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By Jagdish Rattanani |
This summer will be unusually hot. The rising temperature from what still is only the early round of campaigning is…
By Ajit Ranade |
The Supreme Court recently rejected a petition which asked that “criminal” candidates be disqualified from contesting…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The Prime Minister has spoken about the attacks on Kashmiris, and he has done so not a day too soon. This is good but…
By Vappala Balachandran |
We all saw the dramatic events unfolding in Kolkata beginning with the CBI raid on Police Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on…
By Ajit Ranade |
The Pulwama terrorist attack was mind-numbing brutality. Jaish-e-Mohammed has claimed responsibility, and it operates…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The death of 44 CRPF troops in the suicide bombing in Pulwama last week raises many questions and changes many things…
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During the reform period till 2013, the Government took several steps to strengthen the balance sheet of the Reserve…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
Ms. Chanda Kochhar is now facing the full brunt of a wide-ranging investigation. Multiple agencies are poised to probe…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
We have a rate cut after a gap of about 18 months. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announced on Friday that the…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The noted actor, director and producer Amol Palekar is a gentle speaker but can make a powerful point. He was one of…
By Ajit Ranade |
The recent Union Budget proposals gave generous income support to farmers and lower income taxpayers. Whether this will…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The Union Interim Budget which was placed in Parliament on February 01 2019 has broken all the conventions of an…
By Ajit Ranade |
There was much drama involving economic data on the eve of the budget. Firstly, the remaining two independent members…
By K. G. Karmakar |
Learned people in various committees and commissions have prepared voluminous reports but why does the agriculture…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
In the lead up to the presentation of the interim budget for 2019-20 by a ‘substitute’ finance minister, there were…