The Asian Age

The Asian Age is an Indian daily newspaper published in English, with editions available in Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata. It also offers an "international edition" that is printed in London. The newspaper was first introduced in February 1994. This publication is part of the same company that also publishes the Deccan Chronicle.

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CEC orders regular update of voters’ list

1 month ago | asianage.com | Vineeta Pandey

New Delhi:While the Election Commission (EC) has begun working to remove the duplicate EPIC with the help of UIDAI, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Thursday also ordered a regular updation of the voter list across the country in close coordination with the birth and death registration authorities. This will help clean up the voter database, which has many dead voters who remain on the list.
EC Limits Polling Booths to 1,200 Voters

1 month ago | asianage.com | Vineeta Pandey

New Delhi:In a bid to encourage voters and reduce their inconvenience, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar has tasked the Election Commission (EC) and its subordinate offices to ensure that in the future elections, no polling station has more than 1,200 electors, so that the voting can be completed well within time and without long queues. Bihar, where Assembly polls are due in October-November, will be the first state that will see 1,200 voters in one polling station.
Shikha Mukerjee | Row over delimitation: Will it alter the federal balance?

1 month ago | asianage.com | SHIKHA MUKERJEE

Into the perpetually agitated political ecosphere of Indian politics, an increase in volatility by the anticipated effect of a fresh delimitation of constituencies in states like Opposition-ruled Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Telangana, apprehensive of a reduction of the number of parliamentary seats relative to the percentage of seats these states have now, seems to have been deliberately seeded to initiate a new controversy.
Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Trump’s DOGE and hidden costs of ‘reciprocal tariffs’

1 month ago | asianage.com | Sanjeev Ahluwalia

The Chinese economy has levelled off at a share of about 17 per cent of global GDP versus 26 per cent for the US in current dollars, though both still grow at more than the average global GDP
Aakar Patel | Differences among India’s states acute: For real answers, hold early Census

1 month ago | asianage.com | Aakar Patel

The Union government says the “Indian Census is the largest single source of various statistical information on various characteristics of the people of India. With a history of more than 130 years, this reliable, time-tested exercise is bringing in a real insight into the data every 10 years, beginning in the year 1872 when the first census was conducted non-synchronously in different parts of India”.
Shikha Mukerjee | Modi needs a new fall guy: Can he find one?

1 month ago | asianage.com | SHIKHA MUKERJEE

For a government that earmarked Rs 10,370 crores in its 2024 Budget to promote the Artificial Intelligence Mission and declaring, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi did, “India has successfully built a digital public infrastructure for over 1.4 billion at very low cost. We have the world’s largest AI talent pool”, the proof of the pudding is the once-in-144-years Maha Kumbh at Prayagraj that according to Yogi Adityanath’s UP government has attracted over 62 crore pilgrims.
Chouhan fumes on getting broken seat on flight

2 months ago | asianage.com | Vineeta Pandey

Chouhan noted that when he queried the airline staff about the poor condition of the seat, they revealed that management had been previously informed about the issue and that such seats should not have been sold. New Delhi:Air India, now under the Tata Group, is facing harsh criticism from within the government itself.
Aakar Patel | China became a global leader in 10 years, as India shifted its focus

2 months ago | asianage.com | Aakar Patel

In the decade that the BJP’s ideology took control in India, things did not stand still elsewhere. In 2015, China’s Prime Minister Li Keqiang announced a 10-year initiative to reduce China’s reliance on foreign technology and to move China from being a low-cost manufacturer to a direct competitor with the world’s most advanced economies — Germany, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and the United States. This plan was named “Made in China” 2025.
Lekha Shankar | Focus on sustainable tourism in Bangkok travel mart

Dec 5, 2024 | asianage.com | Lekha Shankar

Sustainability has become key to the tourism industry as was obvious at the Pata Travel Mart recently held in Bangkok. Pata, Pacific Asia Travel Association, is Asia-Pacific’s longest and largest travel trade exhibition, now in its 47th year. The Pata Travel Mart attracted nearly 900 members from 45 countries. India had a large presence, with more than 30 booths and a high-level delegation comprising representatives from Sikkim to Uttar Pradesh, Telangana and Kerala.
Aakar Patel | Middle and upper class need to bring change to India… For, only they can

Oct 28, 2024 | asianage.com | Aakar Patel

Let us discuss what is called merit. The British middle class is 60 per cent of the population. The working class, the set of people employed in labour and other blue-collar work, is 14 per cent. In India, what is called the middle class is so small that it is statistically just a blip. Statisticians sometimes speak of a plus-minus two per cent error in numbers. Such an error would wipe out the entire Indian “middle class”. And yet, it is the most dominant and visible set of our population.