Policy Update Meenu Mohan Introduction India is poised to enhance its role in global trade with the introduction of two pivotal pieces of legislation: the Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2024, and the Bills of Lading Bill, 2024; both…
Another Teachers’ Day, and the challenges for teachers and the system of education in India are more than ever before. These are not only micro and macro but also emerging from past mistakes and due to rapid technological changes. Teaching, the mother of all professions, needs to take note and respond urgently.
VO Chidambaram Pillai is not a household name. He comes up rarely in any list of the heroes of India’s freedom movement. He deserves better. From Tuticorin, a coastal town in southern Tamil Nadu, he promoted, raised funds for, and ran, Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company (SSNCo), to take on the might of the British India Steam Navigation Company, and of the British empire itself. And failed. And that failure illustrates what happens if you are the antithesis of the much-reviled crony capitalist.
In India sports hasn’t been given the due it deserves - it is, at best, considered as an extracurricular activity while in most other nations sports is considered equivalent to studies and kids who show potential are taken under professional training.
On July 23rd, The 'Modi 3.0' administration presented its first Union Budget since holding power at the Center. The budget was delivered by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, with key focuses on education, employment skills, industrial workers, and the middle class.
Missing the wood for the trees is a common occurrence, when obsessive focus on one or more parts obscures the whole. It is more unusual to see a wood swallow a generally admired tree, prune it of its uniqueness, and leave the observer missing its grace and charm. Indians had the occasion to experience such loss, when Vistara merged with Air India last week. True, both airlines belong to the Tata Group, and it does not make sense for the Tatas to operate multiple airline brands. We hope the sleek functionality of Vistara will rub off on Air India, instead of getting lost in the maw of the much larger, older and relatively lugubrious airline.