Bolstering trade depends on policy choices

World trade is changing, and so too the way policymakers approach it, rightly said Pascal Lamy. The former Chief, World Trade Organisation (WTO) opined that though merchandise trade growth is expected to remain strong in 2018 and 2019 after posting its largest increase in six years in 2017, yet continued...

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For the welfare of older persons in the country

The United Nation's (UN) International Day of Older Persons is observed annually on October 01 by all UN member states to recognise the contributions of Older Persons and examine issues that affect their lives. The United Nation's General Assembly had voted to establish October 01 as the International Day of...

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Life in our twilight years

Sixty years ago, she had struggled to cope with her husband and created a rapport with her mother-in-law as a new bride. She was a typical housewife in a village. She would rise early in the morning, do all the household works and go to bed late at night. It...

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