Delusion: A Year in Macros and Bonds
SUYASH CHOUDHARY | 27 Dec, 2022 |
| Before naming our year-end piece around this anchor word, we went back to see the exact dictionary meaning of 'delusion'. We found this: "a false belief or opinion about yourself or your situation". Encouraged thus that we couldn't find anything better to describe what went on over 2022, we have proceeded to put pen to paper. |
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BIS moves in on fraud product reviews: Must include films
VINOD MIRANI (IANS) | 29 Nov, 2022 |
| You want to buy some product and when you visit its website, there are a number of reviews related to it, mostly adorned with four or five stars. Do you trust the four or five stars? How do you know if these reviews and stars are genuine? You don't, you have no way of knowing if they represent genuine feedback about the product. |
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Identity politics reaches G20
D.C. PATHAK (Source: IANS) | 22 Nov, 2022 |
| In a first of its kind event, Indonesia, hosting the G20 Summit this time, prefaced it by organising a global meeting of religious and intellectual leaders called R20 - short for G20 Religious Forum - in Bali purportedly to decry radicalism and extremism and 'promote moderate Islam' and to help ensure that in the 21st century, religion becomes part of 'global solutions rather than problems' |
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Russia-Iran defence relations get a boost
ASAD MIRZA (Source: IANS) | 08 Nov, 2022 |
| The apparent bonhomie between Iran and Russia, two ideologically opposed powers, seems rather surprising. But the reality of wider strategic gains can make one eschew ideology. |
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US prioritises ties with India
ASAD MIRZA | 31 Oct, 2022 |
| US President Joe Biden's administration unveiled the US National Defence Strategy 2022 on October 27. It lists plans to boost its defence ties with India to deter Chinese aggression in the region. |
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US brokered Israel-Lebanon maritime agreement
IANS | 24 Oct, 2022 |
| After decades of enmity, Israel and Lebanon last week signed a historic agreement agreeing to demarcate their maritime boundaries and also demarcating the disputed area in Qanaa prospect, which is believed to be rich in oil and gas reserves. |
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Prime Minister Modi has worked for India's strategic autonomy
D.C. PATHAK (Source: IANS) | 18 Oct, 2022 |
| The call for strategic autonomy of a democratic nation like India goes beyond safeguarding of national security and demands high resilience built on multi-prong capabilities in areas of defence, independent foreign policy, economic strength and internal cohesion as well as a capacity to influence world opinion. |
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India's growing Defence exports
Asad Mirza (Source: IANS) | 10 Oct, 2022 |
| India's defence exports to various countries have increased manifold in recent years, the latest deal is to export Indian rocket launchers to Armenia. |
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India's rise as a global counsel at Samarkand summit
D.C. PATHAK (Source: IANS) | 27 Sep, 2022 |
| The post-Cold War world - no more divided in rival camps created by two competing superpowers confronting each other for military and ideological reasons - ironically witnessed the rise of a new global terror primarily targeting the US, from the same 'geographical |
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Chinese BRI: A success or a failure?
Asad Mirza (Source: IANS) | 17 Sep, 2022 |
| The recent economic upheaval followed by the political disruption in Sri Lanka, has once again made China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) the focus of debate whether it is beneficial or insensitive to the participating countries besides being a success or a failure.
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China is using commerce to conquer Gilgit-Baltistan
DR AMJAD AYUB MIRZA (Source: IANS) | 11 Sep, 2022 |
| The Great-Game as we know it today began around early 1800s when in 1801 Russian Tsar Paul I sent Napoleon Bonaparte a secret letter proposing a joint invasion of British India. Considering the expedition too ambitious, Napoleon |
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India's march towards 'Aatmanirbharta'
Mohan Kumar (Source: IANS) | 16 Aug, 2022 |
| It was in May 2020 that Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the clarion call for a Bharat that was 'Aatmanirbhar'. It is important to clarify what this meant and what it did not. |
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Europe scorched
Asad Mirza (Source: IANS) | 02 Aug, 2022 |
| The extreme temperatures witnessed in Europe during the last fortnight, are the results of our own making, and maybe this is a wake-up call for the humans to stop playing with nature. |
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Is China a threat or an opportunity to Russia?
Dmitry Kosyrev (Source: IANS) | 26 Jul, 2022 |
| That was just another political talk show on Russian TV, and, to make things lively, the editors rolled out a question list to all the attendees: Is China a sincere and powerful friend to Moscow in the current crisis, or is it a very fickle friend not to be trusted? |
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The current paradigms of Internal Security
DC PATHAK | 18 Jul, 2022 |
| Security is essentially a combination of measures designed to protect the nation from the 'covert' offensives of an enemy. Security is not a one-time event as the threat scenario can change over a period of time -- it is also in principle to be regarded as a 'matter of degree' always open to improvement. |
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Skills Enhancement: Way forward for Indian Madrassas
Asad Mirza (Source: IANS) | 11 Jul, 2022 |
| Ever since their emergence, the Madrassas in India have persisted with a curriculum that has seen few changes. The fact that literally, lakhs of Muslim children acquire their primary, and perhaps their only formal education in these Madrassas where only literature and Islamic studies with a cursory knowledge of social sciences are taught, should be a matter of concern not only to their parents, but also to anybody concerned with education in any manner. |
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Politics by proxy is disturbing internal peace
DC PATHAK (Source: IANS) | 04 Jul, 2022 |
| The diminished opposition in the second term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in office has stepped up its propaganda offensive against the regime and in concert with certain civil society fora in the country and anti-India lobbies abroad, tried to build narratives to project Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a practitioner of majoritarianism, authoritarianism and an anti-minority policy. |
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Business Intelligence is crucial for corporate success in Covid times
D.C. PATHAK (Source: IANS) | 28 Jun, 2022 |
| In the age of knowledge ushered in by the IT revolution, success in business is mandated on the corporate entity being well-informed about the environ around and committed to knowledge-based decision making -- the latter being the new hallmark of leadership, different from the past in as much as no one could claim any more to be a leader mainly on the strength of 'inheritance' or personal 'charisma'. |
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The Crypto Saga Unfolds
Satish Reddy (Source: IANS) | 21 Jun, 2022 |
| There is no dearth of issues in the financial world with sharply dividing opinions. Please welcome the new entrant, Cryptocurrencies, rapidly emerging as the most prominent bell weather of the global economy. |
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Rate hikes and downward pressure to weigh on markets
Arun Kejriwal (Source: IANS) | 12 Jun, 2022 |
| Markets were under pressure on expected lines and lost on four of the five trading sessions. Thursday was the sole exception for the week when markets recovered ground quite sharply driven and led by one stock. BSESENSEX lost 1,465.79 points or 2.63 per cent to close at 54,303.44 points, while NIFTY lost 382.50 points or 2.31 per cent to close at 16,201.80 points. The broader markets saw BSE100, BSE200 and BSE500 lose 2.17 per cent, 2.07 per cent and 2.06 per cent, respectively. BSEMIDCAP lost 1.25 per cent, while BSESMALLCAP lost 2.00 per cent. |
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Democratic India has to have a national identity
D.C. PATHAK (Source: IANS) | 30 May, 2022 |
| The Preamble to the Constitution of India describes maintenance of 'unity and integrity of the nation' as its prime objective. Reference to India being a Union of States is for defining the pattern of governance that the Constitution was to lay down in its text. It is strange that the world's largest democracy born in |
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Not walking alone: A bond and macro update
Suyash Choudhary (Source: IANS) | 23 May, 2022 |
| The government announced a series of steps aimed at providing some relief against the unprecedented commodity price shocks being felt post the geopolitical escalations. Chief amongst these was a Rs 8 and Rs 6 cut, respectively in excise duties on petrol and diesel prices per litre. Apart from these, a Rs 200 subsidy on LPG cylinders |
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Hybrid work environment is a welcome evolution of management
D.C. PATHAK | 17 May, 2022 |
| Work from home, a practice businesses were compelled to adopt due to Covid, was initially seen as a 'disruptive' outcome of the pandemic lockdown for both the corporate body as well as the employees -- it had particularly forced the latter to remain indoors and thus put on them the onus of proving their continued utility for their pay masters. |
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India's thrust at the global stage
D.C. PATHAK | 12 May, 2022 |
| A nation's strategic approach is by definition meant to take care of the security and economic interests of the country and it is truly remarkable that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policy on international relations has stood its ground amid a festering Ukraine-Russia military conflict, deepening geopolitical alienation between US -led West and the Russia-China camp and the progressively hardening regime of economic sanctions imposed by the US and its allies against Russia. |
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No OPEC or a new OPEC?
Asad Mirza | 09 May, 2022 |
| After working on devising methods to counter moves by OPEC (Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries), the largest consortium of oil producing nations across the globe, over the last two decades considered detrimental to the US |
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Indo-UK ties on a new track?
Asad Mirza | 29 Apr, 2022 |
| In Persian there is an old proverb: "Amad'an, nashist'am, ghuft'am, barkhas'tam'", meaning "they came, they sat, they talked and then dispersed". |
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Tough days ahead for India?
Asad Mirza | 26 Apr, 2022 |
| The regional economic and political developments may have a near-immediate effect on the Indian economy, apart from the internal pressures. |
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Apply Newton's law for a healthy planet and life
Pavan Kaushik | 15 Apr, 2022 |
| The theme for the world health day, 2022 is "Our Planet, Our Health". As, the law of Newton says -- "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction". What we give to the nature, the nature reciprocates accordingly. It would not be wrong to say that "a healthy planet makes the life healthier and if we try to break this natural life cycle of replenishing the planet, it would certainly affect a healthy life". |
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India charting its own path
Asad Mirza | 09 Apr, 2022 |
| The last one-month has shown the tenacity and astuteness of the Indian foreign policy, and the "correctional change" which the current polity is trying to achieve through it. |
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Transforming gold investments in India
SME Times News Bureau | 04 Apr, 2022 |
| Gold has always been an essential part of the socio-economic-cultural ethos of every Indian. As an investment, it has always carried with it the tendency of invoking a sense of sentimental attachment. Despite its tremendous significance, gold investments did not keep pace in terms of ease of buying, storing, and safety. These factors motivated BSE to create a transparent and efficient investment mechanism for gold.
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India captures only 8% of 4K billion cubic meters of rain
Pavan Kaushik | 28 Mar, 2022 |
| Many historians and archaeologists believe that the Indus Valley Civilisation that existed about 2,500 years ago mysteriously lost its existence and disappeared suddenly due to catastrophic water scarcity caused either by shifting rivers or by drastic climate change. |
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India acts big brother to Sri Lanka
Asad Mirza | 22 Mar, 2022 |
| Indian policy in the region towards smaller countries, seems to be paying dividends, as compared to China, which is more and more is being seen as a hawk, intent on taking over smaller countries natural resources. |
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'SuPoshan Sanginis': Sheroes changing the rural women's world
KAVITA SARDANA | 13 Mar, 2022 |
| Men and women are often differentiated based on "gender role" and the tasks assigned to them. The question is who has defined these roles and assigns these tasks? And are they still valid? Are we confining our present potential just to uphold age-old societal constructs? Other biological and anatomical differences aside, both genders have one brain and one heart to function. |
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What India can learn from the Russia-Ukraine crisis
Deepika Bhan | 08 Mar, 2022 |
| As the US-EU combine came out with a slew of sanctions against Russia and big tech companies followed suit enthusiastically, the stark reality hit home. The West can use financial and social media platforms as weapons against any country that falls foul of it.
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Why India needs to pursue neutrality over Ukraine
Deepika Bhan | 27 Feb, 2022 |
| As pictures of wounded women, bombed buildings, rolling tanks, fighter jet strikes and desperate civilians in Ukraine flood the TV screens and social media, India was expected to condemn the perpetrator. After all, India continues to suffer because of the expansionist policies of China and Pakistan.
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Covid Effect: Reconciling the global with the local
DC PATHAK | 22 Feb, 2022 |
| Management of business would be written afresh in the phase of post-Covid economic recovery and some significant new concepts would be incorporated for their long term relevance -- compelled by the 'evolutionary' impact of the pandemic. |
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The Importance of All India Civil Services
DC PATHAK | 13 Feb, 2022 |
| Perhaps the most crucial decision of the then national leadership of free India about the strategy of management of the new democratic Republic was to retain the 'steel frame' left behind by the British in the form of ICS and IP and establish IAS and IPS as the All India Civil Services to succeed them. |
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The need to prioritise a mustard policy
Vivek Puri | 24 Jan, 2022 |
| We would like to start out by thanking the Government for banning futures trading in mustard on the NCDEX from 20th December 2021 for a period of one year. This is a very timely intervention in a critical situation wherein the prices of mustard and mustard oil have been skyrocketing, making this edible oil unaffordable for middle class consumers. |
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Strained Indo-Maldives relations
Asad Mirza | 11 Jan, 2022 |
| A lot has happened in the bilateral relations between India and Maldives during the last 10 years. The relations which were once described as one of the most vibrant and dynamic, have turned into one in which India has been painted as a villain. Though the genesis started 10 years back, yet it gathered further momentum during the last three years particularly, resulting in ‘India Out campaign on the social media. |
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The Dragon's long shadow on Sri Lanka
Sumit Kumar Singh | 02 Jan, 2022 |
| For some South Asian countries like Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Bangladesh, the 'China Nightmare' is no longer just a bad dream. It is a living reality, which continues to threaten the countries' national interests, and eat away at their very sovereignty. |
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