PUNE: In our lifetime, perhaps the most consequential development is the rise of China. It is already the world’s second largest economy; with a GDP of USD 14 trillion it is already two-thirds the size of the U.S. economy and is expected to overtake the latter in this decade. It is also the world’s largest trading […]Read More
PUNE: The world is in the throes of a global pandemic. It is natural for people to speculate about the shape of things to come. At such a time, it is also important to bear in mind that this is not the first global challenge that we have faced in this century. The first, in […]Read More
PUNE: Time will tell if COVID-19 defines the remainder of the 21st century. History may not hold the answers because disruption on a global scale has not been witnessed before, not even during the two world wars of the 20th century. COVID-19 transcends all barriers, geographical, physical, social and cultural. It has become personal to every individual […]Read More