The strength of the book is that it casts a wide net and looks at the interface between business and the environment over multiple sectors. Its weakne

An unusual confluence of factors caused unprecedented pollution and smog in the Delhi region soon after Deepavali, and experts warn of a similar episo

The pursuit of a tit-for-tat diplomacy will not get India anywhere because Balochistan and Kashmir are not on a par, legally and politically. The time

Protests against President Park Gyeun-hye of South Korea gain momentum in the wake of revelations of corruption and the vice-like grip an adviser had

All forces of the Right recognise Donald Trump as a soul mate. On issues of imperial wars, loyalty to Israel and confrontation with Russia and China,

The times demanded popular change. Donald Trump had an appeal to crucial voters in essential States who had been bludgeoned by the trade deals favoure

Trump’s election raises a number of questions for Europe, particularly around the extent to which his victory will impact the politics of the continen

We understand and empathise with you because in our own way we have been there. Do not be afraid: fear is what the newly powerful groups want to insti

As people across the country queue up to gain access to cash, the politics of the demonetisation move reveals the utter cynicism of the ruling dispens

More than 80 per cent of India’s workforce is in the informal or unorganised sector and has taken the full brunt of the demonetisation move.

The notion that replacing high-denomination currency will end the menace of black money only points to an unwillingness to tackle its truly menacing f

The impact of the measures on the farming community, the poor and the lower middle classes was hugely underestimated by the political establishment,

In this tribute to their teacher, Prabhat Patnaik’s former students put together a volume that covers three major themes: the internal contradictions

Times are bleak in the season of sowing wheat, mustard and lentil in western Uttar Pradesh.

Ruling and opposition parties in Kerala join hands to protest against what they see as a politically motivated move to destroy the cooperative sector

Fishermen in Tamil Nadu are hit hard as the cash flow dries up and people stop buying fish.

Coming on top of a severe water crisis following a failed monsoon and the Cauvery deadlock, demonetisation has played a cruel joke on the farmers of t

The beating to cash-driven sectors like gold and real estate notwithstanding, Indian industry is gung-ho about the Prime Minister’s decision to dereco

To rural India, which is already reeling under multiple crises, demonetisation has come as yet another blow.

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The Supreme Court, in a landmark judgment, upholds the principle of equal pay for equal work irrespective of whether one is a “permanent” or a “contra

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Interview with Pronab Sen, Country Director for the India Central Programme, International Growth Centre.

In Kolkata, the BJP deposits in its bank account Rs.3 crore just before the demonetisation announcement, raising allegations of “selective leaking” of

The response to the Narendra Modi government’s sudden jolt to the country’s monetary policy ranged from adulation to shock.

Employees in nationalised banks were often mocked for their slow pace of work and long lunch breaks. Until the midnight of November 8 when demonetisat

Examples from the continent show that if demonetisation is not properly conceptualised and implemented, it can spell endless suffering for the people.

The chaos following the move to remove notes from circulation exposes the country’s lack of preparedness in the bid to shift to a cashless economy.

The digital infrastructure is so woefully inadequate that a paperless economy is a distant dream.