In the previous budget the government banked upon hefty increase in capital expenditure to boost economic growth. But the capital expenditure proposed in 2025-26 is only 1 per cent higher than the ...

The successive victories of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) soon after its nominal loss in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, first in Haryana, then Maharashtra and now in Delhi have caused only ...

To be remembered, by protocol, the Governor is the Chancellor of every government University in a State. There are 24 public universities in Tamil Nadu. The Governor is a Union government appointee, ...

As a food processing consultant, Frank A. worked with over 60 food manufacturing, processing and packaging companies in Australia, China, Surabaya Indonesia, New Zealand and Singapore and talks, in ...

The emergence of "civil celebrities" has transformed how civil servants interact with the public in India. Traditionally known for their quiet dedication to governance, these officials are now ...

It might appear to be obnoxious but it is an impermeable reality that the people of Delhi did not say anything nor they scripted a thumping victory for BJP. Narendra Modi, as always, this time too is ...

We must keep in mind that that India’s budgetary policy has undergone significant changes over the years after independence. It would not be out of focus to shed a little light on the difference ...

The Delhi Model of governance that was spearheaded by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) founder Arvind Kejriwal is often characterised as an exercise in freebie politics, particularly by the Bharatiya Janata ...

Ismat Chughtai was a rebel woman writer in the world of Urdu fiction. In his Foreword to Ismat’s first collection of short stories, Choten (Wounds), the eminent fiction writer of her time, Krishan ...

Los Indios Tabajaras was a guitar duo of two brothers, Antenor Lima and Natalicio (Nato) Lima, from Cear¡ in the Northeast of Brazil. They played all over Latin America and were immensely popular by ...