Insulting to say Kharge or Tharoor can be remote-controlled: Rahul

As Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor fight it out for the Congress chief's post, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday described both as people of stature and understanding, and asserted that it was......

'The Ganga is in ICU'

'One per cent of wealthy people have been handed over 99 per cent of our nation's resources. The rest are mute, helpless and very frightened spectators to this loot.' 'More forests have been axed......

'Will anyone invite a waste-picker inside their home and give him chai?'

Image: Hasirudala got the Bengaluru municipality to issue ID cards to rag-pickers, thus legitimising their position as contributing members of society. Photograph: Courtesy Hasirudala 'There......

'Governance of cities has become horrendous'

'Disparity is not only in Mumbai; you see it in every city. The other day, I saw right next to the mansion of Mukesh Ambani worth Rs 5,000 crore for one family, thousands of people sleeping on the......

How Reliance managed to stay afloat amid Covid blues

The relatively young consumer-centric retail and telecom businesses have helped the conglomerate even as it seeks mega scale in renewable energy. More than a year of Covid-19 has pushed most......

How to provide 24x7 electricity for all Indians by 2027

'The 24x7 power for all vision is inspiring, because as we've so often seen, where India leads, the world follows,' says Rajiv J Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation.Illustration: Dominic......

Can solar energy power India's growth story?

India has an unprecedented opportunity to develop solar industry because, like China, it offers scale which is critical to reducing costs and to stimulate innovation, says Shyam Saran. The formal......

Wanted! Clean energy investors

The biggest challenge for the renewable energy sector in India today is the absence of a financial ecosystem fit to purpose and fit to scale, notes Arunabha Ghosh Even as India has aggressively......