Budget 2018: Populist or watershed?

    2020-03-04T07:04:04+00:00March 16th, 2018|2017/2018, Global Edition- March 2018, Opinion, Year|

    Indian property market expert analyses India Budget 2018 to see what it has in store for the sector. The stakes were high for the government, which steam-rolled its way through demonetisation, Goods and Services Tax (GST) and Real Estate Regulation Authority (RERA). For a central government that looked steadfast on its way without compromise, irrespective of the Budget that they presented, it was expected that the Budget would be directed at the 2019 elections. So throwing caution to the wind, [...]

      Around the world with the Indian Navy

      2020-03-16T10:33:37+00:00March 16th, 2018|2017/2018, Global Edition- March 2018, Opinion, Year|

      An Indian Navy sailing team is out to make history as the first-ever voyage by an all-woman crew to circumnavigate the globe. Six women officers from the Indian Navy have been navigating choppy ocean waters since they were flagged off by Indian defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman from Goa in September last year. They are on a mission to make history as the first-ever voyage by an all-woman crew to circumnavigate the globe and recently departed from Port Stanley, the capital of Falkland Islands – a [...]