By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The monetary policy announced today by the Reserve Bank of India has kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.50 per cent, which is the rate as it has been since April
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
The MPC of RBI in its fourth bi-monthly meeting in the current fiscal, which concluded on October 9, 2024 decided to hold the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cen
By Sudarshan Iyengar |
Come October 2 and we remember Gandhi. It is reassuring that at least the ritual continues.
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the RBI will announce its bi- monthly monetary policy resolution on October 09.
By Lekha Rattanani |
Long hours, stress and burnout in the work place is well known. But after two recent deaths, the work culture taking root in India needs to be urgently addressed.

Politics

By Sudarshan Iyengar |
Come October 2 and we remember Gandhi. It is reassuring that at least the ritual continues.
By Jagdish Rattanani |
It is time to end the misery of the SEBI Chairperson Ms. Madhabi Puri Buch. It is time to ask her to go, if she has not sent in her resignation already.
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The reversal in the last fortnight by the minority BJP government of two of its long-held and fiercely-defended policy proposals -- lateral hiring and pensions -- has
By Jagdish Rattanani |
India, like many other global powers, has sent out its best wishes to the octogenarian Prof.

Business

By Jagdish Rattanani |
It is time to end the misery of the SEBI Chairperson Ms. Madhabi Puri Buch. It is time to ask her to go, if she has not sent in her resignation already.
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
That the MPC of RBI will keep the policy rate as well as the stance unchanged for the ninth consecutive time on the conclusion of its third bi-monthly meeting for 2024
By Arun Maira |
When the Communist party in West Bengal joined the capitalist game and invited the Indonesian Salim Group to set up the Haldia SEZ and the Indian Tata Group to set up
By Ajit Ranade |
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and fled the country. How rapidly and suddenly her regime has unraveled.  It started with an anti-quota protest.

Economy

By Jagdish Rattanani |
It is time to end the misery of the SEBI Chairperson Ms. Madhabi Puri Buch. It is time to ask her to go, if she has not sent in her resignation already.
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The reversal in the last fortnight by the minority BJP government of two of its long-held and fiercely-defended policy proposals -- lateral hiring and pensions -- has
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
That the MPC of RBI will keep the policy rate as well as the stance unchanged for the ninth consecutive time on the conclusion of its third bi-monthly meeting for 2024
By Arun Maira |
When the Communist party in West Bengal joined the capitalist game and invited the Indonesian Salim Group to set up the Haldia SEZ and the Indian Tata Group to set up

Society

By Ajit Ranade |
In the Economic Survey of 2016-17 the concept of Universal Basic Income (UBI) was discussed as a potential solution to reducing poverty and income inequality.
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The reversal in the last fortnight by the minority BJP government of two of its long-held and fiercely-defended policy proposals -- lateral hiring and pensions -- has
By Sanjana Brahmawar Mohan |
How can a woman doctor be raped, brutalised and murdered in a busy hospital in a metro city? We have gone terribly wrong somewhere.
By Arun Maira |
When the Communist party in West Bengal joined the capitalist game and invited the Indonesian Salim Group to set up the Haldia SEZ and the Indian Tata Group to set up

Diaries

By Vidyadhar Date |
A valuable treasure trove of art work, murals, frescoes and paintings lie in a 16th century…
By Vidyadhar Date |
Recently I went to the redeveloped, commercialised Mahim bus station with 24-storey building…
By Vidyadhar Date |
The then Home Minister R.R. Patil pleaded helplessness of the government. He said the government…
By Vidyadhar Date |
In a way, Kala Nagar and adjoining buildings are highly privileged because of the Thackeray…

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