Three years ago, India abruptly walked out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a free trade agreement among 15 nations, including China. The RCEP…
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By GN Bajpai |
Narendra Modi has been commanding his entourage well. But the commands must turn into inspiration and lead to action and change on the ground.
By Jagdish Rattanani |
It is true that Gandhi emphasised duties over rights but he also showed us how it was a duty to stand up when rights were taken away by an unjust and unfair colonial…
By Ajit Ranade |
Measured in dollar terms, the size of the Indian economy surpassed that of the Unit-ed Kingdom, as per data from the last quarter of 2021. The calculation uses the…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
It is not a secret that the pharmaceutical sector, for all that it has achieved in India, has created rather than solved a sales & marketing problem by normalising…
By Vidyadhar Date |
A recently released book about alleged corruption in the Mumbai Cricket Association or MCA is titled ‘Bouncer’. The title is appropriate in terms of cricket terminology…
By Martin Macwan |
It is over a month since Droupadi Murmu became the 15th President of India. She is the second woman and the first person from a tribal community to occupy the highest…
By Ajit Ranade |
There was an extraordinary heat wave in March in northern India which caused wheat yields to go down. The heat wave in Northern Europe was much worse, and has also…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
Seventy-five years of Independence marks a significant milestone in the history of a nation rising. We can quibble over past events, remain distraught about the present…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The global economy is suffering from twin shocks of a massive slowdown in economic growth accompanied by sharp and unprecedented elevation of inflation
By Ishan Chauhan |
In today’s uncomfortable situation, tough calls will have to be made for the cause of the environment. This will, unfortunately, become a regular part of our lives.
By Ajit Ranade |
India has been managing the world’s largest and longest running free food program since April 2020. This is called the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY).…
By Vidyadhar Date |
The Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s extremely divisive recent observation needs to be seen against the background of increasing…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
The Monetary Policy Committee, at the conclusion of its third bi-monthly meeting for 2022-23, unanimously decided to raise the policy repo rate by 50 basis points to…
By Lekha Rattanani |
It is now more than a month since the Maharashtra government led by Uddhav Thackeray of the Shiv Sena was ousted after a dramatic coup and mass desertions, including by…