Quad unveils new initiative to monitor maritime activity across Indo-Pacific

Four-nation grouping Quad on Tuesday launched a major new initiative for the Indo-Pacific that allows the partner countries to fully monitor the waters on their shores and help ensure peace and......

Pegasus Project: Why I am hesitant to defend the government but must

Snooping is one of the oldest peccadilloes of man, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: Indian Youth Congress activists during a protest over the Pegasus issue near Parliament House, July......

Third Wave: Bigger Threat in Rural India

'The roadmap ahead seems very difficult especially in the rural areas where there is very poor infrastructure, vaccine reach and hesitancy.''These are a deadly cocktail for the next wave.' IMAGE:......

Don't WASTE India's Demographic Dividend

India has entered a 'demographic sweet spot' with half of its population being under the age of 29.This 'demographic dividend' is likely to last for 2-3 decades and provides the government a unique......

'Rate hike will throw lot of people out from jobs'

'Nobody is talking about the inequality that is going to come.' Photograph: ANI Photo In a surprise move, the Reserve Bank of India hiked the repo rate. In fact, the finance minister said she was......

Business can't alone build a country, Nirmalaji

Had Finance Minister Sitharaman thought a little more about the middle class, disadvantaged sections and the poor who are struggling, it would have been an inclusive Budget that would have made......

'Government doesn't believe unemployment is a problem'

'Unemployment barely figures in the Budget except as a derived demand from industry and infrastructure.''There is no effort at direct attack on unemployment.' IMAGE: Workers at a wholesale market......

India's unemployment rate lowest since March 2021: CMIE

India's unemployment rate witnessed a sharp decline to 6.57 per cent in January, the lowest since March 2021, as the country gradually recovers with easing of restrictions following a decline in......