Why a sense of dread and fear prevails in India

The standard line that is used for anyone -- academics, minorities, farmers, dissident industrialists -- who points out that what the government is doing is wrong is being anti-national and......

Climate Change: India Must Walk The Talk

India lost around 38.5 thousand hectares of tropical forest in the last decade.Nearly 14 per cent of the country's tree cover!It is one thing for Modi to announce that India will reach a net-zero......

India's Submarine Dilemma

Hydrography (underwater geography) prevents the Indian Navy for opting for an all-conventional, or all-nuclear submarine fleet.Ajai Shukla reports. IMAGE: The Scorpene submarine. Photograph: ANI......

How will AUKUS pact impact India?

The agreement would divert China's attention and keep them busy in the Pacific theatre, probably resulting in a reduction in threat perception in our area of interest in the Indian Ocean, notes......

Cool prospects for consumer durable firms as temperature set to soar

IMD expects day temperatures to remain above-normal in select regions across the country between March and May 2021. IMAGE: A woman carries her son in a bucket after collecting water from a......

Why global brands now rise in the east

Not long ago, Joanna Seddon, a marketing executive, lost a button on her Louis Feraud suit and looked for a store in New York or London at which to get it replaced. Ms Seddon, an executive......

'The world of globality is not flat'

In his best-selling book The World is Flat, Thomas Friedman had shown how globalisation had flattened the differences between developed and developing countries in terms of access to opportunity......

Tatas, world's 6th most reputed group

The Tata Group has emerged as the world's sixth most reputed company. It leapfrogged over 100 positions from last year's 124th rank in the annual 'Global 200: The World's Best Corporate......

Australia's bowling woes ahead of Ashes

Australia start their Ashes defence on Wednesday without a single frontline bowler who has previous Test experience in England. On Monday their most experienced bowler Brett Lee pulled out of......