By Taponeel Mukherjee, The State Bank of India's (SBI) decision earlier this week to not fund interest payments during the infrastructure construction phase is not only a move to manage its exposure to infrastructure going forward, but also a call to think of...
By Faisal Kawoosa, The National Telecom Policy (NTP) 2018 is on the anvil. There have been a lot of deliberations -- and opinions sought from the ecosystem, including industry and the regulator -- about what NTP 2018 should look like. It is expected that the...
By Amit Kapoor, The developing wave of economic nationalism across the world has reached disconcerting levels. President Donald Trump's recent move to raise tariffs on import of steel and aluminium into the US signalled the pinnacle of the global shift towards...
Students in Florida have benefitted from the country’s most successful effort to teach civic knowledge and engagement. By Frank Islam and Ed Crego, The slaughter of 17 students and adults at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14 was,...
Dr Syed Zafar Mahmood, President, Zakat Foundation of India, ZakatIndia.org Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech on the occasion of the Jordanian King‘s visit to India in the presence of a thousand plus Indian Muslims in New Delhi’s prestigious Vigyan Bhawan...
By Bhavana Akella, Bengaluru : Never give up -- these were the simple yet profound words that kept Virali Modi, 26, fighting on after a deadly bout of malaria had her comatose for weeks and left her paraplegic and wheelchair-bound at the age of 14. In coma for 23...
By Vikas Datta, The ultimate test of a language's survival is how it is chosen by its users to express their innermost feelings.This yardstick could well explain the case of Urdu, especially when it struck up its enduring partnership with films. And a standard-bearer...
By Amit Dasgupta, Idyllic Maldives faces a serious constitutional crisis and there are no indications that President Abdullah Yameen is willing to soften his position. On the contrary, all indications are that Yameen would ruthlessly incarcerate the opposition and...
By Amulya Ganguli, Prima facie, it can seem that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been able to achieve its objective of ushering in a Congress-mukt (free) India in the northeast, especially in Tripura, by being in a position to come to power in at least two of the...
By Zarifa Sabet, The term "Bacha Posh" literally translated from the local Dari language means a "girl dressed like a boy". There are families who bring up their daughters as sons and, once they reach puberty, the girls usually must return to being girls. Parents who...