Pakistan skips Democracy Summit in Washington, DC

Pakistan, the closest ally of China, has decided to skip the Democracy Summit that begins in Washington on Tuesday, opting instead to engage with the US bilaterally to strengthen democratic values,......

What Pakistan Army Reshuffle Means

The timing of these transfers, while being projected as routine, is significant in both strategic and political terms, asserts Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at the Research and......

'It was not a mob. It was a revolution'

'This is a historical moment in the political history of Sri Lanka.''You can see the amount of pressure that is coming from the people because nobody addressed the policy blunders, multiple......

'No one knows who is going to be in charge'

'The worry among many international actors is whether there will be stability to provide assistance to the government because the political developments in the last few months are a real concern.'......

Banerjee-Duflo duo and Bandhan Bank's anti-poverty scheme

According to a 2011 impact assessment study of the programme by Banerjee and Duflo, along with economists Raghabendra Chattopadhyay and Jeremy Shapiro, Bandhan’s THP results in a 15 per cent......

The real reason for Delhi's annual smoke season

The Delhi metropolitan area has one of the highest concentrations of population in the world, and suffocating the people of the area on an annual basis should be treated as a crime against......

'Only when women are empowered will societies reach full potential'

Ivanka Trump, daughter of and advisor to United States President Donald Trump, on Tuesday pitched for access to capital and equitable laws for women entrepreneurs, saying closing the gender......

'Digital payments have become a fashion statement'

N Sundaresha Subramanian digs deeper into what Catalyst, an Indo-US project, brings to the payments ecosystem. IMAGE: The fast changes in technology are making payments a confusing sector for......

Uttarakhand Police troll Kohli; delete tweet after outrage

IMAGE: India captain Virat Kohli was dismissed for a duck in the first T20 International against England in Ahmedabad on Friday. Photograph: BCCI The Uttarakhand Police trolled India captain Virat......