Immigrants: UK’s abiding dilemma
Britain is caught on the horns of a dilemma. It doesn’t want more foreigners, but it cannot ignore the evidence that foreigners are the main catalyst for economic growth. London is the country’s most...
View ArticleRetail to e-tail need not pinch
United States Senators Mark Warner of the Democratic Party and John Cornyn of the Republican Party have asked President Barack Obama to pressurise India to open up the ecommerce sector for Foreign...
View ArticlePoor quality medicines a global threat: Scientists
New York : With globalisation blurring the line between domestic and foreign medicine production, poor quality medicines are a real and urgent global threat, says a new research, reports IANS. In...
View ArticleConference to be held on globalising universities
Mumbai : A round table conference (RTC) of Vice-Chancellors of state universities has been planned on the subject of ‘Globalisation of Higher Education in the State of Maharashtra: Way Forward’ in the...
View ArticleWhen globalisation becomes a one-way street
The government must change gears. Its efforts aimed at attracting MNCs to “Make in India” for the global market are certain to fail. One does not put up a new cold storage when the potato stored in the...
View ArticleBrexit, Trump & India
Globalisation was the catchword during the last two decades. It was no doubt instrumental in increasing economic benefits in terms of increasing cost efficiency, booming internet traffic and tourism,...
View ArticleOnly genuine FDI welcome, but will it come?
Our exports have declined continuously in the last 17 months. FIIs have become sellers in the last two years. These and many other indicators point towards a withdrawal from globalisation. Countries...
View ArticleInclude humankind in globalisation
Ethnic compulsions present the biggest hurdle to global assimilation. This week’s conferences in New York on refugees and mass migration were not expected to solve the problem on the ground. The sheer...
View ArticleUS soft power influences the world
It is a sign of how much the United States influences our lives that large numbers of Indians tuned in to see the first debate between Presidential contenders Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The...
View ArticleLokmanthan: Gobalisation has promoted terrorism, says MM Joshi
‘People in the West are rich but not happy’ BHOPAL: “Globalisation has turned the world violent and Lokmanthan will dwell on where the world is heading to”, said senior BJP leader and former Union...
View ArticleThe lost relevance of Left and Right
What we have been witnessing via Modi, Brexit and Trump is the revenge of the global South. Global North and South are now cultural categories rather than areas on maps. The Trump supporters and Brexit...
View Article“It is my responsibility to look after my students”, says Dr. Debajit N. Sarkar
Dr. Debajit N. Sarkar, Principal – L. S. Raheja College of Arts and Commerce, Santacruz, tells Shraddha Kamdar in an interview on student nurturing and development All it took is a phone call, and the...
View ArticleConnectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization: Politics & Current...
Connectography: Mapping the Global Network Revolution Parag Khanna Weidnfeld & Nicolson Pages: 466, Price: Rs. 599/= In an era of globalization National boundaries have a very limited meaning,...
View ArticleGDP to hit $6 trn by 2027 on digital leap: Morgan Stanley
New Delhi : India is likely to be the world’s fastest-growing large economy in the next 10 years, driven by digitisation, favourable demographics, globalisation and reforms, predicts a Morgan Stanley...
View ArticleLanguage: A tool of communication
New Delhi: Language is defined as a method of human communication but what happens when that language embraces diversity and when media is playing the role of catalyst in it. This role of media in...
View ArticlePM Narendra Modi: Statesman like in Davos
Notwithstanding the childish jibe by Rahul Gandhi after the prime minister’s keynote address to the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting at Davos, the reception at home and abroad was generally...
View ArticleWhose God is it anyway, yours or mine?
With globalisation, world has shrunk. Families now are seen with both parents from different faiths or religion; in this scenario how does one decide or tell the kids, which “God” to worship or...
View ArticleTransatlantic slave trade showed what lawless globalisation can lead to: India
United Nations: India has described the centuries-long transatlantic slave trade as one of the most tragic and inhumane chapters in recorded human history, saying it showed what an “ungoverned and...
View ArticleIndia 4th most attractive investment market for global CEOs: PwC survey
Davos: CEOs’ confidence in global economic growth has dipped dramatically by a record jump in pessimism but India has emerged as ‘the rising star’ by surpassing the UK to become fourth most attractive...
View ArticleGlobal recession looming large; cautions Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman
Dubai: There is “quite a good chance” of a global recession late this year or next year, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman has warned, citing a general lack of preparedness among economic...
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