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Will America resolve the Rohingya refugees crisis?

News Desk July 31, 2018 0

The sprawling camps in Bangladesh housing one million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are makeshift at best. Bamboo poles, for example, help stabilize flimsy plastic sheeting and tents vulnerable to the heavy rain and strong winds of the monsoon season underway. TRENTON FRANKLIN This August

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Business Leaders, Social Entrepreneurs & Women Leaders gather to debate at Indian Affairs India Leadership Conclave 2018

News Desk June 30, 2018 0

Business Leaders, Social Entrepreneurs & Women Leaders gather to debate at Indian Affairs India Leadership Conclave 2018 India’s growth story, the impact of GST, Demonetization, Women Empowerment, Brand India are some of key topics to dominate at the prestigious  9th Annual India Leadership Conclave & Indian Affairs Business Leadership Awards 2018. India Leadership

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ICICI Bank Loan of 3250 Cr Loan to Videocon a mockery of Indian Banking lending. Promoter Venugopal Dhoot forms JV with Chanda Kochhar’s husband under scanner!

News Desk April 5, 2018 0

The board of directors of ICICI Bank decided to back MD and CEO Chanda Kochhar against allegations of quid pro quo in the ICICI-Videocon deal on the basis of an internal evaluation carried out by Chairman MK Sharma, according to sources in the know. No third party or external consultancy, accounting or forensics firm was […]

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Has PM Narendra Modi let the business entrepreneurs down?

News Desk April 1, 2018 0

Sekhar Gupta* Corporate India’s euphoria over Modi’s rise has ended. It’s been replaced by suspicion & fear as he’s let businessmen know they can’t see him as their own. Delhi and Mumbai, we keep saying, are like two sovereign republics yet to establish diplomatic relations with each other. That situation hasn’t changed very much. The […]

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Modi’s India on an upward trajectory

News Desk March 31, 2018 0

Living in vanishing glory doesn’t help Indian Muslims. In spite of impediments, they have to try to join mainstream Indian society Saad Hafiz* Since coming to power in 2014, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by Prime Minister Modi, has extended its electoral gains across India. The BJP now rules 21 of India’s 29 states. […]

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Nirav Modi may spell the doom for India’s second largest Public Sector Bank Punjab National Bank, loots $1.77 billion fraud!

News Desk February 16, 2018 0

State Bank of India (SBI) has an exposure of $212 million linked to the fraud perpetrated at Punjab National Bank (PNB), SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar said, adding that the exposure was mainly to PNB and that he did not see any liabilities accruing to SBI as a consequence of the fraud. “We do not have […]

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India’s E-Commerce Market may face fresh troubles as consumer behavior goes for a change!

News Desk February 12, 2018 0

Indian e-commerce giant, Flipkart’s losses have increased 68 per cent to ₹8,771.4 crore during 2017 compared with the year-ago period while revenues grew 29 per cent to ₹19,854.6 crore.Flipkart’s acquired businesses during the year contributed to a revenue of ₹553.3 crore and a loss of ₹156 crore for the periods from their respective acquisition dates […]

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Contract Labour in India. Why india needs special introspection!

News Desk February 10, 2018 0

A fixed term contract will enhance workers’ security and remuneration, while allowing employers the flexibility they desire Labour reform hits the headlines every now and then without ever making it to the statute book. With the Finance Minister advocating “fixed term employment” in his budget speech, it is in the news once again. Talk of […]

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India’s challenge to fight inequality

News Desk February 10, 2018 0

Inequality and poverty are different problems, requiring different, even opposite, solutions. India’s problem is poverty Let me begin this column with a question, dear reader, which I urge you to read carefully and answer before reading on: In which of these two countries would you rather be poor: the US or Bangladesh? Most people I […]

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Mamata for Kejri, Kejri pleads not for profit, what next?

News Desk January 20, 2018 0

Political parties either slammed the Election Commission or demanded the resignation of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday in reaction to the Election Commission’s recommendation to the President to disqualify 20 Delhi AAP MLAs for holding offices of profit as parliamentary secretaries. However, even if the MLAs are disqualified, AAP will continue to enjoy […]