By Sadhna Shanker How many of us reading this article are struggling with weight issues? Obesity has become a significant health problem in the world in recent years. As per data, more than one billion people worldwide are obese – 650 million adults, 340 million adolescents and 39 million children. WHO estimates that by 2025, approximately 167...
By KS Tomar “Seeing is believing” got its origin in the 17th century and attributed to English clergyman Thomas Fuller though his actual proverb was “seeing is believing, but feeling is truth”. This is exactly what G-20 tourism meet in Srinagar proved to the world as diplomats across the aisles descended on the Sheikh ul-Alam airport. China,...
By Cdr Sandeep Dhawan Col Grant Newsham’s new book “When China Attacks: A Warning to America,” is a wake-up call for the United States. The book argues that the dispute between the US and China cannot be solved by reasonable discussion. The West also thought that increasing commercial activities will make China more suitable to...
By Abdullah Zahid On May 9, a dramatic turn unfolded in the ongoing political saga of Pakistan as paramilitary forces stormed into the Islamabad High Court, disrupting the biometric verification process of ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan. This process was related to a case concerning his critical remarks against certain intelligence officers. A battalion of armed personnel in riot gear dragged...
By Bhabani Shankar Nayak The division of Left political positions and ideological formulations over the Russian invasion of Ukraine are disturbing. It sends the wrong message to the working-class politicians across the globe. It is imperative for the Left to reflect on how its political confusions provide ideological justifications for different forms of wars and conflicts. Wars...
By Amit RJ To take offense is a natural state and is one of the responses to a stimulus. There is a small gap between stimulus and response. However in that gap we have the freedom to choose what our response will be. If we were to be so preoccupied by what would be the response to...
Two things in life are certain: death and tax By Basab Dasgupta Filing income tax returns in the USA requires not only competency in basic mathematics but also an ability to understand the rationale behind each step in the tax computation. This complexity is ironic in view of the limited expertise of average Americans in Math. It is...
The benefits of rupee invoicing are manifold, especially during geopolitical unrest and when economic sanctions are levied against India’s major trade partners. Amongst the benefits, the prominent ones are lowering of transaction costs, a greater degree of price transparency, quick settlement time, promoting international trade, reduction in hedging expenses, reduced cost of holding foreign reserves...
By Subrata Majumder A new landscape of currency dominance in the global market is taking place as the US dollar is losing its pre-eminence and the Chinese yuan gaining steam. According to an IMF survey, dollar share in central bank foreign exchange reserves declined from 71 percent in 1999 to 59 percent in 2021. This resulted in...
