1. Introduction Good corporate governance is essential not only for businesses, but also for society. In fact, good corporate governance raises the confidence of various stakeholders in the companies. The renewed emphasis of Indian Companies Act, 2013 on corporate social responsibility (CSR) enhances transparency and increases responsibility of business to their stakeholders. In turn, companies…
Environmental, Social and (Corporate) Governance better known as ESG is an intangible key assessing factor for socially capable and mindful financial investors. It’s a framework that is mainly used to access the business practices and performance on various sustainability and ethical issues of the organization. The meaning associated with this concept is that the responsibility…
Water, synonymous with life, has always played a crucial role in human civilization. Let’s begin with the Indus Valley Civilization, one of the earliest cradles of human development. In those ancient times, before constructing any building, the drainage system was meticulously planned and built first. It was determined beforehand how and where the water from…
In 2024, Climate Watch released a database highlighting the emissions of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) across various sectors of the economy of all world countries (agriculture, construction, energy, etc.) from 1990 to 2020. Based on it, various worldwide trends and patterns can be identified. Studying this dataset becomes significant when continent-wise emissions are visualised and the…
Through the beginning of time and structure of thought, the perceived world that has unfolded before human vision has been a collection and cluster of atoms, molecules and compounds. While branching into philosophy streams and theories since time immemorial, these breakdowns of matter have brought itself into a core aspect of existence itself – via…
Coarse grains, also known as millets, have always been a part of Indian culinary tradition. There was a time when our plates were filled with dishes made from coarse grains, but after the Green Revolution, Indian agriculture underwent significant changes. Under the guise of food security, the Green Revolution imposed itself, and its long-term effects…
Our transportation habits have seen a rapid change since the dawn of liberalisation in 1991. Globalisation has increased human transportation throughout the world. The data of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) reveal that the country’s 7.5% of families own their car. This number was 6% in 2018. Similarly, 49.7% of the families have two-wheeler…
Capitalism to be relevant always try to innovate itself. Whenever we think capitalism is dying, we undermine its capacity to redesign itself and develop new forms that do away with some of the old flaws. And one big example of this project of Capitalism is Saudi Arabia’s very cognitive and smart city called NEOM.
India is the second most populous country in the world. Cities and villages have co-existed here for centuries. But that co-existence is now being left behind. Gandhi thought of Indian villages as tiny independent republics. That dream seems to have been forgotten. This rat race towards destruction which we call development, is leading us to a point from where we cannot return, no matter how much we regret.
The sundry geographical and climatical condition of India has led to a variety of ecosystem. Since ancient period, we Indians have a divine feeling for nature, which can also be witnessed by the wordings mentioned in Upanishads, Vedas, Puranas, Sutras and many more sacred texts.
