The Need for a Renewed Moral Consciousness in Economics
Manoj Zacharia

I was introduced to “Economics” by my high school social science teacher Kevin Birmingham. Mr. Birmingham taught both Economics and Psychology, which I, at that time, thought to be whimsically paradoxical because one subject dealt with the nuances and possibilities of “metaphysics” and “para-normal phenomena” while the other was the rational, empirical, and calculated science of money. In fact, the only correlation I found between economics and psychology was through Adam Smith’s theory ... Read More

TALIBAN THREAT FOR KASHMIR
By Zafar Iqbal

Recent surge of violence in both parts of contentious state of Jammu and Kashmir has fuelled the concerns about the expansion of Taliban network in the Himalayan region. Despite significant increase of terrorist operations in India and Pakistan during the last few years, Jammu and Kashmir remained relatively a peaceful zone. The momentum of two decade long insurgency in Indian Administrated Kashmir is greatly reduced with a considerable transition from turmoil to ... Read More

As Obama bets on Asia, regional players hedge
By Jim Hoagland

NEW DELHI Asia forms the crossroads of success or failure for Barack Obama's grandest foreign policy designs. This impression has crystallized over a year in which the president has shown himself indifferent to Europe, sentimental and somewhat conflicted about Africa, perplexed by the Middle East and largely oblivious to Latin America.

Obama's choices about China, India, Japan and Pakistan loom at least as large as the urgent challenges of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. ... Read More

Cameron Urges India to Lift Barriers to Trade to Create Jobs
July 28 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron will press India today to remove barriers to free trade to create thousands of jobs in both countries.

Cameron is visiting the southern city of Bangalore, India’s technology hub, with a delegation that includes 39 business leaders and four members of his Cabinet. The premier will seek to sell Britain as a place for Indian companies to do business while asking India to create opportunities for ... Read More