ANUP SHARMA is a veteran communication strategist with over 25 years of experience, has shaped India’s public discourse through the lens of reputation, trust, and digital storytelling. A trusted advisor to global institutions like the World Bank, WHO, UNICEF and various Indian ministries, he has a...
India’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 6.5% in the financial year (FY) 2024–25, according to provisional estimates. This rate is the lowest after Covid period. This marks a slowdown from the 9.2% growth recorded in FY 2023–24. However, a notable improvement was observed in the primary se...
Company ProfileBharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) is one of the Indian manufacturers of ammunition and rocket systems. It was founded in Hyderabad in the year 1970. BDL works withDRDO and international original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to develop and supply rockets and related devices for the India...
In recent months, global financial markets and trade policies have been marked by mounting uncertainty. Both the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have projected a global economic slowdown. According to the IMF’s World Economic ...
On May 9, the IMF Board of Executive Directors made two key decisions, dismissing India’s objections:(i) the release of the second tranche of $1 billion to Pakistan under the $7 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF), a 37-month bailout program approved in September 2024 to support Pakistan’s econ...
India and the United Kingdom signed a landmark Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on May 6. The deal was jointly announced by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. At a time when global trade is being strained by rising protectionism and retaliatory tariffs—many of which ...
Sri Ramakrishna referred to Bishnupur as “Gupta Vrindavan”—the hidden Vrindavan—a sacred town in the Bankura district where the divine leela of Krishna is said to live on, concealed from the mundane eye but visible to those blessed with bhakti. Once the seat of the Mallabhum rulers, who gove...
First it was a gentle no, then a threat. The US president told Tim Cook, CEO of Apple not to invest in India because ‘it could look after itself,’ and advised him to manufacture iPhone within the US. When it didn’t work – and Cook assured India that he would standby his commitment to invest ...
“Whenever there is great prosperity, there is great inequality” observed Adam Smith, known as the father of modern economics. That economic growth exacerbates income inequality is a common theme of discussion in growth theories.In India, regional imbalance has always been one of the major concer...
