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By Jagdish Rattanani |
In Mumbai, there is nothing honest in the air as yet with allegations, wild and otherwise, flying thick in the wake of the scare caused by the discovery of dynamite…
By Rashmi Sawhney |
Subhash Kapoor’s new film, Madam Chief Minister (2021) has been in the limelight for all the wrong reasons. Although a work of fiction, the film is reported to be…
By Ajit Ranade |
There seems to be a sudden epidemic of sorts, to legislate jobs for locals, in various States of India. Most recently the State cabinet of Jharkhand approved of a policy…
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Assam’s tea industry is mostly confined to the tea supply chain's unremunerative plantation activities.
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India is one of the worst affected countries in terms of the number of detected COVID-19 cases and suspected undetected cases whose number far outweigh the former…
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There was widespread celebration as Kamala Harris became the first female US Vice President. But beyond the borders of the US, other countries, especially “developing”…
By Lekha Rattanani |
Savak Sohrab Tarapore was one of India’s most outstanding career Central bankers. He joined the RBI in 1961, and rose to become the Deputy Governor, a position he held…
By Ajit Ranade |
The third-quarter data on India's GDP showed that it has come out of the recession. The data shows a substantial increase in consumer spending by nearly 18% as compared…
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This column highlights the case of a lesser-known Himalayan region, the area around the hill station of Mukteshwar, and its plight in the face of rapid urbanisation…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The farmers agitation has grown and sustained over a long enough period of time to become the most potent and powerful challenge to the leadership of Narendra Modi and…
By Arun Maira |
Governments sometimes bury their heads in the sand, like ostriches, to avoid uncomfortable realities. The pandemic which destroyed livelihoods of millions of workers,…
By Ajit Ranade |
The very foundation of a robustly functioning democracy is a high degree of social capital and trust. Let us not jeopardise that.
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The nation is sailing through very turbulent times. The ship rocks wildly these days, so much so that one may worry of a real danger of sinking in the treacherous waters…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The resolution of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on February 05, 2021 came against the back drop of a perceived optimism of growth revival set out in the Union…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
In India, it is customary for the RBI to lend support to the Central Government’s fiscal stance and other major economic and financial announcements made in the Budget…