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By Jagdish Rattanani |
A 22-kilogram silver brick marks the symbolic laying of the foundations of what we are promised will be a grand temple…
By Ajit Ranade |
This past week saw the near simultaneous publication of two books by senior former Central bankers. Former RBI Governor…
By Sudarshan Iyengar |
The New Education Policy announced after 34 years claims to make way for large scale transformational reforms in…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
It is not difficult to see that the economy is in bad shape. Most Indians know this, experience it and can feel it in…
By Ajit Ranade |
The pandemic has caused the world to go into a deep recession this year. India is no exception. The Indian economy will…
By Jagdish Rattanani, T Jacob John |
There is much to criticise the ICMR for its recent diktat to deliver a vaccine for COVID-19 caused by SARS-Cov-2, by…
By Ishwar Gilada |
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Dr. Balram Bhargava, who is a cardiologist, has issued a…
By Ajit Ranade |
Forty years ago India and China had roughly the same economic size, measured as GDP in dollars. Today China is five…
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Large parts of India are now implementing ‘Unlock 1.0’ as India begins to limp to a state of partial normalcy. However…
By Lekha Rattanani |
On March 23, as the country faced a complete lockdown that left millions of migrant workers stranded without food and…
By Jagdish Rattanani, T Jacob John |
Counting data accurately and communicating it transparently is an important part of responding to COVID-19 and refining…
By Nawshir Mirza |
I write this article as a citizen of India greatly concerned with the deaths of 20 of our jawans, the injury to 76 and…
By Pavitra Mohan |
In the times of ongoing pandemic, one of the solutions to prevent deaths that has attracted the largest attention is…
By Ajit Ranade |
The border conflict in eastern Ladakh has claimed twenty brave soldiers, killed in an unimaginably brutal way. This is…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
In the big cities of India, and less prominently in the smaller towns, private hospitals are now imprinted in the…