China's population declines for first time since 1961

China's demographic crisis deepened in 2022 as its population declined for the first time since 1961 due to a plunging birth rate, the country's statistics office said on Tuesday, amid a forecast......

Vizhinjam Port: Between Protest, Promise And Reality

Big-ticket investments taking off is crucial for Kerala given the years it lost to labour militancy courtesy the same political forces currently in power, explains Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: Women......

What can we next expect from Xi?

It will be interesting to see whether India-China border tensions figure during the deliberations of PLA deputies to China's National People's Congress, notes Jayadeva Ranade, the distinguished......

'The epidemic is receding in India'

'But we still have to be very careful.' IMAGE: A health worker administers a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to an Odisha policeman at the police commissionerate in Bhubaneswar, February 6, 2021.......

Inside the miserable world of India's domestic workers

'We eat first, they later; we sit on chairs and they on the floor; we call them by their names and they address us by titles.' 'There’s a real feeling that the employers are “big......

Why Mudra Bank is a major landmark in our growth process

For the first time in our economic history a government has thought about more than 50 per cent of our economic activity instead of the five per cent represented by the Sensex companies, observes......

Why India, China must ensure social security for farmers

Image: A woman removes stalks from chillies at a farm in Ahmedabad. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters Farmers in India like to adorn their rusty ploughs with chillies and limes. Hanging by......

Another Indian quits Obama administration

Secunderabad-born Suresh Kumar, a former Doordarshan sports and news anchor over 30 years ago, who two years ago was appointed by President Obama to lead the Commerce Department's US and Foreign......

Readers on where India has gone wrong

Sumit Bhatia:I firmly believe that Saurav and Wright have been instrumental in "making" this Indian team such that people now expect it to win all the time it goes out to play rather than making......