A wide range of activist organisations representing holistic and organic farming are at logger-heads with bodies which favour industrial agriculture.
Sustainable Energy Bond programmes is an approach that comes with a business model that satisfies all stakeholders on the good old fashioned single bottom line of money - while also offering social and environmental benefits, writes Rajni Bakshi.
From the 'group of 23' leaders, who had written letter to Gandhi seeking Congress' overhaul, Azad and Sharma continue to be regular members of the CWC,
Parents should enroll their children in coding classes only as a leisure time activity, that too with strict curbs on screen time.
Climate negotiators from 200 nations are currently locked in bitter and acrimonious discussions in an 11-day long conference being held in Doha.
Companies can be more alert on how various aspects of their operations impact children, writes Rajni Bakshi.
Many people, not only in business but in society at large, still see progress and social justice as an either-or choice, writes Rajni Bakshi.
The Superstar turns 64 today, and his fans get a double birthday treat with Lingaa, says Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
The dynamic between showbiz and creativity may well be one domain where the relationship between market forces and society is at its most delicate, says Rajni Bakshi
The underlying issues of male domination and the urgent need for a 'feminisation' of society and economy are much more difficult to tackle, writes Rajni Bakshi.
Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni once again tickled his fans' funny bones by cracking few more jokes on his IPL teammate 'Sir' Ravindra Jadeja.
Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday took to Twitter to play some pranks on team mate Ravindra Jadeja, whom he referred to as 'Sir Ravindra Jadeja'.
Corporations are still hard-wired for the old 'brown' economy which aims to generate only shareholder value not stakeholder value.
The film is set to release this December, coinciding with the superstar's birthday.
Whether it is the avalanche of corruption or economic and environmental crises -- remembering Gandhi seems just too painful. That is because the ideals Gandhi represented and lived seem to recede further and further out of reach.
There is a vast grey area between a bill that promises to ensure that no one goes hungry and the political economy of producing food, writes Rajni Bakshi.
The bad news about the environment far outweighs small advances that have been made.
The billion dollar penalty of the kind imposed on BP will not deter risky operations but it will hopefully create an incentive for stricter safety measures.
Apple and Google got a judicial rap on the knuckles recently for indulging in 'silly' patent battles.
Apple and Google got a judicial rap on the knuckles recently for indulging in 'silly' patent battles.
'If the circumstances warrant me to enter politics, I won't allow such people to come anywhere near me, not even allow them an entry.'
Proponents of FDI in retail have argued that the story of corporate retail will be quite different in India since our social and economic patterns are in some ways unique.
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'You can take a bit of off-time from cricket, mentally as well as physically.'
Instead of just being angry or dismayed by last week's blackouts we could all look more closely at some unconventional, out-of-the-box, solutions that have enormous long term promise.
On being asked if the duo was planning to enter into an alliance, Haasan said, "Only time will tell".
As a grand spectacle, of the kind that grabs headline news, 'Occupy' has indeed gone into the background even though the 'occupation' of Wall street continues at Union Square a few blocks uptown.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
According to C V Madhukar, a senior member of PRS Legislative Research, an independent Delhi-based think-tank, 'the debate on the Lokpal Bill reflected how Parliament functions about 80 percent of the time.' Rajni Bakshi on how we can engage better with Parliament.
There is need for trans-national political mobilization in favour of more equitable systems, says Rajni Bakshi.
The actor did a cameo for the Tamil Superstar's film, Kochadaiyyan.
Over the last twenty years it has even more passionately been argued that the future of India depends on rapid expansion on four fronts.
Party chief Rahul Gandhi formed a nine-member Core Group Committee, a 19-member Manifesto Committee and a committee comprising 19 top party leaders who will look after the publicity during the elections.
Many people who recognise the grave implications of climate change find it difficult to grapple with it. The problem is too big and thinking about it can be unbearable, says Rajni Bakshi.
Crisil Research expects retail inflation to rise 60 basis points to 4 per cent this fiscal from 3.4 per cent in 2018-19.
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