Former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew during the LKY School of Public Policy 7th anniversary dialogue session in September 2011. Photograph: Tim Chong/Reuters Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's......
'The question now is how long the exercise in perfection he created will last once his influence isn't there any longer. I remember an occasion late at night when our taxi took the wrong exit from......
The Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) 20th National Congress is likely to re-elect General Secretary Xi Jinping for a historic third term, setting a new precedent for the country. IMAGE: Chinese......
Six decades and more later, we are now captives of our identities. Every poll is based on elaborate calculations of electability of candidates on the basis of their castes and other narrow......
Blame the voter, who invariably chooses the promise of hand-outs today in preference to a vague promise of, say, better schools tomorrow.Getting the Supreme Court to issue an edict, or Parliament......
'What's sad today is that there are so many people who cannot find work, not because the country is devoid of that opportunity, but because we are not doing enough in the country.' Interview with......
The 'Invest Odisha' mobile app is currently available on the Android platform. Odisha has become the first state in the country to launch a mobile app exclusively for investment facilitation. The......
As complexity of the task of managing personal financial risks increases, households will require a reasonable degree of financial literacy. Households, in particular, will need to use insurance......
Since 2000, India has had three serious droughts. The World Bank has estimated that the 2012 drought reduced the country's gross domestic product by half a percentage point, even though it was not......
No matter how much Singapore changes, the promise of the 'Look East' policy will remain elusive until conditions in India alter, says Sunanda K Datta-Ray. Lee Hsien Loong's splendid victory......