Prohibition will fail in Bihar as it has in Gujarat

'Its three primary effects are to send the alcohol economy underground (depriving the state of revenue), to criminalise the casual drinker and to criminalise the police.' In America in the 1920s......

Why Dadri Matters

The prime minister, says Ram Kelkar, could do a lot to advance his stature as a national leader by speaking in strong and unequivocal terms on the subject of opposing intolerance and emphasising......

US: Republican Vishwas More's big week is here

Vishwas More, retired chief engineer of the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University labs, who proudly proclaims he is 'a life-long Republican', and a veteran of political......

Obama's friend Lata appointed to top federal job

Chicago-born Ann 'Lata' Kalayil, a close friend of fellow Chicagoan and US President Barack Obamafor over a decade from the time the latter was a community organiser and then a state Senator, has......

Cities can lead. Cities want to lead. Let them!

'If every city had the strongest tools that are currently available only to a few, the world's climate prospects would glow far more brightly,' says Carl Pope. Prospects for the Paris Climate......

Fed officials lay case for December liftoff

US Federal Reserve officials lined up behind a likely December interest rate hike with one key central banker saying the risk of waiting too long was now roughly in balance with the risk of moving......

Keshav Murugesh, Group CEO of WNS shares his success story

Murugesh says he was doing fine in his own little world but his mother, who was the first manager of the first Indian women’s cricket team, had other ideas. Keshav Murugesh, Group chief......

Anand Sharma calls for greater US investment

Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma on Tuesday urged greater US investment in India, saying his country was the best and safest place for investments.Sharma was speaking at the......