Congress had got whitewashed in Gujarat in 2014, but this time, it is raking up issues like farmer distress and unemployment to attack the BJP's state government.
A new government scheme wants more women driving commercial transport vehicles in rural India. A look back at the experiences of women behind the wheel in India suggest the road ahead may be bumpy.
KAVEESHA KOHLI
Crowded cities are rich because there is greater division of labour. The extent of the division of labour depends on the size of the market, wrote Sauvik Chakraverti in 2002.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
The Assembly election shaped up into a real contest. The Congress party’s Vikas Gando thhay chhe was resonating with voters. Had the entire city of Surat flipped, the ruling party could have lost. After such a close shave, the first order of business should have been to replace Mr Vijay Rupani, give the state a CM with both political and governance gravitas.
The Assembly election shaped up into a real contest. The Congress party’s Vikas Gando thhay chhe was resonating with voters. Had the entire city of Surat flipped, the ruling party could have lost. After such a close shave, the first order of business should have been to replace Mr Vijay Rupani, give the state a CM with both political and governance gravitas.