This year saw several democratic countries become autocratic or dictatorial, for example, Myanmar, while US President Joe Biden inaugurated the first White House virtual ‘Summit for Democracy’ last week, addressing over 100 leaders on the need to shore up democracy against threats from autocrats. He stressed the need to...
Parag Agrawal’s ascent last week, as Twitter CEO sent waves across India and the tech world as it made headlines in the media.37-year-old Parag Agrawal succeeded Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, who announced that he was stepping down. Mr Agrawal had joined Twitter in 2011 and rose through the ranks...
westwards to Asia and eastwards to Europe, forming the first worldwide currency. Spain's political supremacy on the world stage, the importance of Spanish commercial routes across the Atlantic and Pacific, and the coin's quality and purity of silver, helped it become internationally accepted for about three centuries.Prior to and during most of the 19th Century, international...
The Govt. of India has conferred the Padma awards in the last week. Many of these awardees represent tales of overcoming adversities and grass-root activities.
Surendra Ullal & Ramesh SoparawalaDiwali Phir Aagayi Sajani, an old Indian film song is alive even today and with this hope all of us, world over, should be heading for better time and days in coming year.On the face of it and having a cursory look at the world...
What really is ‘ BLACK MONEY’? In India generally the term is used for un-accounted money or, the earnings not reported to the income tax authorities. It is believed India’s economy consists of a 60/40 ratio. 60% of the money in circulation is Black (unaccounted)while only 40% is what...
American universities earned almost $44 billion last year from International students and $7.6 billion was from India alone. Indian students are second largest after Chinese. International students in Canada have tripled to almost 600,000. In 2018 International students in Canada contributed an estimated $21.6 billion to Canada’s gross domestic...
Asim Iftikhar, Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesperson last week said "the situation in Afghanistan, and other areas of common concern including combating Islamophobia, corruption and illicit financial flows, as well as climate change" will be areas of focus, according to Geo TV. However, young diplomat Sneha Dubey slammed at the...
Automobile manufacturer Ford India’s recent decision to stop manufacturing at its two plants has left more than 4000 employees and dealers in the lurch. Ford is not the first to quit India. Within a span of 5-years, GM and Harley have also stopped manufacturing their vehicles in India.What are...
India’s first Track & Field Olympic gold at Tokyo by Neeraj Chopra has penned history. A new horizon in sports has emerged amongst the country’s 1.3 billion people, as there was euphoria in every city and village in India. India was also able to haul the maximum medals so...