‘Exit’ the magic word to revamp education system
Bibek Debroy Everyone has skills. But that’s not the same as saying the market values those skills. There is the issue of whether the higher education system delivers those marketable skills....
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NEP: Change is way forward for public universities
The decisive influence of organised unions to stall crucial academic and administrative reforms can betamed only with political will. The National Education Policy 2020 (NEP) has gained traction unusual for a...
Grapes sour mentality and a toxic mindset are a lethal combination
My take on a highly educated congress leader One infamous congress leader who served as finance minister four times and also served as home minister during the UPA regime, a loyalist...
Adani’s three-pronged defensive-offensive strategy
Alam Srinivas If Adani cannot manage the three issues in the near future, he will go down in corporate history as a shooting star whose stock market blaze lasted for a...
Unlocking India’s Tourism Potential in Mission Mode
PuneetChhatwal As one of the fastest emerging tourist destinations in the world, India’s travel and tourism sector offers promising growth; having crossed an inflection point, it is now poised for bigger...
Why is Government of India Not Willing to Support Manipur Government’s Decision to Withdraw From SoO with Three Kuki-Zomi Militants
RAJKUMAR BOBICHAND The Government of India (GOI) is reportedly said not to support the decision of the Government of Manipur (GOM) to withdraw from the tripartite agreement for Suspension of Operation...
Beyond G20: Why India-Bangladesh pipeline merits a special discourse
Atul Borthakur The India-Bangladesh pipeline project aims to export oil products from India to Bangladesh. In April 2017, NRL and the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) inked a long-term agreement for selling...
Revisiting raids, corruption and an elephant in the system
Sandip Ghose Corruption in the babudom cannot exist without political patronage. The roots of evil lie in political funding. However, the antidote for that has to be systemic rather than old-style...
Brahmapuram waste yard imbroglio
Dr T M Thomas Isaac The dump yard fire happened because for whatever reason, Kochi did not follow the tested and proven methods that were being used in other towns in...
The necessity of knowledge panchayats
Shiv Visvanathan Dams have created more refugees than the wars we fought, making development a cognitive war against our people. Democracy, as a way of life, desperately needs life-giving processes. Firstly,...