It is the moral responsibility of China and the US to cooperate with Bangladesh, which needs both countries to achieve its developmental goals
How can Indian government increase revenue and reduce poverty?
India is a nation where, under current laws, only 3 percent of the citizens need to file an income tax return, and only 1 percent is actually found to annually have earned a taxable income. The majority of Indians, who are engaged in agriculture, are not required to pay income tax at all
In a world heading for stagflation, can India remain immune?
The political instability in a large and industrialized state like Maharashtra is not helping. Instability means inaction or even paralysis in decision making, since policy makers are distracted in tackling the political situation
Why the world is applauding Dhaka over the Padma bridge
The Padma Bridge will make international investors, including Saudi companies, to give a serious look at Bangladesh as an investment destination
A rights-based approach to environmental human rights
The need of the hour is to adopt a rights-based approach to environmental protection that places the people harmed by environmental degradation at its centre
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Demonising of Punjab will have negative consequences
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India can help reduce the global vaccine inequity
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Brands must take a stand, not bow to bullies
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Raise self-esteem of girls, not age of marriage
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Is a strong, 'muscular' India losing out on peace and harmony?
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Understanding the road from Gujarat to India
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Don't push Bangladesh beyond a point!
Push her to the edge, Sheikh Hasina will draw from her experience in successfully fending off US pressures and rally the Bengalis around her
Governance in Tamil Nadu: More politics than economics?
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US sanctions against Bangladesh are a cause for worry
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Yearend reflection: Let’s love, not hate one another
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