By Shruti Sharma, Like most Indian states, Uttar Pradesh's discoms have the twin challenge of universal household electrification while also ensuring revenue matches the cost of supply. But growing demands for electrification and subsidies, combined with a lack of...
By Taponeel Mukherjee, The "Global Energy & CO2 Status Report", published by the International Energy Agency (IEA), states that "renewable energy saw the highest growth rate of all energy sources in 2017 and met around a quarter of global energy demand growth" --...
By Amit Kapoor, "Data is the new oil" has been a clichéd maxim of the internet age. But the events that unfolded last week have underlined the extent of complexities that can be created in society depending on the nature of its usage. A year-long investigation by...
By Sameer Dhanrajani, The Facebook data breach raises urgent questions that need to be answered responsibly by our industry -- given its terrifying scale and impact. In today's world, data is a form of soft power, and it is essential for those who wield it, to use it...
“There were many things that amazed me in my early days in this country. But, one of the things that truly stuck out for me was the freedom of the press. The journalists and reporter’s ability to listen, to watch, to observe, to investigate and to write about...
By Taponeel Mukherjee, As large institutional investors with operational capacities plough money into Indian infrastructure, it is important that we also keep an eye on attracting the relatively small, non-operating investors as well. Mobilising capital from a variety...
By Amulya Ganguli, An indication as to how difficult it is going to be for the opposition at the national level to get its act together was available after K. Chandrashekar Rao met Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata to lay the foundation for a federal front. However, even...
By Abhik Ghosh, A recent amendment to the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Rules, 1946, has sparked excited debates by its proponents and critics alike. Some observers see the latest move as the ushering in of much promised big ticket reforms in the labour and...
By Frank Islam, On March 24, students and citizens from across this great nation will gather in Washington DC for the March for Our Lives. They are not saying it this way, but they will be exercising their First Amendment rights of freedom of speech and assembly;...
By Nipun Vinayak, A Swachh marathon conducted by the Dettol company, Reckitt Benckiser, in collaboration with NDTV, as part of the Swachch Banega India project, takes the discussion on sanitation into the drawing rooms of the middle and upper classes. With brand...