Secret Board Rom Politics & nepotism paves unceremonious exit of Chanda Kochhar
Venkatesh Varadachar* Last month, the board of directors of ICICI Bank decided to claw back the bonuses paid to Chanda Kochhar from April 2009 till... Read More
Opinion
BJD still strong in Rural & Urban Odisha, BJP faces upheal task in organisation structure.
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Ashutosh Mishra* Bhubaneswar: It is becoming increasingly clear that Odisha figures prominently in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) scheme of things for 2019. It has... Read More
Naveen Patnaik has been the state’s most successful politician in terms of being continuously in power for the past 18 years. Not just Odisha, he is today India’s second longest serving chief minister.
As Naveen Patnaik’s biographer, I must say I am hugely disappointed with him. When I had set out to study the man and write my... Read More
Underdeveloped and developing nations are the worst victims of climate change – SUSHMA SWARAJ
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SUSHMA SWARAJ, Minister for External Affairs of India, highlighted how India has initiated unprecedented economic and social transformations to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. India... Read More
PM Narendra Modi in Poll mode, 2019 will be an acid test but where are alternatives?
Rajdeep Sardesai* One of the biggest mistakes political journalists make is to often assess election trends based on talking to politicians. When Narendra Modi was... Read More
Rahul Gandhi in New image make-over post elevation to Congress Presidency
The Congress Working Committee has authorised All India Congress Committee president Rahul Gandhi to forge both pre-poll and post-poll alliances for the general elections slated... Read More
Naveen Patnaik advocates policy framework for farm loan waivers
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has suggested a policy framework for farm loan waivers, an issue that has become a political hot potato in several... Read More
e-NAM benefits need to be utilized by odisha farmers
Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Secretary Shovan Kumar Pattnayak has urged the Odisha Government to bolster the National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) programme on a priority... Read More
Paddy seeds by farmers need to be Scientific
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Unscientific use of single variety of paddy seeds by farmers for more than a decade is the key reason behind the large-scale destruction of standing... Read More
