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By Rupa Rege Nitsure |
The Interim Budget presented on Feb 01, 2019 was not expected to be a reform-oriented budget in any way. All the 12…
By Ajit Ranade |
The Parliament of India passed a constitutional amendment which modifies articles 15 and 16 of the Constitution. This…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The Union Budget 2019-20 to be unveiled on Friday will carry all the features of a regular budget without any fresh tax…
By Arun Maira |
Every year there is a hype when the Finance Minister presents the Government’s budget. Though the principal purpose of…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is almost half a century old now. It describes itself as “the international organisation…
By Arun Maira |
A star at WEF this year was David Attenborough, the legendary advocate of care for our planet. He fears it may already…
By M A Kalam |
The burning issue of the so-called illegal migrants in Assam and some other States in the North East has assumed…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
It turned out to be a discussion on the city of Mumbai. The venue was the Taj Mahal hotel and the occasion was the…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
This may be the information age but the lure of brick and mortar is not diminished. Donald Trump and his idea of a “…
By Kiran Desai |
It is evident that the ruling party is on uncertain ground as it prepares for the coming general election later this…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
Nitin Gadkari is in the news. The former BJP President and the minister (Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and…
By Arun Maira |
The immanence of Industry 4.0, a new economic paradigm, in which machines with artificial intelligence will be able to…
By Ajit Ranade |
Antyodaya is one of the key principles that animates India’s constitution. It means uplift of the last. It was M. K.…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
There was a time when 2020 was far away, and the nation could write a grand vision statement of the new and liberalised…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The ministry of Home Affairs issued an order that authorised security and intelligence agencies to intercept, monitor…