Glamorising experience, misunderstanding history
“I see that you haven’t changed a bit in these last four years and more, captain,” said Nikolay Vsevolodovich... “It seems in fact as though the second half of a…
“I see that you haven’t changed a bit in these last four years and more, captain,” said Nikolay Vsevolodovich... “It seems in fact as though the second half of a…
A major scandal has broken out in West Bengal involving the collapse of a business group called Saradha, comprising 120 firms, promoted by upstart entrepreneur Sudipta Sen. The crash has…
Taking over the French presidency in the midst of the worst economic crisis in decades was never going to be a bed of roses. Francois Hollande himself had predicted as…
Our armed forces and intelligence agencies have become more hardened today than they were ever before in the conduct of Low Intensity Conflict (LIC). However, over the past decade, the…
Power sector's performance is no longer simply a source of concern for the domestic, industrial or commercial sectors but has become a source of aggravated concern, an anecdotal survey of…
Registration of ships is an important area in merchant shipping. The subject is also governed by the UN Convention on conditions for registration on ships 1986. The convention lays down…
The UNDP’s Human Development Report 2013, ‘The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World’ is a vindication of the assertion that the future of world economic growth…
There is of course a multitude of factors that formulate the final report card of an outgoing government; the status of the economy, security, development of sectors, fulfilment of pre-election…
Access to reliable, affordable and uninterrupted electric power and other forms of energy is the key to economic growth and welfare of any society. Studies by International Energy Agency and…
For some it’s the new El Dorado. Foreign investors are lining up to do business in Myanmar, a once-pariah nation which only a couple of years ago was almost as…