Hitting the right track
Fahid Fayaz Darangay Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime was launched all over India with effect from 1 July 2017 after facing severe backlash from Economic thinkers and policy makers. The GST collections for September are likely to cross Rs 95,000 crore for the first time this fiscal year which would be mainly for transactions […]
Eradicating Heart diseases through lifestyle changes
Dr. Bimal Chhajer On the occasion of their 25th year Anniversary, Founder of SAAOL, Dr Bimal Chhajer highlighted on the views of eradicating heart diseases through lifestyle-related changes, diet, exercise and yoga. The program included complete education on ways of overall heart care to patients and those vulnerable to heart ailments to eradicate heart diseases […]
The lunch break
N J Ravi Chander During my school days, the lunch break provided a welcome rush of excitement. The half an hour recess was not only a much-needed break from the humdrum routine of the classroom but a time to bond with your best pals, forge new relationships, share lunch and last but not least indulge […]
What would you like to become: A doctor or an engineer?
K S S Pillai My grandson Raj has been facing this question from all and sundry ever since he joined his higher secondary classes two years ago. No one used to ask such questions when I was in his position. The field of higher studies depended on the marks scored at the qualifying examination and […]
The looming threat
Simrandeep Kour Coronavirus illness 2019 (COVID-19) is causing unlimited challenges to health care and wider social structures. Among the endangered populations are persons who smoke, use opioids or have a Substance Use Disorder (SUD). Because of direct challenges to respiratory health, those with SUD may be susceptible to infection by the virus that causes COVID-19. […]
Forex Risk Management through forwards, futures, options and swaps
Fahid Fayaz Darangay The losses that an international financial transaction incurs via currency fluctuations is called the Foreign Exchange risk also named as currency risk., FX risk and exchange-rate risk. This risk usually arises when a company does financial transactions in a currency other than his domestic currency. For example an Indian company does transactions […]
Gandhi Ji: As a Journalist
Er. Prabhat Kishore Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi was a great journalist and media crusader, not only because he was great in so many ways and his greatness was total, but because he had a gift of expression and communication. Journalism is not scholarship; it is a literature or history written in a hurry. In part […]
Remembering M K Gandhi
Rayees Ahmad Kumar Mohandas Karamchand Ghandhi was born in 1869 in the princely state of Porbandar, in modern-day Gujarat, where his father served as a government official. At the age of just 18, Gandhi sailed for London to study law, where he eventually passed the bar exam and qualified as a barrister. But any hopes […]
Real heroes in the fight against Corona
Desh Bir The last five months have been an extremely dark period of our lives when every man has been trying to stay safe from the invisible enemy which travelled from China via so many routes. This is a battle for life. It is very simple for anyone to feel concerned about oneself and one’s […]
The healing touch
N J Ravi Chander My maternal uncle, M D Umapathi, recalls a time in the 1950s when the life-threatening Typhoid struck him in Bengaluru. The bacterium spread through contaminated food or water, and symptoms included prolonged fever, fatigue, headache, nausea, abdominal pain, and constipation or diarrhea. Severe cases led to dire complications and even death. […]