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Time for a neutral stance on monetary policy
The Monetary Policy Committee, at the conclusion of its third bi-monthly meeting for 2022-23,...
In Mah, pressures of patchwork politics
It is now more than a month since the Maharashtra government led by Uddhav Thackeray of the Shiv...
What’s wrong and right with public sector...
The third week of July marks two anniversaries of events in 1969, one national and the other...
Undertrials, and democracy, behind bars
The Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana and the Supreme Court have offered a wake-up call to...
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Politics
In Mah, pressures of patchwork politics
It is now more than a month since the Maharashtra government led by Uddhav Thackeray of the Shiv...
Tigers, traitors in a Maharashtra twist
Uddhav Thackeray will have to take his case to the people very fast, and take on the role of...
In Maharashtra, BJP's game power at any...
Maharashtra has irked the BJP over the last few years and the Shiv Sena under Uddhav Thackeray as...
Agnipath: Unleashing the path of fire
In the story of the blind men and the elephant, each touching a different part of the animal and...
Economy
Time for a neutral stance on monetary policy
The Monetary Policy Committee, at the conclusion of its third bi-monthly meeting for 2022-23,...
What’s wrong and right with public sector...
The third week of July marks two anniversaries of events in 1969, one national and the other...
RBI’s low dividend payout raises concerns
The RBI’s dividend pay-out to the central government for 2021-22 at Rs.30,307 crore was even less...
Foreign exchange situation is worrisome
In the past eight months, foreign portfolio investors have moved out nearly 40 billion dollars out...
Health
Two WHO tales on Indian health systems
India’s ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) as well as the Indian media appear to be...
Why the COVID-19 numbers matter
The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated the number of deaths in India directly or...
Private hospitals thrive in a failed system
In an unrelated 2018 investigation, the NPPA reported “unethical profiteering in a failed market...
How to contain India’s TB pandemic
India ushers in World Tuberculosis day in 2022 on 24 March with mixed feelings. As the COVID...
Recent Columns
Tigers, traitors in a Maharashtra twist
Uddhav Thackeray will have to take his case to the people very fast, and take on the role of...
Are we headed for an external sector crisis?
We will need policy action to enhance export competitiveness and further smoothening of the process...
Prospects in a world heading to stagflation
Germany is the current chair of the group of seven richest nations called G7. This group is meeting...
In Maharashtra, BJP's game power at any...
Maharashtra has irked the BJP over the last few years and the Shiv Sena under Uddhav Thackeray as...
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Painted hymns, church frescoes and religious...
A valuable treasure trove of art work, murals, frescoes and paintings lie in a 16th century...
Witness Mumbai’s old glory here
It was a pleasant surprise this morning to see the space under the flyover used so imaginatively. I...
Vikram Lall : An uncompromising aesthete
Vikram Lall made his life and livelihood as an architect, the Buddha Smriti Park in his hometown...
‘Quality and cost must be under government...
CMC is a national resource. All of India’s neurosurgeons were grandchildren, great-grandchildren,...
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