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By Ajit Ranade |
One sixth of humanity is in India, which is the most populous country on this planet. Seven of the eight billion…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
For the financial year 2022-23, the RBI paid a dividend of Rs. 87,420 crore to the government vis-a-vis Rs. 30,311…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
Gandhian thought, institutions and the Mahatma himself are under unprecedented attack today. From positions of power in…
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China has been watching Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States this week. There are many stakes for…
By Rashmi Sawhney |
Artists, writers and intellectuals have historically been the vanguard for mobilising social change and bringing down…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The minutes of the monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting earlier this month released by RBI on June 22 indicate that…
By Ajit Ranade |
June 27 is international MSME day declared by the United Nations via a resolution passed in the General Assembly in…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The Manipur crisis, complex as it is, has a cause, a trigger, and a history. In theory, it can be explained in the…
By Ajit Ranade |
June marks the three hundredth birth anniversary of Adam Smith, the Scottish phi-losopher considered to be the father…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The resolution of Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) released on June 8 kept the policy repo rate (PRR) unchanged and…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
As India emerges from the shock and horror of the triple train crash at Balasore in Orissa on June 02, and as…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
The regained confidence now apparent in the deeds and words of the RBI owes it all to the flexible inflation targeting…
By Ajit Ranade |
During the recent Karnataka elections, one divisive issue was about the milk brand Amul from Gujarat versus local brand…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
Well planned and thought through policy that does not get into the trap of event creation or headline grabbing also…
By Martin Macwan |
Manipur has been in a state of conflict for quite some time. It is not surprising that the situation often escalates…