India has cheap labour while conventionally R&D-intensive countries have cheaper capital. The whole debate on R&D needs to be recast to fit the realities here.
Nothing explains why some dynasts make it big in Modi’s BJP and government while others are consistently overlooked. If only Anurag Thakur could give them a tip or two.
Almost every area needs reform to bring these laws up to date with the contemporary realities. It has to begin with recognising the Muslim woman as a whole individual.
The issue that needs reflection is whether our nuclear arsenal, shaped by our nuclear doctrine, adequately caters for a nuclear exchange that commences with use of TNWs.
PTI and PML-N value religion as an instrument for social control and creating a passive mindset. This softens popular resistance to massive wealth inequities.
Shashi Tharoor should get the Oomen Chandy faction’s backing, but K.C. Venugopal, V.D. Satheesan and Ramesh Chennithala can gang up to deny him the opportunity.
Xi met Spanish President Pedro Sanchez, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim at the Boao Forum in Hainan.
When India was in a tough spot playing against West Indies in 1971, Durani promised to take the wickets of Clive Lloyd and Gary Sobers. He delivered with ease.
Words like 'ghuspethiye' or 'tushtikaran' resonate very little in West Bengal, nor do phrases like 'mangalsutra' or Amit Shah's distortion of Mamata Banerjee's 'Maa, Mati, Manush' slogan into 'mullah, madrasa, mafia'.
In 2021, the government allowed telcos to convert interest on deferred spectrum payments and AGR dues into equity. This made it the single largest stakeholder in Vodafone Idea.
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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