By Anjan Roy   The US Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell, has given a clear message from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, that the American central bank is all set to enter a rate reversal cycle. The Federal Reserve at long last would usher in a regime of lo...

  By K R Sudhaman   Himalayan states that share borders with neighboring countries of China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and parts of Myanmar have faced tardy development since independence. This is partly because of difficult terrain and ecologic...

  By Pradeep Kapoor   LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Congress has launched massive outreach program to win over dalit, OBCs and minorities to strengthen the vote bank of the party to face 2027 assembly polls in the state.   The  party  cadres  are  enthused  by t...

 By Arun Srivastava   It  is  the story of  two rapes,  one in  Kolkata and  another in Muzaffarpur – the  first  one a middle class   doctor and the  second one  a Dalit  girl. Both incidents took  place took  place within  a  gap  of two  days.. While  ...

  CONGRESS IS HOPEFUL OF UNSEATING THE RULING BJP IN THE STATE   By Dr. Gyan Pathak With announcement of Vidhan Sabha Election in Haryana by the Election Commission of India on August 16, the political parties in the state are now coming to their specific...

      CAN THE CENTRE ENSURE PEACEFUL POLLING WITH GOOD VOTER TURNOUT?   By Sushil Kutty     The Model code of Conduct is in force in Jammu & Kashmir. Also Article 370 stays abrogated. Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti have no complaints. The two are...

   AFFORDABILITY ISSUES FORCE CHANGE IN CUSTOMER BEHAVIOUR, DESIGN TRENDS   K Raveendran Gold has touched $2,500 an ounce for the first time ever, marking a historic milestone in the precious metals market, a development with profound implications both gl...

By K Raveendran By suggesting that the alleged Hindenburg offensive against the Adani group is an attack against India, the ruling party is, though inadvertently, acknowledging the sway the group has on the Modi government. This assertion not only undersc...

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi has thrown his hat into the quota within quota ring, that is set by a recent Supreme Court verdict. Though the verdict has allowed a structured reservation policy for SC in job and education by subcategoriza...

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Even though Supreme Court of India has given its verdict that Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Delhi has power to nominate ‘aldermen’ to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) under Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 without aid and adv...

By Arun Srivastava What has happened in Bangladesh was inevitable. It is extreme historical irony that Sheikh Hasina had to eventually flee Bangladesh, the country which was literally fathered by her father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Hasina, who once helped r...

By Sushil Kutty All banks have a savings account product with minimum balance requirements. If the minimum account balance (MAB) is not maintained, a fee is charged. However, in the interest of financial inclusion, the RBI mandated that all banks should a...

By Harihar Swarup After catching attention with her National Award winning big screen debut as Lakshmi, a low caste and morally ambiguous villager in Shyam Benegal’s Ankur 1974, Shabana Azmi has pitched out a rare feat of winning five National Awards for...

By K Raveendran Vinesh Phogat’s Olympics debacle is the ultimate manifestation of the uncertainty in sports, where triumph and tragedy often converge in a moment’s breath. Phogat, a wrestler whose athletic prowess as well as her struggle against sports bu...

By Dr. Gyan Pathak INDIA bloc is now firmly against taxing people on their future crises of life and health, protested within and outside the Parliament against imposition of 18 per cent GST on life and health insurance premium, and demanded their immedia...