Reforming Parliament: Charity begins at home

Reforming Parliament: Charity begins at home

Tuesday, 21 March 2023 | Kalyani Shankar

It is high time that parliamentary reforms are undertaken to make the House more effective and in sync with the changing times Just as we need reforms in many other areas, Parliament needs reforms urgently. Right now, both Houses remain paralysed. The Opposition is looking for public and media attention to...

Bring petroleum products under GST

Bring petroleum products under GST

Saturday, 18 March 2023 | Uttam Gupta

The Finance Minister should proactively engage with states to speed up the process of taxing petroleum goods under the GST Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has exhorted the states to give their concurrence for fixing the tax rate for five petroleum goods—crude oil, natural gas (NG), petrol, diesel, and aviation turbine fuel...

Remain healthy and positive after menopause

Remain healthy and positive after menopause

Friday, 17 March 2023 | Babina NM

Naturopathy and yoga can help you remain healthy after menopause, writes Babina NM Menopause hits women when their bodies experience a change toward the cessation of menstruation and ovulation. It denotes a period when important hormonal changes are taking place in the body. Menopause might affect one woman differently than another....

India-US Strategic Commercial Dialogue

India-US Strategic Commercial Dialogue

Friday, 17 March 2023 | Kumardeep Banerjee

More coordination on multilateral forums would be good for both India and the US resumed their bilateral commercial dialogue after a gap of three years. In their fifth ministerial-level meeting, US commerce secretary Gina Raimondo and Indian commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal focused on enhanced economic cooperation, in a new...

China’s rising clout in the Middle East

China’s rising clout in the Middle East

Friday, 17 March 2023 | Simran Sodhi

Thaw in the Iran-Saudi Arabia relations is welcome as it would lessen the tension in the region but it would have been better had India mediated it The news that Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to resume their diplomatic ties sent many into a tizzy. The sense of disbelief was...

Community radios are reviving folk traditions

Thursday, 16 March 2023 | Brijender Singh panwar

Community radios connect well by playing local folk songs which are not played by other media platforms Community radios nurture the development of cultural traditions and facilitate a resurgence of pride in local traditions in the face of globalised knowledge systems, helping communities reclaim their cultural identities. In doing so, it...

The Rising Threat of Glaucoma in India

The Rising Threat of Glaucoma in India

Thursday, 16 March 2023 | Nikkhil K Masurkar

Glaucoma is one of the biggest challenges in India as millions of people are affected by it Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide, including in India. It affects around 12 million people in India, with almost 10% of them having already lost their vision to the disease. Unfortunately,...

The ‘Altasian’ alternative to China

The ‘Altasian’ alternative to China

Thursday, 16 March 2023 | Govind Bhattacharjee

The trade war between US and China is forcing high-tech companies to lower their reliance on China First, it was the US-China Trade War triggered by President Donald Trump in 2018 by imposing tariffs and other trade barriers on China to force it to change its unfair trade practices and intellectual...

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