Opinion - Page 849

Central bankers in the developed world are entering into a surrealistic world. Ever since unconventional monetary policies were launched in the wake...

On Monday afternoon, India’s telecom regulator finally put to rest the fiery net neutrality debate in India -- by ruling against zero rating and...

Poll times are party times. If the polls happen to be in the nation’s politically most significant state – Uttar Pradesh, parties would be in plenty....

You might have heard the term flavivirus recently due to the outbreak of Zika virus in Central and South America. Zika, along with West Nile virus,...

With 10 percent of 3.63 trillion medicines consumed worldwide in 2015, India is the world’s third-largest medicine market. It stands to scientific...

Ever since homo became sapient, the human mind (predominantly men) conjured up various notions of what it means to be a man or a woman. Barring rare...

If the country’s military is 70 percent import-dependent for critical armament supplies, it must follow a realistic approach for hi-tech foreign...

Last week, this column had discussed the successful conduct of the state level farmers’ festival at Burdwan in which the West Bengal Chief Minister...

Her pale, yellow eyes stood out against her dusky skin, and the grief was visible on the face of the young woman from a tribe of traditional honey...

Record production in the US, weakened demand from the Eurozone and emerging economies like China and Brazil, and Iran’s entry into the international...

Climate influences our lives in many ways—right from dictating what we wear to what we consume, but surprisingly it never features in our day-to-day...

Rahul Gandhi’s recent efforts to reconnect with Dalits are giving sleepless nights to his political opponents. Though he has been stressing the need...