A note verbal from Bangladesh---though sent to India in a timely fashion---may not be enough to stop India’s plan to implement its river linking project. Only a few days ago, according to the mainstream Indian media, the water resources minster of Bihar revealed that they are going to start the…

The uptrend in remittance flows is a development to be appreciated but that should not breed a sense of complacence. For every possibility is there to further increase remittance flows substantially through adoption of different policies and their vigorous implementation. The setting up of remittance…

Zakat stampede leaves questions unanswered Sir, Zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam. Giving Zakat publicly is permissible in Islam. There is no harm in this practice. Payment of Zakat publicly by an affluent person (his or her intention should not be to show off or be boastful) may encourage others…