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EASE OF DOING BUSINESS: INDIA
Read more: EASE OF DOING BUSINESS: INDIAESHA SAHA INTRODUCTION: In the ‘Ease of Doing Business’ ranking of 189 countries, India has dropped from the 131st rank last year to 134thin 2014.The very fact that it is easier to do business in Nepal (105), Bangladesh (130),Pakistan (110)[1] than in India, and that India is getting to be a tougher place to do business,…
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Japan’s National Security Strategy: Retort to China’s Military Assertiveness?
Read more: Japan’s National Security Strategy: Retort to China’s Military Assertiveness?Piyush Singh argues how China’s tactic of coercive diplomacy is finding no takers in Japan and seems to be boomeranging. Japan in its National Security Strategy has clearly defined that it’s not going to let China gain an upper hand in the region and the piece explores this further. In late 2013,…
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Research Steve Jobs’ style to find Smash-Hits — Without Statistical Significance!
Read more: Research Steve Jobs’ style to find Smash-Hits — Without Statistical Significance!Read why Stephen P Holden feels that Steve Jobs was right about customers’ lack of self-insight, but wrong about the value of research. It’s not the end of the world if you’re wrong ! The biggest mistake in market research is to worry about being wrong. Ironically, research can learn this lesson from…
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A Sanitised effort for ‘Clean India’
Read more: A Sanitised effort for ‘Clean India’Despite years of work, sanitation goals, particularly in rural India, have remained elusive. With the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission- targeting rural and urban hygiene- will the desired outcomes follow? Urmila Rao explores this question… On October 2, the Center government is set to roll out The ‘Clean India’ (Swaach Bharat) campaign…
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Xi Jinping’s Serendipity with India: Expectations of Greater Engagement
Read more: Xi Jinping’s Serendipity with India: Expectations of Greater EngagementChinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to India is likely to boost economic ties between both the countries. The leadership on either side carefully balanced the scales of tension and engagement, as cold politics and hot economics were negotiated with pragmatism. Amrita Jash gives her take. Chinese President Xi Jinping finally set his foot in India with his…
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Rethinking Education as an Economic Good: Analysing the Proliferation of Private Universities across India
Read more: Rethinking Education as an Economic Good: Analysing the Proliferation of Private Universities across IndiaPrivately-funded higher education institutions have been materializing across India in the last few years. Anamika Srivastava & Deepanshu Mohan consider how these new universities challenge the traditional value, nature and goals attached to education. They argue that while private investment is necessary to meet increasing demand, new institutions must be careful not to compromise or contradict the larger social…
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Children of War in Gaza and Beyond
Read more: Children of War in Gaza and BeyondUrmila Rao describes the indiscriminate manner in which Israeli forces are shelling schools which has been designated as a war crime both under IHL and International Criminal Law. A three-day ceasefire extension announced by Israel in Gaza on Tuesday may collapse as Hamas is likely to reject the extension. If this happens, the Israel-…
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