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By Jagdish Rattanani |
The cut in prices of petrol and diesel announced today tells us just how shaky the government feels. All around are…
By Ajit Ranade |
The right to stand for elections is neither a divine nor a human right. It is not even a fundamental right as per the…
By Thomas Isaac |
Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Manthri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), described by many as the largest social health insurance…
By Martin Macwan |
‘Dalit’ is a popular identity in India as it is in Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and other parts of the world. Further, ‘…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
At the root of India's failing system is a health network that has become a money-spinning racket.  Anecdotal…
By Ajit Ranade |
The big news this week was on two key prices. One is the price of the almighty dollar, and the other is the price of…
By Ajit Ranade |
On August 31, it reported that India’s GDP growth rate for the April to June quarter was a solid 8.2 percent, well past…
By M A Kalam |
Hardly anyone is aware today that in Britain there existed a party called the British Union of Fascists (BUF) whose…
By Ghanshyam Shah |
Dominant peasant castes occupying significant space in the economy and polity in their respective States are not giving…
By Ajit Ranade |
In the medium to long term, the rupee will always depreciate against the dollar. The reason for this is that the rupee…
By Ajit Ranade |
The trust capital in India lags far behind the Scandinavian countries or even in East Asia. This trust deficit is the…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The largest public sector bank and the largest private sector bank have announced losses for the first quarter (Q1) of…
By Ganesh N Devy |
The SIT constituted by the Karnataka government deserves praise for getting closer to cracking the conspiracy of…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik, Jagdish Rattanani |
The policy repo rate, which (over time) drives the rate at which banks lend to customers, has moved up from 6 per cent…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
But what is not a trick and carries the potential of a powerful framing of issues for 2019 is the message of “love…