Rajesh Mehta and Uddeshya Goel

REALIZING THE INDIAN EV DREAM THROUGH EARLY ADOPTION

September 10, 2021

5000 years back when humankind invented the single most revolutionising device, wheels, no one anticipated its catalysing effect on the society towards modern civilisation. Today as we stand in the 21st Century, there is a dire need to rethink mobility and the ancillary services required to bring the most environmentally...

Direct Selling Rules: The return of the inspector raj?

July 29, 2021

The one in a century catastrophe, the Covid-19 pandemic, has been a disruptor of businesses and a fuel to social imbalances. The Covid crisis has put a dent on the growth delta and has caused a tectonic shift in the fundamental functioning of the economic ecosystem. Priority consumer spending during...

UNRAVELLING THE SILHOUETTES OF LIFE WITH THE LEGENDARY GURU DUTT

July 10, 2021

A prolific filmmaker, producer, actor, choreographer, and writer, Guru Dutt’s 96th birth anniversary was on Friday, 9 July. The visionary director has given Hindi cinema some of the classic gems including Pyaasa, Kaagaz Ke Phool, Chaudhvin Ka Chand, and Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam. “Yeh duniya jahaan aadmi kuch nahi hai, wafa kuch nahi, dosti kuch...

NATIONWIDE 12TH BOARD EXAMS A KICK-START TO THE THIRD WAVE?

May 25, 2021

The emergence of the catastrophic second wave of Covid-19 in India has resulted in the loss of lives, jobs, and livelihood. People are struggling to save their loved ones, desperately arranging for oxygen cylinders, requisite life-saving drugs, and miserably looking for vaccine slots, both on the ground and through the...

A YEAR TO EMBRACE THE INDIA-NZ RELATIONSHIP

May 12, 2021

The 75th year of Indian Independence can be an inflection point in the India-New Zealand ties through constructive steps in bilateral trade deals and companionship to harness a plethora of opportunities between the two countries. Although the second wave of Covid-19 and the triple mutant coronavirus variant have put an...

MONEY FOR CLIMATE: ENGINE FOR INDIA’S GROWTH POST-COVID

April 30, 2021

The recently held Leaders’ Climate Summit and the Quad leaders meet has reclaimed the USA’s lost position in the climate change helm and galvanized efforts by the world’s major economies to reduce emissions, to mobilize public and private sector finance to drive the net-zero transition and to help vulnerable countries...

WILL THE MIRAGE OF A SUPER-BOOM CYCLE TURN INTO AN OASIS FOR INDIAN PHARMA SECTOR?

April 1, 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has proved to be a global health crisis, whose cascading effect has already grappled the global economies. With multiple spread waves and new virus mutants, the hope for economic recovery seems to be imperceptible. The World Bank envisions a baseline forecast of 5.2 percent contraction in global...