Venture Capitalists to provide strategic direction to startups
The role of venture capitals has to be much more than selecting a good business to provide funding and should extend to value-creation The importance of start-ups in an economy cannot be undermined as they are technological revolutionaries, disruptors and creators. They create new industries, provide jobs, increase income levels, improve...
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The Japanese have theirs, We’ll soon have ours
14 May 2022 | R C ACHARYA -
Sustainability - road to a better future
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Walk the talk
14 May 2022 | Pioneer -
An unforgiving May
14 May 2022 | Pioneer -
Hindus’ incoherent angst about identity
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Politics of caste census
13 May 2022 | Pioneer -
Ball is in Supreme Court
13 May 2022 | Pioneer
Imperialist China’s challenges in Pak
Shari Baloch’s unprecedented suicide is symptomatic of the all-pervasiveness of Sino-wariness that is gripping all stratums of society in Pakistan As the global “nursery” and fount for sanctified religio-extremism, Pakistan has paid an incalculable price towards what former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had forewarned: “Snakes in your backyard won’t...
Antibiotic resistance crisis in post-pandemic world
Antimicrobial resistance stewardship programs have to be prioritized, keeping the demands of the continuing Covid-19 pandemic in context On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a pandemic. Two years later, the shadow of the Covid pandemic is still looming over...
Regional bloc ties vital in the Indo-Pacific
India has to revise its strategy to better bond with ASEAN US president Joe Biden hosted eight out ten regional leaders from ASEAN in Washington this week. This comes ahead of the President’s travel to Japan and South Korea later this month, followed by QUAD leaders in person summit in Tokyo....
Dealing with impact of heat waves in India
Rising surface temperatures in the Indian Ocean coupled with EI-Nino effect are responsible for heatwaves in India Heatwaves are a common phenomenon in India during May-June. This year, summer began early due to the gradually increasing maximum temperatures in many parts of India. According to the state health department, this year’s...
Non-violence: essence of culture of peace
One who has removed violence from one’s feelings, thoughts, words and deeds will naturally be peaceful and will emanate subtle waves of peace The story of the Mahabharata represents the struggle that takes place on the battlefield of every thinking man or woman’s mind when desires, expectations and vices try to...
Northern Ireland: Bad Timing
Sinn Fein has a long way to go despite historic win Four months ago, Jonathan Powell warned that the ‘Good Friday’ agreement of 1998 that ended thirty years of killing in Northern Ireland was at risk. “What worries me is the casual political vandalism. They really don’t seem to care (about)...
India’s critical need for cyber doctrine
Cyber power projection will deter the adversary from initiating attacks on India in the first place The news regarding attempts of Chinese hackers in December 2021 and January 2022 to attack State Load Dispatch Centres (SLDCs) near the LAC was considered by many as routine. Of course, the military establishment would...
