Opinion

Pradeep Kumar Nayak The summer season is aptly dubbed “the fire season” because most of the tropical jungles the world over catch fire during this period. Wildfire, more often than not, results from exposure of dry leaves and wood to the torrid heat of the...

Harish Barthwal The current scenario of material ambitions and show of ostentations driving people offers unending opportunities for the market to flourish and eventually acquire a commanding position. The market just does not suggest but gives no option, so you buy the products and services...

Bharat Jhunjhunwala Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das has said that bringing petroleum products under GST will lead to initial sacrifices but will beget benefits in the long run. A report of the State Bank of India has calculated that the initial loss of...

Parimita Mohanty & Annette Wallgren By now, most countries in Asia and the Pacific have proposed some sort of post-pandemic recovery package. Many include investments in sustainability, which the United Nations has repeatedly urged governments to undertake. Some plans currently include only Budget totals, with...

Dhanada K Mishra The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) just released its quadrennial Infrastructure report card for 2021 on March 3. It assessed the state of infrastructure of the United States of America in 17 different categories such as aviation, roads, bridges, dams, energy,...

Rup Narayan Das Today on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Biju Patnaik, it is propitious to recall his seminal role in laying the foundational edifice of the strategic defence and security cooperation with USA to face the China threat. A major offshoot of...

Melvin Durai I live in a medium-sized home, but some people might consider it a large home, and Mukesh Ambani might consider it a broom closet. A billionaire like him would probably find my home small, but it certainly isn’t tiny, especially compared to all...

Santosh Kumar Mohapatra Odisha Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari, presented the State Budget for fiscal 2021-22 at a critical juncture when the economy is being ravaged by the pandemic-induced recession and central assistance is dwindling. The Budget has evoked mixed reactions. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik described...

Shivaji Sarkar The GST or ‘one nation one tax’ is not the kind of El Dorado the country had promised to itself. The players are all unhappy – the States, traders, manufacturers, CAs and possibly even the Centre as it is burdened with all problems...

PSM Rao People demand satisfactory answers to these six questions to know why the petrol and diesel prices in India are again on the boil: 1) Is it because the international crude prices are skyrocketing? 2) Has the dollar price increased steeply, whereby more rupees...