appreciated the farmers of Uttarakhand's Bageshwar district for making biscuits from their farm produce. "In Bageshwar, the main crops are mandwa, chaulai, corn or barley. This being a hilly area, the farmers did not...
New Delhi : Taking a cue from industrialist Mukesh Ambani's oft-repeated statement that 'data is the new oil', the Minister for Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Ravi Shankar Prasad urged entrepreneures to help India become a big centre for data...
By Jaideep Sarin, Amritsar (Punjab) : If there is one big leveller for people, irrespective of their religion, caste, gender, social status or riches, it is the "langar", or community kitchen, at the Golden Temple complex, where the holiest of Sikh shrines, the...
By Arul Louis, United Nations : India must focus as a priority on ensuring that more women work in the formal sector as it continues with labour reforms, according to Ken Kang, the deputy director in International Monetary Fund (IMF) Asia Pacific Department. While "in...
Mumbai : Three Indians, including Reliance Industries (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani and human rights lawyer Indira Jaising, feature in Fortune magazine as the 50 Greatest Leaders of 2018, released on Thursday. Architect Balkrishna Doshi is the third Indian in the list...