India, EU hold human rights dialogue, agree to safeguard freedom of activists, journalists

After a fresh round of human rights dialogue, India and the European Union on Friday concurred on the importance of safeguarding freedom, independence and diversity of civil society actors,......

'Remarks on Prophet Mohammed have crossed red line'

'Prime Minister Modiji must personally intervene to make it clear to his officials and the rank-and-file that communal abuse should now stop.' IMAGE: A protest in Kota, Rajasthan, June 5, 2022......

Taliban: What are India's Options?

'It is a testing time for our foreign policy which may involve a certain element of taking risks, assessing costs, and expecting failures,' asserts Commodore Venugopal Menon (retd). IMAGE: A......

Israel to probe misuse of Pegasus, review licensing process

Amid the Pegasus snooping case backlash, Israel has established a committee to review the allegations of misuse of the NSO group's surveillance software and hinted at a possible 'review of the......

'India Inc's social responsibility is just to whitewash sins'

'The Indian state is very benevolent when it comes to corporates.' 'Among top 100 companies, only 68 companies have entities that could be called unions.' 'When it comes to diversity in the......

What this Budget may do to the taxes

As a run up to Budget 2011, the previous article in this column had addressed the expectations with respect to the service tax rate and the resolution of the several complexities in service tax law......

Google's secret weapon: simplicity

I'm snuggled under the covers with Jon Stewart and the remote. The 'Evolution/Schmevolution' skit is funny, but it's been a long day, and I'm fading fast. The promise of technology is that I'm one......

Why we hate HR

Well, here's a rockin' party: a gathering of several hundred midlevel human-resources executives in Las Vegas. (Yo, Wayne Newton! How's the 401(k)?) They are here, ensconced for two days at......