Transition to GST: An Analysis
Goods and Service tax bill, officially known as the constitution (one hundred and twenty-second amendment) bill, 2014 proposed a government implemented national value-added tax in India from June 2016. The GST implementation in India is “dual” in nature, i.e., it
Gold vs Equity: Risk and Returns
Imagine you are a twenty-something-year-old working professional, who has just started to receive a monthly stipend. Fresh out of university, you are still researching investment avenues because everyone around you ranging from colleagues to parents has told you that you
What does China’s artificial Sun hold for us?
China always makes it to the headlines because of its unusual experiments and discoveries. A very recent example of the discovery of a fossil of an unhatched egg of a dinosaur, which dates back to around 66 million years. This
Work from Home – A Boon or a Bane?
Aren’t we all a little exasperated of the ‘Work from Home’ culture that has been enforced upon us ever since the horrific COVID-induced pandemic led work experts to hunch over their laptops in the comfort of their homes? Well, it
Do we still need beauty pageants in an already sexist world?
With Harnaaz Sandhu becoming Miss Universe 2021 at the age of 21 being celebrated, there is another dimension to such beauty pageants being organized and we must not forget to look at it. It is definitely a moment of pride
Kyle Rittenhouse; a national hero?
Kyle Rittenhouse – the name might not ring a bell to most now, but this young man had been in the spotlight of media attention in late 2020, and for all the wrong reasons. The then 17- year old had
First Covid DNA vaccine in India
ZyCoV-D was created by Zydus Cadila, an Ahmedabad-based pharmaceutical company. The world’s first DNA immunisation against Covid-19 has been certified for emergency use by India’s pharma board. The three-dose ZyCoV-D vaccine, according to interim studies published by vaccine maker Cadila
Are our weekdays productive enough to want a three-day weekend?
The pandemic shook the work-life balance every individual had carefully curated for themselves, it’s true when we believe our happiness depends on balancing the two elements. For a lot of people, the lockdown and work from home was bliss, saving
Poland-Belarus Migrant Crisis
As this is being written, there are thousands of migrants stranded at the Poland-Belarus border trying to enter Western Europe but are being denied entry at the border by armed guards. This issue has been ongoing for months now and
Women In Indian Armed Forces: A Long Road to Gender Equity
How often have we heard the phrase that women are physically weak and therefore incapable of protecting their country or that military and war are “men’s work” but Lt Col Mitali Madhumita, Priya Jhingan the first lady cadet to join