Few hours after Narendra Modi took oath as the Prime Minister of India for his second term, US President Donald Trump confirmed that his administration will withdraw the designation of Generalised System of Preference (GSP) from India. GSP is the largest and oldest US trade preference programme allo...
India is projected to have the largest young workforce in the world by 2025 but is failing to cash in on this rich demographic dividend. According to a draft report from National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), India presently has its highest unemployment rate in the last 45 years.The manufacturi...
India is the second largest footwear manufacturer in the world after China. According to the statistics portal Statista, revenue in the footwear market in India is expected to be around $ 7,525 million by 2019. The same portal claims that it will grow in a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 12.6%...
India ranks third in the world in terms of quality research in Artificial Intelligence (AI), behind the US and China. AI is an intelligence demonstrated by machines similar to natural intelligence displayed by humans. This is an area of computer science that emphasises the creation of intelligent ma...
Navkaran Singh Bagga is the founder of AKVO, a company which provides safe and pure drinking water using the Atmospheric Water Generator (AWG) technology. Bagga spoke to BE’s Kuntala Sarkar.Q. Can you explain the AWG technology? A. The most abundant source of freshwater is the Earth’s atmo...
There has been a significant drop in the decadal growth rate of agriculture in India. For the 2000 – 2010 period, it has dropped to 2.61%. The Green Revolution in India was based on the idea that nutrient loss can be overcome by the use of potash and nitrates as chemical fertilisers. Agricultural ...
India is seen as an emerging sector of election campaign management organisations. Campaign strategies formulated by organisations are driven by their understanding of who will vote for their client and why. If the organisations find that voters are not in favour, they undertake correctives.The Indi...
Agriculture and mining are two important sectors of the Indian economy. While generating huge employment and being important for the economy’s growth, these two sectors are also highly polluting in nature. Chemical agricultural products like pesticides and fertilisers contribute heavily to s...
Industrial pollutionIndustrial pollution is responsible, to a large extent, for the alarming levels air, water and soil pollution in India. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that only air pollution accounts for around 2% of all heart and lung diseases, for about 5% of all lung cancers, a...
On the resurrection day of Lord Jesus, the blood of his children was spilt. The Sri Lankan cities of Colombo, Negombo, and Batticaloa witnessed one of the bloodiest terror attacks on Easter day of 2019 which left a death toll of more than 320 and injured over 500. The first wave of the attacks was t...