New Delhi : Nobel-winning economist Amartya Sen said the lack of attention on social sectors had taken a "quantum jump in the wrong direction" since the BJP came to power and that despite the visible prominence of backwardness in India, the political dispensation was...
By Siddhi Jain, New Delhi : What began as a nine-year-old's venture at Krishna Caterers about eight decades ago in the city of Nawabs turned into an awe-inspiring, lifelong affair with cuisine. Imtiaz Qureshi, a widely admired and adored figure in the Indian culinary...
By Sugandha Rawal, New Delhi : Stellan Skarsgard doesn't want to enter the political world thanks to US President Donald Trump. The Swedish actor, who has been part of films like "Good Will Hunting", "Thor", "Avengers" and "Mamma Mia!", says politicians unite people...
By Shreehari Paliath, Mumbai : The 15th Finance Commission was asked to use the 2011 population census for deciding states' share of central taxes. This may mean that states with higher populations will receive more central funds. The decision has turned into a...
By Aparajita Gupta, Gurugram : With fierce ongoing battle in the telecom sector, which is making telecom companies' balance sheet bleed, Gopal Vittal, MD and CEO (India and South Asia), Bharti Airtel feels that pricing level and ARPU have reached rock bottom and now...
By Vishal Gulati, Da Nang (Vietnam) : Women everywhere still face everyday disadvantages. Empowering them will unlock new potential to tackle environmental challenges, President of the Marshall Islands, Hilda C. Heine, has said. "The GEF (Global Environment Facility)...
By Mohd Asim Khan, New Delhi : The Indian side was prepared for escalation -- in case Pakistan chose to do so -- while conceiving and executing the 2016 surgical strikes by crossing the Line of Control (LoC) along the Jammu and Kashmir border, according to the army...
By Vishnu Makhijani, New Delhi : Writings in Indian languages are more authentic than in English because they present a truer picture of Indian life, says multi-faceted Malayalam author Chandrika Balan, whose oeuvre includes 20 books in her mother tongue and four...
By Gokul Bhagabati, New Delhi : With Artificial Intelligence (AI) catching the imagination of all and sundry but its implementation being largely restricted to a few global giants, Chinese technology major Lenovo says it has put in place a system that allows even...
By Vishal Gulati, Da Nang (Vietnam) : Plastic drinking straws are just one example of some of the pointless plastic products that have proved to be a curse for the environment, United Nations Environment head Erik Solheim has said. "We also have pointless packaging,...