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By B. Sivaraman The Centre for Sustainable Management of the Azim Premji University, Bangalore has brought out a unique report titled State of Working India 2018, the first of an intended annual series. At first sight, it might look paradoxical and surprising that when we get very little quality...
By Anjan Roy People are generally happy when prices are low; they feel even better off when prices are falling. But that could be a nightmare for the economic policy makers. Rising prices can be fought back; but it is impossible to tackle falling prices. Japan, f’or example, is...
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee(KPCC) president Mullappally Ramachandran’s offer to the CPI(M) to have an alliance with that party in Kerala if it gives up the politics of violence is an eminently sensible idea whose time has come. It needed a lot of courage for a...
Muzaffarpur Shelter Home case transferred to Delhi – The Supreme Court has shifted the case concerning sexual assaults in the Muzaffarpur Shelter Homes from a Bihar CBI court to POCSO court in Saket, criticising its conduct and the overall management of shelter homes by the State Government. The Saket...
By LS Herdenia BHOPAL: After losing power in Madhya Pradesh the BJP is again in fighting mood and started behaving as an opposition party. To begin it has held strong demonstrations to express its anger against what it described as deteriorating law and order situation in the state. BJP...
By Mark Gruenberg The British Labour Party’s think tank has drafted a strongly pro-union pro-worker platform it plans to run on in next United Kingdom election and enact if it gains power. The Institute for Employment Rights’ Manifesto For Labour Law envisions re-established and strong sectoral bargaining, protection of...
By Amritananda Chakravorty The last few weeks have been a revelation in the context of Rafale deal. Each day a new story comes of rampant procedural violations, bypassing of India’s national security interests, diluting anti-corruption clauses, and now the most damaging news that Anil Ambani had knowledge of the...
By Al Neal With each movement of the little hand, British Prime Minister Theresa May’s self-imposed deadline to deliver a renegotiated Brexit deal before Parliament seems less likely—the UK government doesn’t even expect any EU concessions by the deadline. And the palpable fear of a no-deal withdrawal grows with...
By Aditya Aamir So, the CAG will “save” Rafale-hit Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Monday, the CAG’s report on Rafale was handed to President Ramnath Kovind. It was to be tabled in Parliament Tuesday. Without doubt it will give hunky-dory status to the Rafale deal. Congress President Rahul Gandhi, producing...
By Sankar Ray The spectre of Anastas Mikoyan, the renowned leader of Soviet era did haunt the incredible round of negotiations at the President Hotel in Moscow on 5 and 6 February on modalities of withdrawal of foreign (not just American) troops. Participants in the consultations included representatives from...