India has wide scope for the metal recycling sector.According to recent industry estimates, the widely unorganised and fragmented sector has the potential to register an annual growth rate of 11.4% till 2020. On the flipside, the government is yet to recognise metal recycling as an industry. The sec...
First China and now Japan is posing a threat to India’s trade balance. India’s trade deficit against Japan nearly doubled in the last seven years from $ 3.53 billion in 2011-12 to $ 6.24 million last year.This must have surprised India’s trade analysts who had expected a different scenario fol...
Solar water pumps, along with appropriate agricultural technologies, can provide irrigation to remote areas. The government and many Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have been trying to pilot such initiatives in different parts of India and have achieved some success.Working of solar irrigation...
The world is changing rapidly with new scientific and technological breakthroughs being made almost every day.Now chipmakers and smartphone companies are talking about the 5G wave that is going to hit the globe in 2019.What is 5G?5G is the fifth generation cellular technology that will not only incr...
The Indian educational system is not controlled by the government alone. At present, the private sector is leading the sector because it sees around 24% profit in the sector which is the highest in the Indian economy.At the same time, the Indian educational system is suffering from a number of defic...
Dr. Madan Mohan Bajaj is not an animal welfare activist. He doesn’t try to stop cruelty, nor does he protest or go to court. He is the Director General of International Scientific Research & Welfare Organisation, and Chief of the Medical Physics, Immuno-physics, Nuclear Biophysics and Biomedic...
Renaissance or the revival of European art and literature began in the era of 14th and 16th centuries.The renaissance in dentistry rather in the Maxillofacial surgery began during the Second World War.The oral cavity is that part of the aero digestive tract which begins at the lips and ends at the a...
Indians have gone global in corruption. The Transparency International has already revealed that India has slid from the 79 to the 81st position in the 180-country corruption index this year. But the recent New York Times story detailing the meteoric rise of the Gupta brothers in South A...
Indian wedding ceremonies continue to reflect the traditional features of various Indian communities. The age-old Indian mantra ‘Atithi Devo Bhava’ from Taittriyo Upanishad, which means, “Guests are God,” is the prevailing code. Weddings in India are an elaborate process involving various ri...
Shahnaz Husain, the Founder, Chairperson, and Managing Director of Shahnaz Husain Group, has successfully translated India’s herbal heritage into pragmatic Ayurvedic beauty solutions. She is a pioneer in the world of makeovers. BE’s Ellora De spoke to her.Q. How do you perceive wedding makeovers...