Hopes for maintaining freedom and democracy are shaky in many countries today from Egypt, to Ukraine, to Iraq and Afghanistan. On the other hand the continued success of autocracies such as China has its scholars arguing that they have created a system better than Western democracy. The Economist recently ran...
India business favors political change
India’s Sensex stock market index (comprised of 30 market weighted shares trade on the Bombay Stock Exchange surged 487 points to 21,483 on the day after results from four key state elections poured in last week. The UPA coalition, led by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh at the federal level...
Gujarat to cover Narmada River canals with solar panels!
According to the Hindu Business Line, solar panels will be installed in the state of Gujarat (northwestern India) to generate power. Those panels will use the 11,807 miles long network of Narmada canals. Narendra Modi, Gujarat’s Chief Minister, inaugurated the “Canal Solar Power Project”, a 1 Megawatt pilot project on...