Time to speak up: What women want from elections

Ahead of the upcoming elections, political parties have started announcing incentives to benefit women, but what do women truly seek for genuine gender parity, asks Nivedita Mookerji.......

75 percent Chinese DON'T like India: Survey

Wary of India's economic growth, an overwhelming majority of Chinese have a negative opinion about India, a recent survey has found. "Roughly a quarter (23 percent) have a favourable opinion of......

'Only 13 per cent Indians hold favourable opinion on Pak'

While significant effort is being made by governments of both India and Pakistan to better ties, a majority of people in both countries continue to have an unfavourable view of the other, an......

Revealed: Indians prefer military over Manmohan

The people of India and Pakistan have one thing in common -- they prefer the nation's military to their political leaders. As many as 92 per cent Indians believe that the military has a good......

Indians rank US highly,rate the country favourable

The popularity of the United States in India has shot up dramatically since 2002, in a period in which Uncle Sam's image took a beating globally, a survey has said. America turned out to be the......

Beware! The Two Economic Indias

The substantially increased economic dualism may exert lasting negative influences which could include a reduced potential for economic growth; the persistence of a very weak employment and poverty......

How India can add an extra $1 trillion to its GDP by 2020

A data plan currently priced at Rs 100 should not cost more than Rs 34, if India has to make the Internet affordable for 80 per cent of its population, says Tanay Sukumar. Four of five Indians......

PEs sharpen focus on green energy

Last month, the Muthoot Pappachan Group (MPG), a leading non-banking finance company, decided to invest heavily in wind energy, to create 50 Mw generation capacity.This is part of its plan to......