Opinion - Page 851

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), the world’s first and largest social programme of its kind, has brought with...

In Jammu, litchi was flowering—much earlier and out of season. This is because winter had not come and it was warmer than usual. But now as the chill...

Your reporter isn’t very literate when it comes to the subject of economics. At least, I do not understand the kind of economics that ferrets out...

The introduction of constitutionally mandated governance at the local level with three million representatives has drawn the attention of the world...

Love, sex, and babies form the foundation of human existence. Without them, the human race will cease to exist. Zika, a virus that few people had...

This column derives its name and title from the farmers’ festival organised annually by the district administration of Burdwan and the Agriculture...

No one in his right mind can object to the concept of smart cities, where infotech and related technologies come to the aid of urban services. Thus,...

Rohith Vemula, a PhD student, focused on the interstellar spaces and Carl Sagan. In a different location, a sewage cleaner looks for live cockroaches...

The rapid expansion of e-commerce, foreign brand retail, IT and electronics start-ups, e-transaction portals, financial inclusion, RuPay bank cards...

To most supporters of Narendra Modi, including those outside the saffron fold who welcomed his economic agenda, the Prime Minister’s tenure so far has...

Arun Jaitley took the Rajya Sabha route to become Union Finance Minister after losing his Lok Sabha contest in May 2014 when the “Modi Wave” was at...

India is the world’s second-largest maker of bricks, and as the country grows, the demand for bricks will only rise. The sector is mainly composed of...