Can election manifestos show the way to Viksit Bharat?

Elections are not won or lost by expounding on such macro-economic matters. For the aam admi, what matters in manifestos are promises that will improve their quality of life, notes Vinayak......

Is Tourism Destroying Goa?

Poor governance and mediocre short-sighted politics are destroying the paradise that Goa was as its environment, water table, culture and way of life is drastically threatened by tourism and......

Nicobar to lose 8.5 lakh rainforest trees for mega project

The Union environment ministry's expert appraisal committee has given its nod for the development of a strategically-crucial, multi-component mega project in the Great Nicobar Island which will......

SC stays demolition of Goa restaurant linked to Phogat death

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the demolition of a restaurant at Anjuna in North Goa which was in the news recently following the death of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sonali Phogat, after its......

GST: Did we just miss the biggest opportunity?

With all the brouhaha over GST, and (often) a limited understanding of the long-term forces shaping India’s logistics sector, companies seem to have omitted factoring in some underlying......

Scorching summer may hit water supply and fodder

In the first of a two-part series, Sanjeeb Mukherjee examines the impact of the upcoming summer on agriculture and drinking water supply. Summers have set in and if weather predictions and current......

Arvind Panagariya's hits & misses as vice-chairman of NITI Aayog

Initiated move to privatise Air India, but reports on poverty and cast census remained unfinished NITI Aayog’s first vice-chairman and noted economist Arvind Panagariya on Tuesday decided to......

Panagariya favours China coastal model for Make in India

The zones, says Panagariya, would have to be set up near deep-draft ports, capable of accommodating very large and heavily loaded ships Ahead of the Union Budget, NITI Aayog vice-chairman Arvind......

Cyclone Michaung: 200 youth paddlers stranded in Vijayawada

'As of now, there's no update from the Railways. The scheduled time (of departure) here is 4am but we doubt the train will start from Chennai tonight' IMAGE: Image used for representational......

Soccer PICS: Depay rescues Barca; Inter thrash Genoa

Images from the soccer matches played across Europe on Saturday. IMAGE: FC Barcelona's Memphis Depay in action during their match against Athletic Bilbao in San Mames, Bilbao, Spain on Saturday.......