Requirements for A New Telecom Law
T K Arun It is welcome that the government has invited comments on the consultation paper on a new telecom law. It needs lots of them. Do we need a new law, in the first place? Is the Telegraph Act…
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Ending Telangana’s Overreliance on Paddy and Cotton
A. Amarender Reddy On my recent visits to Telangana, I observed that cropping patterns are highly skewed towards only two crops – paddy and cotton. This overdependence on two crops leads to increased exposure to production and price risks, complete…
Why tea startups booming in country, the reason behind it?
Tea is a beverage that has been commonly consumed in India and surrounding countries, but the way tea is made and sold has changed a lot over time. Somewhere the consumption of tea has become so much that the economy…
US-China Tensions over Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit
Chintamani Mahapatra There is a huge geopolitical storm hovering around the Taiwan Strait in the wake of US Congress Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan along with some of her colleagues. The storm is clearly the creation of China that…
Pros and Cons of a Sugar Tax For Tackling Obesity
Obesity and why it’s the need of the hour Obesity has become a common disease in the current period. According to the OECD reports, 1 in 4 people are diagnosed with this condition. A global study has pointed out that…
Five Years Down the Line: Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016
Jay Patel Background The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (RERA) was passed in Parliament in March 2016, and all the provisions of the act were made effective on 1 May 2017. One of the main aims of the…
Hitting the mark on defence exports
Harsh V. Pant & Aditya Bhan Speaking at the recently-concluded Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation seminar Swavlamban in New Delhi, Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi reiterated the government’s will to prise India out of its addiction to defence imports and…