Dec 26, 2016 07:02 am UTC| Economy Central Banks Insights & Views
Indias inflation continued to remain subdued during the month of November, exerting deeper pressure on the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to undertake easing policy in the next 2-day bi-monthly monetary policy scheduled to be...
Japan's change in military outlook marks the end of a 'Peace State'
Dec 26, 2016 01:00 am UTC| Insights & Views
Thanks to the constitution imposed on its citizens by the US after the end of World War II, Japan has long been thought of by pacifists as a Peace State. Article 9 of the constitution states that: The Japanese people...

2016, the year that was: Science + Technology
Dec 26, 2016 00:17 am UTC| Insights & Views Science Technology
2016 may have been gruelling for some, with the political shockwaves of Brexit and the election in the US of Donald Trump, not to mention a spate of celebrity deaths. But it was a big year for those engaging the tools...

Basic income is a radical idea bound for the political mainstream – here's why
Dec 25, 2016 05:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Economy
An idea gaining traction in various part of the world is that everyone in society should receive an amount of money from the state to cover their basic cost of living. People would no longer be stigmatised on benefits,...

We must do something about jobs for young people in a world of automation
Dec 25, 2016 04:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
As technology advances and changes our economy, young jobseekers will bear the brunt of changes in the labour market. With the increasing automation of jobs traditionally occupied by young workers and professionals, a...

How the internet is failing to drive economic development where promised
Dec 25, 2016 04:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
With almost half the worlds population now online, attempts to spread the internet continue unabated. The likes of Facebook and Google offer data services for free, while satellites, drones, and balloons are used to cover...

Why girls are put off studying computer science
Dec 25, 2016 04:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Despite the phenomenal rise in computing over the last 50 years, the birth of the internet, and our ever increasing reliance on technology, women are still not engaging with computer science at the same rate as...