scorecardresearch
Friday, May 10, 2024
HomeOpinion

Opinion

‘Time to pursue lawyers, accountants who enable this’ — Offshore tax expert on Pandora Papers

The Pandora papers is the third in a series of huge leaks of documents to the media following the Panama papers in 2016 and the Paradise papers in 2017.

It’s up to Imran Khan govt to show us forced conversion is a crime in Pakistan

When he wasn't PM, Imran Khan used to raise the issue of abduction and forced conversion of Hindu and Christian girls in Pakistan. Now, he appeases the religious Right.

Priyanka Gandhi, like Modi, knows it’s all about the visuals. But Lakhimpur Kheri was more

In Lakhimpur Kheri, Congress’ Priyanka Gandhi went beyond Hathras and Sonbhadra. This wasn’t just a hug for a photo-op.

Is the game over for BSP? Mayawati’s politics pales in the face of Kanshiram’s legacy

While Kanshiram could hold the party watertight, Mayawati's politics is trudging the BSP on the path towards decline.

It’s a rich man’s game — why the wealthy stash money abroad & nations don’t mind the tax hit

As an international consortium of journalists unearths the ‘Pandora’ list of stashes in tax havens, accountability becomes the call of the day. But what we get instead is hypocrisy.

Anti-BJPism didn’t work for Muslims. Now it’s making the Opposition lazy

The question isn't anymore about which non-BJP party can get Muslim votes. The more relevant question is which secular party can get enough Hindu votes.

Indian tea is world famous, but our exports are still behind Kenya, China and Sri Lanka

Indian tea flavours like Assam, Darjeeling and Nilgiri are among the finest in the world. But we have not been able to capitalise on our potential for tea export.

Alzheimer’s to anxiety, poor gut health has major say

Our gut shares a complicated relationship with our brain. It's important to keep it healthy for the sake of your mental health.

For Indian junk bonds, it’s love in the time of Evergrande

For investors wary of China, looking at India makes sense. At more than $300 billion, Evergrande's liabilities alone are more than twice the size of India’s entire corporate bond market.

Gen Bipin Rawat’s Russia, US visits show something is changing in India’s military diplomacy

India has openly pitched for exporting weapons to regions such as Africa, which has been traditionally dominated by China.

On Camera

What’s Xi Jinping doing in Europe? His goal is more strategic than economic

India should aim to get European investments that are clearly no longer going to China. That is where the dots of its efforts to save Asia from China’s dominance converge at its most basic.

Day after mass sick leave by employees, Air India Express fires crew members, cancels 85 more flights

About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.

Vice Admiral Sanjay Bhalla takes charge as Chief of Personnel of the Indian Navy

His tenure as Chief of Personnel will be marked by a number of important appointments, both afloat and ashore.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

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.