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Solar power plants will breathe fresh life into energy sector
Solar power plants convert sunlight into electricity. One of the biggest challenges before India today is the power crisis. According to World Bank data, more than 300 million Indians have no access to...
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Israel’s Gaza Conflict is no concern of Indian Parliament
Gaza: Smoke rises after Israeli missile hits the northern Gaza Strip on July 16, 2014. Israeli war planes has intensified attacks across the Gaza Strip targeting senior Hamas leaders. The Indian...
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GM Field Trials – Government must be guided by Consumer and Farmer Choice
The fear mongering by anti-GM activists defocuses the issue away from the Food Safety aspect. Photo: PTI “It is better to die eating genetically modified food instead of dying of hunger,” said Nobel...
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National Board for Wildlife must prove its relevance
The National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) is the apex body under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, to frame and monitor conservation policies to safeguard Protected Areas. “The truth is that we will...
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MyGov: Argumentative Indians get promise of Digital India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched MyGov – a web portal through which the common man will be able to reach out to the Government with his ideas and suggestions. People say India imported...
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MyGov: Financial Inclusion Plan gets a push by Creative Corner
To ensure large scale participation, there is an open competition with a winning prize of Rs 50,000. Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of our country, laid the wrong foundation for an agrarian...
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Smart Cities must be about People, not Buildings
Everybody knows why we need smart cities, but there are only speculations about what goes into the making of a smart city. Ever since the Modi Government has taken over at the Centre, smart cities have...
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MyGov: Girl Child Education and nation-building
There are strong arguments in favour of making girl child education free, with scholarships to motivate them for higher education. Forced to drop out of schools to help with work at home or to get...
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MSME growth will fuel economic engine
MSMEs provide the largest share of employment after agriculture. (PTI Photo) Promoting Micro, Small and Medium enterprises (MSMEs) can prove to be a growth stimulator for Indian economy. They...
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US’s ISIL targeted airstrike a firm move against terror
Obama said, “As Commander-in-Chief, I will not allow the United States to be dragged into fighting another war in Iraq.” On August 7, US President Barack Obama in a statement to Press said, “Today I...
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Solar energy – German technology can help India
Germany has installed 35 gigawatts of solar power technology compared to India’s 2.4 gigawatts. In a bid to achieve its target of increasing solar power capacity tenfold by 2022, the Government of...
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Pakistan turmoil: Kashmiri separatists must learn lesson
Islamabad: Anti-government protesters armed with wire cutters and backed by cranes marched on Pakistan’s Parliament on Tuesday. India sees the Pakistan High Commissioner’s meeting with Kashmiri...
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GM food crops: Nassim Taleb makes logical argument
Nassim Taleb shot into fame for his analysis of the systemic risks in International Finance and for predicting the 2008 crisis. India has witnessed a heated debate on Genetically Modified Foods in the...
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Pakistani Army stands to gain from ongoing impasse
Islamabad: Pakistani protesters run for cover after police fire tear gas during clashes near Prime Minister’s house in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Saturday, August 30, 2014. With the fortnight-long...
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Narendra Modi was sinned against – New book reveals all!
President News at Network 18 Umesh Upadhyay said that the book is a must read to understand Narendra Modi. Union Minister for Finance and Defence Arun Jaitley on Friday released the book Narendra Modi:...
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Sotloff beheading: Obama promises bringing ISIS to justice
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday said US is not intimidated by the killing of American journalist Steven Sotloff. A week after his mother appealed for mercy for her son in a video message, the...
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Modi welcomes Xi Jinping by dropping anti-dumping duty on solar panel imports
Narendra Modi Government is right to not impose anti-dumping duty as it would have adversely affected the National Solar Mission. India has decided against imposition of Anti-dumping Duty (ADD) on...
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Modi-XI connect over Sabarmati Riverfront
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan at the Sabarmati River front in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI) President Xi Jinping is the first Chinese...
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Scotland says No – Gordon Brown’s stock rises
With the ‘No’ vote, Gordon Brown stands to be the winner. (Image via Twitter @FT) In what can be called a win for economic security over nationalistic aspirations, the people of Scotland voted ‘No’ for...
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Smriti Irani must liberalise Higher Education
Minister of Human Resource Development Smriti Irani. The day she took charge as the HRD Minister, Smriti Irani said that the Government was mulling increasing the spending on higher education to six...
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