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By Ajit Ranade |
The bulk of India’ electricity comes from burning coal. This coal has to go from the minefields to the electricity…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
In an off- cycle meeting on 2nd and 4th May 2022, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) increased the policy repo rate (…
By Lekha Rattanani |
It was only last week that the US State department added the option of a gender ‘X’ on its passport forms, giving…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
Prashant Kishor is the focus of political attention again as he talks to join or at least work with the Indian National…
By Vandana Shiva |
The theme of the 2022 Mother Earth Day, which is on Friday, April 22, is “invest in our planet”. The original meaning…
By Ajit Ranade |
The economic crisis in Sri Lanka has been in the making for several years. Hence all of it cannot be blamed purely on…
By Vandana Shiva |
Sri Lanka is facing a severe political and economic crisis. The crisis has multiple roots but has intensified in the…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
As widely expected, on the completion of the first MPC meeting for the current fiscal, the policy repo rate was kept…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The upcoming MPC resolution of April 08, 2022 assumes critical importance on many counts. This will be the first…
By Ajit Ranade |
India’s export performance this year will be very impressive. The manufactured goods exports will cross 400 billion…
By Pavitra Mohan |
India ushers in World Tuberculosis day in 2022 on 24 March with mixed feelings. As the COVID pandemic (hopefully) wanes…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
A deputy commissioner of police in Mumbai has gone missing and has now moved the courts for anticipatory bail after…
By Arun Maira |
Capitalism must be reformed, its critics say, to enable more equitable, socially responsible, and environmentally…
By Ajit Ranade |
The invasion of Ukraine by Russia may not end abruptly though diplomatic and eco-nomic sanctions are being strongly…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
One message of the BJP’s 4-1 victory in the Assembly polls is that it can turn around a poor performance and anti-…