International

This year Women’s Day theme focuses on Equality in the World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030. Although workplace world is changing for women, we are still long way to go for “Work place equality”. We need more focus on equality of pay, leave…
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The US Federal Reserve rate hike of 0.25 percent is likely to have impact on Indian economy with increased outflow of foreign portfolio and institutional investors. It may also force in the course of time to raise rates in India. The RBI…
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We have been living with terrorism for a prolonged time, although it has assumed epidemic proportions only in the recent years. Post 9/11 attack the entire world has woken up to the problem and has been debating its nature, causes and…
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India is yet to ratify the UN Convention Against Torture, adopted on December 10, 1984, and enforced on June 26, 1987. As a result, June 26 is now recognized International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Since its…
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The best part of being Desi in America is we get to celebrate both Indian and American festivals. In the month of October when everyone is working really hard so they can take off for Thanksgiving, we are celebrating Navaratri.…
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Not only in India, but entire Asia bamboo has been inseparable part of religious rituals, art, music events and daily routine life for ages. Be it Krishna’s flute, cradles of children, walking stick of senior citizens……..or last journey of…
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India needs to be on the caution. It should be preparing for a futuristic change in the economic, trade and diplomatic policy. Brexit, though appears to be far-fetched thinking, may mark the beginning of fall of European Union and…
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There are close to 3.4 million (34 Lakh) Indian-Americans in USA. It is a mobile pool of population between India and USA, but many of them settle down to acquire Green cards and subsequent citizenship. In 2012 Presidential elections, it…
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India and Canada have a long history of working together. With recent visit of The Premier of Ontario Ms.Kathleen Wynee to New Delhi, newer collaborations and MOU’s have been signed that can be accomplished by working together and can…
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Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton want to expand government’s regulatory reach to political speech Bernie Sanders, greedy for power to punish people he considers greedy, has occasioned 2016’s best joke (reported in Bloomberg…
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For the first time in the history of India's Republic Day, a foreign military contingent took part in the annual parade in New Delhi on India’s 67th Republic Day. A 123-member French army contingent marched down Rajpath, Delhi's…
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Once again Indian stock markets experienced intense tremors under the influence of depreciation of Chinese currency breaking records of last four years. The benchmark BSE Sensex and Nifty dropped 4.7 per cent in the first full…
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England’s churches can survive – but the religion will have to go…The buildings are beautiful, but too many remain empty. They will regain their focus only if they convert to a communal role. England’s biggest, most plentiful,…
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If 2015 yielded extraordinary results in terms of cooperation between the two countries, greater ambitions have been set for 2016.           One year ago this week, my family and I were excitedly packing for the…
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The United States would have had to admit about 4 million refugees this year to take in a similar proportion of its population. It has fallen more than 3.9 million short of that mark. Most of the refugees in Germany are from…
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FOR the first six years of the Obama era, many Republicans made an apocalyptic case against the president’s health care law. It was unconstitutional, immoral, borderline tyrannical. It wouldn’t just fail: It would fail…
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Amid the noise of the opposition, the Narendra Modi government has taken an appropriate step to ease relationship with Pakistan. It is a strong statement even as terrorist activities grow in that troubled state. It is virtually…
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Bloggers and activists say no one who dares to express their thoughts, let alone raise their voice in Bangladesh is safe. About two years ago, Asif Mohiuddin, 31, was on his way to office in an upscale Dhaka neighbourhood when…
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But Delhi will have to step up its game to create a conducive business environmentd. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States has taken place at a moment of significant opportunity for India. The Chinese…
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The central message of Angus Deaton’s work: Becoming richer is not necessarily the same thing as becoming better-off . In the preface to his magisterial 2013 book The Great Escape, Angus Deaton thanks his teachers. “Richard…
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When Marty McFly and Doc Brown traveled 30 years into the future, we could only imagine the innovations we take for granted today -- new ideas and technologies that have completely changed the way we live, learn, and work. Back then, if…
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The global demand is shrinking. Public-private-partnerships (PPP) are drain on government finances. Stagnation and global slowdown is triggered by rich countries. The FDI has to be looked with caution as it leads to high external outflows.…
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 “As a tree will blossom only with care and attention, so our countries and our region will blossom and grow from strength to strength. As this tree acquires new zenith, let it encourage us always to aim higher and higher in meeting the new…
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The sudden change in US decision against rate increases apparently under pressure of the US corporate should not deter India from raising rates. The volume of two economies is different. The US possibly has not taken a wise decision in…
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US-based SunEdison and First Solar on Sunday committed to build more than 20,000 megawatts of clean energy capacity in India by 2022, a boost for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's efforts to meet ambitious renewable targets. The…
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