The capital’s Assembly elections have emerged as an uneven three horse race, with each party determined to better its previous record. With barely a dozen days left for polling, it would be foolish to hazard a guess as to the outcome, but some points deserve mention. Contrary to media hype, … Read More
India’s most prestigious agricultural export – Basmati rice – is in danger of being banned in the European Union and other GM-sensitive markets as consignments were found tainted with Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in November 2014. Experts at the UK-based GM certification firm, Cert ID, feel the contamination is intentional … Read More
Any attempt to defang Islamic State must first cut off its main sources of funding, says Sandhya Jain. In a bid to legitimise its existence as a new State carved out of vast swathes of territories of Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State has reportedly opened its own bank and … Read More
