East Asian success models: The ‘Taiwan Miracle’
In the period between the 1630s and 1640s, the Dutch launched several campaigns to gain control of Taiwan. They controlled Taiwan until 1661 when a Chinese-Japanese sea lord called Koxinga…
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Railway projects in Uttar Pradesh: Moving with bullet speed
In part one of this series here, we saw how projects under roadways in Uttar Pradesh are progressing rapidly. In this second part of the series, we analyze how railway…
Arch closure of Chenab Bridge, world’s highest rail bridge, done
Indian Railways on Monday completed the arch closure of the iconic Chenab Bridge, the world’s highest railway bridge and a part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link project. In a statement,…
Yogi assures seers of development in Braj region
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Sunday met saints and seers in Vrindavan town and assured them of the development of the Braj region. “The government is working in…
Delhi-Dehradun corridor to cut travel time to 2.5 hours
The Centre on Thursday said that the proposed Delhi-Dehradun corridor will cut the travel time between the two cities to just 2.5 hours. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways…
People in abroad conspiring against Bharat, but won’t succeed: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that some forces sitting abroad are conspiring against Bharat, but the people of the country would not allow them to succeed. Addressing a…
Private players allowed in Development Finance Institution (DFI) space: CEA
To boost infra creation, the Centre will move a special legislation which will enact a public sector development finance institution (DFI) besides enabling private players to enter this niche financial…
Right ho! Nirmala ji
It took a pandemic battered economy for the ruling BJP’s much underrated finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, to unleash in the Union Budget 2021 what John Maynard Keynes in his 1936 publication, The General…
Union Budget 2021: 34.5% increase in FY22 Capex, Markets rally
The BSE Sensex soared over 2,000 points on Monday afternoon after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman completed her first digital presentation of the Union Budget for FY21-22. Around 1.50 p.m., Sensex…
First-ever bus service in Arunachal border area flagged off
Over seven decades after Bharat’s independence, the first-ever passenger bus service was flagged off on Friday in the Roing-Anini route in Arunachal Pradesh’s Dibang Valley district along the China border,…