India’s combination of smart policy and smart population has opened the way for a generation of double digit growth, an economic feat hitherto achieved only by the China of Deng Xiaoping and which could not be maintained by the China of Xi Jinpingby M D NalapatAnyone continuing to take seriously the columns of some of what were once great newspapers in the US, UK, Germany and elsewhere would

Fiji Deputy PM Biman prasad with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a ADB meetingNew Delhi: The Deputy Prime Minister of Fiji, Biman Prasad, is set to embark on a week-long visit to India starting Sunday, according to the Ministry of External Affairs.Prasad, who also serves as the Minister of Finance, Strategic Planning, National Development and Statistics for his country, is also the

A Chinese Spy ship on its way to dock in a Maldivian portHyderabad: Amid growing tensions in international trade and sea lanes, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said India stands for freedom of navigation, trade, and commerce and a rules-based world order.Singh in Andhra Pradesh’s Vizag on Saturday also lauded the Indian Navy for providing security not only to the Indian ships but also those from

Gaganyaan’s expected launch by end of 2025, says ISRO chiefIndian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S. Somanath has said that ‘Gaganyaan’, the country’s first human space flight program, is expected to be launched by the end of 2025.The nation will have a space station by the year 2035. The ISRO is already working on Chandrayaan-4 to retrieve samples from the moon, he said after

In a ground breaking move, the recent interim budget declaration on February 1, 2024, promises a substantial boost to the railway industry, specifically targeting freight services. The finance minister’s proposal includes a noteworthy increase in capital expenditure for railways, allocating a staggering ₹2.55 lakh crores. This injection of funds is poised to revolutionize infrastructure and spur

Levsa Bayankhail and SundayGuardianLive author Prof. Madhav Das NalapatThe phenomenon that Baloch and Pashtuns of Pakistan have been treated as “second class citizens” for decades, is now widely accepted at a global level even as people belonging to these groups have been “picked up” by unidentified gunmen and have never seen again.These state-backed atrocities, which have gained worldwide