By Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd), In its pursuit of global maritime dominance, China has decided to create a force of three aircraft-carriers -- one for each of its fleets. Like India, China first acquired an old Soviet-era aircraft-carrier, but (unlike us) refurbished...
By Saeed Naqvi, It was what a film director would have described as a perfect take. "You are a beginner," he said, grinding his teeth in simulated anger. "These are your days to learn." A measured pause; he then emoted. "And you are insulting a former Prime Minister,...
By Sanjiv Kataria, Time was when, if you aspired to study abroad, you wouldn't look beyond the US and the United Kingdom with their prestigious colleges and great institutions of higher learning, many of them with an Ivy League tag. They still exist, but a plethora of...
By Amit Kapoor, By all estimates, the Indian economy has entered a phase of recovery. After a period of subdued growth that was marred by a spate of disruptions, India has regained the fastest-growing major economy tag and a growth rate exceeding seven per cent is...
By Vinod Behl, Two years after the Centre notified the Real Estate Regulation and Development Act (RERA) of 2016 to empower and protect property consumers and make property transactions fair and transparent by regulating the sector, the sluggish and flawed...
By Rajendra Shende, For the first time, the world is experiencing ice-breaking events that are not attributable to global warming. But they are definitely related to warming of another kind. There has been a sudden surge of warming of bilateral and one-to-one...
By Vikas Datta, His fame mostly endures on one couplet, which ably uses changes of nature to reflect the turmoil in human affairs. But even among those familiar with "Zameen-e-chaman gul khilati hai kya kya/Badalta hai rang asmaan kaise kaise", only a few would know...
By Shantanu Guha Ray, Indigo President Aditya Ghoshs final hours played out in a room in Gurgaon, a city of seven golf courses surrounded by apartment towers sprouting like concrete weeds. In aviation circles, many likened the move to the tagline of India's most...
Dr Khurshid Syed, Bandra Muslims are the second largest majority in India.Other so called minorities are Dalits and Adivasis, Christians Jains and Sikhs. In this pluralistic country people of different color, caste,race and religion have lived peacefully together for...
By Christopher Hanvey, When a child goes to the school, one of the most crucial things that parents are concerned about is their security, be it in the school premises or while commuting. Even for a school, providing secure transportation is of utmost importance....