By Krishna Jha At a time when we celebrate birth anniversary of our guide and philosopher Comrade V I Lenin on April 22, we are passing through a phase called as rule of finance capital. It is defined by Lenin as the higher stage of capitalism that takes away...
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The world of banking and finance is making a significant move towards the digital economy. The landscape is changing rapidly, from the European Central Bank’s announcement about the digital Euro to the Chinese city of Suzhou paying salaries in digital Yuan. India is also moving...
By Girish Linganna A large section of youngsters in India, looking desperately at career advancement prospects, is paying for 2-3 degrees in the hope they will one day find their dream job. They are drawn irresistibly to colleges that are mushrooming inside tiny apartment complexes or inside stores in...
By Ed Rampell The multi-talented, widely admired performer Harry Belafonte died Tuesday, April 25, at age 96. He was born on March 1, 1927, in New York City as Harold George Bellanfanti, Jr. His ancestry is Jamaican and Martiniquan, and his paternal grandfather had Dutch Jewish origins. Belafonte’s career...
By Arun Srivastava Perseverance of the real politick finally prevailed over the political morality and forced the Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar to release the gangster, Anand Mohan. Unlike the Gujarat’s BJP government and Union home ministry which had released rapists and killers, without caring for the set legal...
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: BJP leaders in Kerala are in seventh heaven following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Kerala. They are gushing from the housetops that visit was an unqualified success and a political game-changer. But the jury is sharply divided over its outcome. The Prime Minister...
By K Raveendran The Narendra Modi government, facing persistent criticism that the poor has become poorer and rich richer under its policies, couldn’t have asked for anything better. The IMF has literally ‘come to the aid of the party’ asserting that India’s achievement in financial inclusion is truly remarkable....
By Sushil Kutty A Sikh when he goes places can be traced to a gurdwara. Nowadays, the trace will lead through Canada, the United Kingdom and into enemy country Pakistan. Akali Dal titan Parkash Singh Badal would not be at any of these Sikh centres of convenience. After 75...
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Improving the quality of textbooks for children is a continuous process. All civilizations have been doing this throughout ages, and all of us in India too, have grown witnessing changes in our textbooks. Of late, especially after Narendra Modi became Prime Minister of India in...
By Amitabha Sen The war ravaged Ukraine is expected to close the current marketing year (July-June) with shortfall both in agricultural production and in exports as well, going by the reports both of the Ukraine Agriculture Ministry report and the USDA’s Kyiv staff report. According to the latest statistical...