Opinion - Page 1320

July has opened on a grim note for the Indian economy in 2013-2014, after the setbacks of the first quarter (April-June) with a slower growth...

Engulfed by high imports of gold and oil along with decline in invisibles, the Current account Deficit (CAD) made a historical jump causing paranoia...

It is impossible to believe that the forced withdrawal of two Sri Lankan army officers from the Defence Service Staff College in Wellington in Tamil...

The Kedarnath temple is one of the few structures in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand to have escaped relatively unscathed in the recent floods. The...

Modern India is, in many ways, a success. Its claim to be the world’s largest democracy is not hollow. Its media is vibrant and free; Indians buy more...

I had an opportunity to visit the 25th Mango Festival in Delhi to enjoy the flavour of mangoes. Moreover, I was keen to have a glimpse of 500...

The Berlin airlift was the biggest airlift the Allies had done post-second world war to support a beleaguered city for a year. The Garhwal helilift is...

Here’s a classic misnomer. It’s called the Chandigarh Industrial Area but there are no noisy factories, no smoke billowing out of tall chimneys and no...

One of the major drawbacks in India’s foreign policy is that dominant voices in the strategic community are of hawks; bereft of pragmatism, who claim...

The cloudburst-induced flood in Uttarakhand was a disaster waiting to happen. The state’s draft action plan on climate change is full of such...

Dollar shortage seems to have driven the government at its wits’ end. Otherwise, how could the government leave the task of making its intention...

The trend of dynastic succession has been visible in India for quite some time and it has touched an all time high in Madhya Pradesh where assembly...