By Himadri Bhattacharya |
As always, the union budget for 2025-26 also has multiple themes and highlights.
By Ajit Ranade |
Donald Trump takes charge as the forty seventh president of the United States, a second time for him. He won a big electoral victory in his second attempt.
By Lekha Rattanani |
SNS, as the 60-year-old L&T Chairman & Managing Director S. N. Subrahmanyan is known within the company, has raised quite a firestorm. 
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
What are the prospects of the Indian economy in the New Year?

Politics

By Jagdish Rattanani |
The world watches aghast as Donald Trump, the 47th President of the United States, runs riot.
By GN Bajpai |
Politicians irrespective of their age and state of health usually don’t choose to retire. Some just fade away, while others cling on till the last breath.
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The fulsome and whole-hearted tributes pouring in for Dr.

Business

By Jagdish Rattanani |
The world watches aghast as Donald Trump, the 47th President of the United States, runs riot.
By Lekha Rattanani |
SNS, as the 60-year-old L&T Chairman & Managing Director S. N. Subrahmanyan is known within the company, has raised quite a firestorm. 
By Ajit Ranade |
We always begin the calendar year with a degree of optimism. To live with hope is in the very nature of human existence.
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The killing earlier this month of Brian Thompson, the CEO of a leading health insurance provider in the United States called UnitedHealthcare, has led to an outpouring

Economy

By Himadri Bhattacharya |
As always, the union budget for 2025-26 also has multiple themes and highlights.
By Ajit Ranade |
We always begin the calendar year with a degree of optimism. To live with hope is in the very nature of human existence.
By Ajit Ranade |
The Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India, Anantha Nageswaran while speaking to corporate leaders at an industry chamber event, cautioned that e
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
It is clear that price stability and liquidity management get precedence over economic growth in the MPC resolution of December 06, 2024, and attendant stat

Society

By Jagdish Rattanani |
The world watches aghast as Donald Trump, the 47th President of the United States, runs riot.
By Lekha Rattanani |
SNS, as the 60-year-old L&T Chairman & Managing Director S. N. Subrahmanyan is known within the company, has raised quite a firestorm. 
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The fulsome and whole-hearted tributes pouring in for Dr.

Diaries

By Vidyadhar Date |
A valuable treasure trove of art work, murals, frescoes and paintings lie in a 16th century…
By Vidyadhar Date |
Recently I went to the redeveloped, commercialised Mahim bus station with 24-storey building…
By Vidyadhar Date |
The then Home Minister R.R. Patil pleaded helplessness of the government. He said the government…
By Vidyadhar Date |
In a way, Kala Nagar and adjoining buildings are highly privileged because of the Thackeray…

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