No Comments India has the largest chunk of Waqf lands in the world. Here are answers to frequently asked questions about Waqf properties & boards. Each Q&A has an observation. We also examine provisions of the Companies and Income-Tax Acts and note that equality before the law is a myth. A few headlines and articles ignited this […]
1 Comment A week ago, the media all over the world was taken by a storm of news that a PhD scholar Rishi Rajpopat from Cambridge University has solved a 2500-year-old problem with Paninian grammar that had defeated the Sanskrit scholars all along according to the media reports. The news had become viral over the TV, and […]
2 Comments Rajiv Malhotra and Vijaya Vishwanathan’s new masterpiece “Snakes in the Ganga”, has recently become the pioneering document and a well-researched body of literature, on how the American intelligentsia, spearheaded by Harvard University is intellectually influencing a new generation of “sepoys”, from research scholars to academicians, and Journalists to top bureaucrats, who make the critical decisions […]
No Comments It is ‘advantage India’ in the global power struggle as the West which is fed up with China’s duplicity looks for reliable partners. India has to up its strategy in a crucial game it must win. India has the ability to have a substantial impact on the greater global power equation as a flourishing trading […]
No Comments 19th December is celebrated as Goa Mukti Divas or the Goa Liberation Day. The Liberation of Goa didn’t happen till 19th December 1961, even though the rest of India gained independence in 1947! It happened after thousands of freedom fighters fought a long arduous battle for freedom against the Portuguese Govt. Most Indians think that the whole […]
1 Comment Crisis-hit Sri Lanka and Russia will be the first countries to use the Indian rupee trade settlement mechanism. This allows countries to use Indian rupees instead of dollars and other major currencies for International transactions. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved banks to open 5 special rupee trading accounts, called Vostro accounts, for […]
No Comments PETA and other Animal Rights bodies are under the scanner, after the demise of “Lakshmi” as Tamil Nadu’s “Jallikattu” case resumes in Supreme Court. Animal Rights, as with human rights is a good, noble cause. It can be a tough balancing act with good intentions on the one hand and stringent implementation/enforcement on the other. […]
No Comments Introduction Those who are keeping a pulse on the current affairs of India will know how vested interests are challenging Democratic Institutions of this country in the last few years. Their primary mode of disruption has been through agitations and Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi Ji had aptly identified them in the Parliament as “Aandolan Jeevis.” […]
No Comments The internationalisation of the rupee that is traded in the digital format will be a good move. It will not only help in trade facilitation but also increase the stature of the rupee in the international market. Digital Rupee will secure the forex reserve and stabilise the rupee-dollar exchange rate. A host of characteristics of […]
No Comments The Reserve Bank of India has announced the launch of the first pilot for retail digital Rupee (e₹-R) on December 01, 2022. The RBI in a Press Release dated October 31, 2022, indicated that the pilot in e₹-R would commence in a month’s time. What is this Digital Rupee (e₹-R )? The e₹-R would be in the form of a digital token that […]
