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By Lekha Rattanani |
Success, and the accolades that come with it, can hide many problems. Something similar may be happening in the space of population planning and management. In…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The success of the movie is therefore good news, but it remains to be seen what will follow and how Bollywood can or will embrace this new road
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As the G20 summit wound up in New Delhi on September 10, China must be pondering over the emergence of a world order that seems to be slipping from its hands
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A week before the mega event in New Delhi, China’s President Xi Jinping announced that he would not be able to make it to the G20 meeting, the most powerful economic…
By Ajit Ranade |
ONOE is not likely to make a dent, and that is its very purpose. Much debate and discussion are expected in the coming days, but the road ahead for ONOE is bumpy for sure
By Jagdish Rattanani |
India is over the moon, having landed its craft on the south pole and becoming only the fourth country to land on the lunar surface. There is understandably a sense of…
By Ajit Ranade |
The biggest reform of 1991 was the dismantling of the license permit raj. In one swoop the industries minister, announced at noon on July 24, 1991, a new industrial…
By Jyoti Sahi |

We are told these days that India is on a glorious march in the new global order.

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While resolution of the conflict can only occur through sustained political effort and inter-community reconciliation, it is imperative that we, as members of the…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
As widely expected, the MPC of RBI unanimously decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent on conclusion of its third bi-monthly meeting for FY 2023-24 on…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The International Institute of Population Sciences (IIPS) is a prestigious deemed Indian university and a pioneering 63-year-old institution that is known for, among…
By Ajit Ranade |

During 2023, India became the country with the highest population in the world and will probably remain so for the next century and beyond, unless it breaks up into…

By John Chelladurai |
As we approach the 76th year of Independence, some thoughts on the man who made freedom possible and the day that changed his life.
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
On the surface though external sector developments look resilient, a deeper study unfolds many weaknesses including concerns on data dissemination
By Jagdish Rattanani |
It is not uncommon to hear in banking circles that non-performing assets, or NPAs, are a part of the business of banking. Some loans will go bad, and that is just…