The cold months of November and December are usually associated with festivities, skiing competitions, ice sculptures, and carnival parades in Europe. However, this unusual winter is experiencing a slew of fiery protests in the continent. Demonstrators are on the streets, rallying against controvers...
Kolkata, the City of Joy, lives a larger than life episode during the festive season. Durga Puja is a source of income generation for many people. Setting temporary food street stalls is also a way of earning during Durga puja. BE looked into the economy and operation of these temporary food stalls ...
The Indian state of Sikkim has recently been awarded the prestigious ‘World Future Policy Award 2018’ by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) for becoming the world's first totally organic agriculture state. The award recognises this remarkable achievement and the UNFAO believes that t...
The UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1820 in 2008, which condemns the use of sexual violence as a tool of war, and declares that “rape and other forms of sexual violence can constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity or a constitutive act with respect to genocide”. This year’s Nobel ...
United States Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer in a detailed 182 paged document on March 22 accused China of indulging into unfair trade practices which ranged from transfer of technology by entering into forced joint ventures, promoting undue licensing practices, encouraging heavily su...
The unprecedented floods in Kerala last month resulted in the death of 373. Around 1.2 million people from their homes and hearths were uprooted. They are now in relief camps.There are estimates of collateral damage: Rs. 20,000 crore or $2.86 billion. The state government has requested aid for...
Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away at the age of 93 on August 16, 2018, was the forerunner for several socio-economic reforms undertaken by his successors. He continued to liberalise the economy and presented a fresh image of India to the world.Like many popular polit...
On one side of the court stands a man regarded by many as the greatest player ever to have graced the sport. The fluidity of his movements, his effortless shot making and his very presence seem to conjure an aura of genius. On the other side, a man, five years younger, gets ready to challenge him fo...
Bangladesh has recently got the status of a middle income country of the world by the United Nations Committee for Development Policy (CDP). There are three main criteria behind its graduation from Less Development Country (LDC) status. In a celebration in Kolkata to commemorate the achievement of B...
American President Donald Trump has suggested to the G7 leaders that the world should eliminate all tariffs, trade barriers, and industrial subsides to promote free trade. Speaking at the recently held G7 Summit in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada, Trump stated, “No tariffs, no barriers, that’s the wa...
