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By Ajit Ranade |
September 15 this year marked the tenth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, a century old gold standard…
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 Jagdish Rattanani |
There are two wings on which scandals of the Rafale and Bofors variety take flight. One is plain fact and the other is…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The recent measures announced by the authorities may provide some short term relief but the sustainable solution to the…
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 Himadri Bhattacharya |
One obvious casualty of widespread restructuring was the supervision of banks. The examiners of banks never had a clear…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The idea of winning elections through so-called strategists like Prashant Kishor is far removed from what elections in…
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 Jagdish Rattanani |
Long before the battle lines are drawn more clearly, we have a case that rests on winning not because the lead runner…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
In analysing the situation, it is important to note that episodes of volatility are not a new phenomenon in India and…