West Bengal is a state uniquely positioned because it offers many advantages critical to the logistics sector.
India’s decision to introduce a standardised curriculum in Himalayan Buddhist monasteries marks a significant shift in how the country views both education and national security.
India stands at a crossroads in its global trade ambitions. As pressure mounts from the United States and the European Union to slash tariffs on imported automobiles, the nation must walk a tight-rope between liberalisation and safeguarding its domestic industry.
On Mahavira Jayanti, it is essential to reflect on how the teachings of Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism, remain deeply relevant today. Over 2,600 years ago, Mahavira’s profound principles laid the foundation for understanding socio-economic, political, and spiritual issues, which resonate with modern challenges.
India’s decision to withdraw the 6 per cent equalization levy, also known as the “Google Tax” marks a paradigm shift in the nation’s approach to digital taxation.
There is a tide in the affairs of men/ Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.” So said Shakespeare, little knowing that in Pakistani English his words might be twisted to squeeze a fortune out of a flood.
In recent years, welcome efforts have been made to regulate the trade of a wide range of arms using the Arms Trade Treaty, but a big hurdle for these noble and much-needed efforts has been encountered in the form of the activities of weapon smugglers and traffickers.
Economists worldwide would agree that differences in institutions serve as the main determinants of prosperity among countries. There is also enough empirical evidence to show that some countries undergo political transitions and reform their institutions to move into enduring paths of economic development.
When Denmark plays at the men’s Fifa World Cup in Qatar this winter, their shirts will mask the name and logo of their sponsor, the sportswear brand Hummel. One of the strips is all black, which Hummel described as the “colour of mourning”.
The absence of vice-chancellor in a state University for quite some time is not unprecedented anymore in West Bengal as the state has seen such situations several times in the recent past.
