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Ukraine Crisis: Sanctions On Russia Will Benefit America, Not EU
By Nilanjan Banik and Guido Cozzi In his State of the Union address, United States President Joe Biden made it clear that the US was not planning to send troops to Ukraine. On earlier occasions, former POTUS Bill Clinton sent troops to Yugoslavia, George W. Bush to Iraq and...
G-23 Demand Congress Overhaul, Want Gandhis To Step Aside
By Rahil Nora Chopra The Congress’s Group of 23 had an interaction at the residence of former Leader of Opposition, Ghulam Nabi Azad, over dinner on Wednesday to formulate future strategy, as well as to discuss the party’s poll debacle in the just-concluded assembly elections. While Congress interim president...
Ukraine Imbroglio Unlikely To Shadow Bounce-Back In Economy
By Subrata Majumder Paranoia loomed large on Indian economy with the outbreak of Russia – Ukraine war. Indian economy was expected to bounce back. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget for 2022-23, assuming the factors potential to reverse the downtrend. Hope belied. Oil price hiked, stoking inflation. Stock...
India Has Potential To Kickstart Gold Mining In A Big Way
By Arjavi Indraneesh New policies relating to the mining sector have the potential to kickstart gold mining in India in a big way, according to an assessment of the World Gold Council has concluded. India has a long history of mining gold, but at a low level: the 2020...
Left Parties Have To Take Proper Lessons From Outcome Of State Assembly Poll
By Binoy Viswam A party that leads a rightist government at the Centre has come out victorious in four out of five states in the recently-held elections. That party with its undeniable fascist characteristics is known for its manoeuvring skills too. They have proven expertise in the management of...
Bitcoin Is The Only Winner In The Foolhardy Russia-Ukraine War
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Almost 3 weeks into the war, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has numbed all of us. The recurring images of lofty neighbourhoods bustling with life and laughter turning into lifeless concrete with no signs of humans have left most of us unsettled. The idea of...
SME Sector Facing Insurmountable Challenges
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Small and Medium-sized enterprises are widely regarded as the backbone of economies around the world. Their contribution to gross domestic product and exports is unique and they employ a greater share of population than many bigger enterprises globally. In Asia they typically comprise more than...
Bridging Digital Divide To Accelerate India’s Development
By M.Y. Siddiqui Gulf between those who have ready access to computing devices and Internet and those who do not have is generally known as digital divide. There is a digital divide between rich and poor in terms of use of computers. Digital divide denies half the world’s citizens...
Deadly Coronavirus Is Back With A Bang
By Sushil Kutty And while we looked the other way…the coronavirus returned. But when did it ever go away? It didn’t go into hiding. It only changed faces. Now it’s the Omicron BA.2 variant. The original Omicron was BA.1. China and Hong Kong have a case of the worst...
Commonalities Between Gulf Crisis And Russia’s Ukraine War
By James M Dorsey The Ukraine crisis may constitute a more impactful, historic watershed than the 1989 fall of the Berlin wall in the mind of Singapore Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan.Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is “perhaps even a bigger moment than the fall of the Berlin Wall,” Balakrishnan...
