By meeting Bangladesh’s Yunus amid tensions, PM Modi has stayed ahead of his base. It’s smart statesmanship to embrace realities of neighbourhood. The meeting was an opportunity to move on from tensions prompted by Hasina’s escape to India. To not have met Yunus would have gone against rules of diplomacy.
Piyush Goyal is right about India’s overhyped start-ups. Venture capital-fuelled euphoria is waning
It’s the bitter truth about India’s overhyped start-up system that needed to be spoken. And just as well that it has come from Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal. India’s high-value start-ups lack creative innovation, don’t add value, aren’t global brands, and are eating up jobs. The venture capital-fuelled euphoria is waning.
A tiny thaw. More warmth is needed. There is a new reality in Dhaka and India must deal realistically with it. Print journalists have reported from the ground what ordinary Bangladeshis feel about India. That too needs working on. People to people relations, going back a lot in time, is one enduring advantage India enjoys over China in South Asia.
The Print is being absolutely obstinate by refusing to publish an editorial on the SSC teacher’s appointment scam in West Bengal. Despite the Supreme Court upholding the Calcutta High Court order and cancelling the jobs of approximately 26,000 teachers and also asking them to return the salary drawn over the past several years – The Print remains an ostrich with it’s head buried under the sand.
It just would not publish an editorial piece on the issue – lest it affronts Mamata Banerjee and the TMC.
The Print would do absolutely nothing to hurt or rile up Ms. Mamata Banerjee. It was clear from The Print’s coverage of the Sandeshkhali issue as well as it’s daily reportage on West Bengal.
I can recall clearly that The Print had criticised the Calcutta High Court order for cancelling the appointments as well as asking candidates to return the salary drawn.
Just goes on to show how “un-hyphenated” The Print’s journalism really is.