Hardly a day passes when newspapers are not carrying the news about road accidents involving stray cattle or injury to an individual due to dog bite in a certain city or area. The murkier state is an outcome of the existence of 1.71 crore stray dogs and 58.87 lakh stray cattle (estimated as per the ...
Sweeping chunks of dust, sounds of tin roofs blowing up, utensils and clothes flying like saucers, tress uprooted, collapsing mud walls, and screaming winds – this was the deadliest dust storm to have hit northern India over decades. The speeding winds that had reached 130 km per hour took a...
The world is getting hotter. The gap between the need and availability of freshwater is widening every day.Despite finding ourselves in such a situation, we continue to propagate practices that waste trillions of litres of water every day. One of these, which I have been focusing on, is the humungou...
A recent event organised by Ladies Study Group (LSG) on ‘A Woman of Substance, upheld the cause of women empowerment and self-sufficiency.LSG, which is the ladies wing of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and actively involved in promoting women empowerment and various social issues embarked on its m...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted on April, 28, 2018, “We fulfilled a commitment due to which the lives of several Indians will be transformed forever. I am delighted that every single village of India now has access to electricity.” This tweet came 12 days before the given deadline fo...
Urban Blackberrys, a leading men’s fashion brand in India, recently launched a branding identity for their new line of men’s garments. ‘Why Plan’, the company’s new branding coinage, adds itself to the growing menswear options in India. Mallika Misra, Sr. Manager, URBAN Product Merchandisi...
India is increasingly looking to develop energy links with its neighbouring countries. The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi while attending the 16th International Energy Forum has informed, “At 4.3% Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR), India is the fastest growing energy consuming nation and w...
One of the ads from last year I remember vividly is “Touch of Care” from ‘Vicks’. It left me feeling human. It tells the most poignant tale of the struggle of a transgender bringing up an orphan by herself. Gayatri, a young girl, reminisces about her childhood while on her way to boarding sc...
When Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple, recently said that Indians lacked creativity, millions of Indians were left shell-shocked. According to Wozniak, it is the “risk-averse culture” which prevents Indians from experi-menting and innovating. This audacious claim, though, could be a cause ...
“Ships leaving Nhava Sheva port, across the harbour from Mumbai, tend to ride higher on the water than when they arrive. India’s trading statistics explain why: steel and other industrial goods from China weigh down the ships as they come in, to be replaced on the way out by fluffy cotton bales,...