The recent killing of eleven Gond tribals including three women by a landlord to forcefully occupy his alleged 90 bighas of land has shaken the national conscience.Landlord Yagyadutt Bhurtiya, who is also the Pradhan of the Umbha Gram Panchayat in Sonbhadra District, Uttar Pradesh (UP), along with h...
In 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to eradicate manual scavenging in India by 2019. On June 15, 2019, four manual scavengers died in his home state, Gujarat. Another two died in Uttar Pradesh. Manual scavenging is defined by the United Nations as, “The practice of manually cleaning, ca...
Chandrayaan-2, India’s second Moon mission was launched on July 22. Chandrayaan-2 will be the first mission to land a rover near the lunar South Pole. The launch was previously scheduled for July 15 but had to be called off due to a technical snag. The mission follows the Chandrayaan-1 mission whi...
The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector’s growth and employment generation capacity is high. In the last fiscal, it grew about 11% and increased employment by 14%. Its contribution to the export market is also considerable. At times, many MSME units go in for innovation of products....
Wellness tourism is a term used to describe the rapidly growing practice of travelling across international borders to seek wellness medical services. India has an advantage here due to its indigenous healthcare practices as well as its reduced cost and availability of healthcare alternatives like N...
Grounding of East West (1996), Damania (1997), Air Sahara (2007), Air Deccan (2007), Paramount (2010), Kingfisher (2012), and now Jet Airways may have different reasons but they commonly point out that the aviation sector is cyclical in nature. Although, small airlines fail to draw much attention, b...
iQuippo, a Kanoria Foundation initiative, organised Paison Ki Nilami, a mega simulcast auction of interest rates for facilitating financing of infrastructure equipment that witnessed participation from more than 20 original equip-ment manufacturers and 1,100 equipment owners.The auctioning event, co...
The medical devices market in India is showing promising signs of growth. Medtronic, a leader in medical technology, services, and solutions, started its operations in India in 1979. As the company celebrates the fortieth anniversary of its Indian operations, BE’s Saptarshi Deb spoke to Madan Kris...
Chennai has been facing a severe water crisis. There has been a 40% cut in piped water supply. All four reservoirs outside the city have dried up. In several parts of the city, the cost of water has doubled. According to reports from the Central Water Commission, a rainfall deficit of 41% in Tamil N...
Due to the escalating trade war between the US and China, several American companies are planning to shift their supply chain from China to avoid any tariff backlash. India appears to be the potential benefactor in this case.Tanmoyee Bannerjee, Professor, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University...