By Frank F Islam It is well known that the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. has ended many lives and livelihoods. What is not as well known is that the pandemic economy has also given birth to an enormous number of business start-ups. Those new businesses do not...
Frank F. Islam The plight of undocumented immigrants has been at the front and center of America’s national political debates for decades. But there is one group of immigrants whose predicament has been largely ignored or forgotten. It is the more than 1.2 million...
Although the economics discipline has evolved over time to acknowledge environmental risks and costs, it has yet to rise to the challenge of climate change. Daron Acemoglu BOSTON – This summer’s record-breaking heat wave in the American northwest offered a reminder –...
By Asad Mirza India it seems has been left out in the cold on the issue of maintaining regional security in the Asia-pacific region after the formation of AUKUS by the USA. The past week saw the US’s hard push to contain China in its own backyard, by the formation of...
By Frank F Islam The pomp and pageantry that characterized some of Modi's previous visits will be absent this time because of Covid and the more reserved style of the Biden administration, writes Frank F Islam Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Washington, DC, on...
Amid divided viewpoints on the Taliban takeover, India’s Afghan policy could impact its bilateral alliances in the Middle East By SHAFEEQ RAHMAN In the aftermath of the messy evacuation of US forces from Afghanistan and dethroning of an elected government by the...
By Frank F Islam I believe totally in your freedoms. I do, you’re free, you got to do what you have to do. But I recommend taking the vaccines. I did it, it’s good, take the vaccines. — Donald Trump at an August 21 rally in Alabama [This is the third and final blog of...
For some mysterious reason this innovative crime has acted like a somnific for one and all By A F Kirmani IT has been more than two months since the disgraceful ‘Sulli Deals’ came to light but so far not a single person has been arrested for the crime. What makes...
By Frank F Islam Not long ago, India was termed the “darling of Davos,” a country destined to achieve greatness. In the first decade of this century, there was hardly an investor in the West who was not enamoured of the “India story”. Then came a series of...
By Frank F. Islam The Aligarh district panchayat recentlypassed a resolution asking the government of Uttar Pradesh to change the name of the districtand its eponymous city to “Harigarh.” This proposed renaming is not an isolated event. Cities and district renamed in...