By Vappala Balachandran |
As this is written, Iran has mocked President Donald Trump’s call to “unconditionally surrender”:  "Iran does not negotiate under duress, shall not accept peace u
By Jagdish Rattanani |
A wholly owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) called the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) insures all deposits in RBI-regulate
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
In the days following the first MPC meeting for 2025-26 which concluded on April 9, 2025, it was widely expected that another policy rate cut of at least 25 basis poin
By Ajit Ranade |
Around 1990, India and China had roughly the same economic size and per capita income in dollar terms. China’s per capita income was lower than that of India.

Politics

By Jagdish Rattanani |
The nation stands with the Prime Minister in saluting the defence forces and condemning the barbaric terrorist killings in Pahalgam that led India to strike Pakistan d
By Ajit Ranade |
Even as we celebrate his one hundred and thirty fifth birthday, Dr. Ambedkar continues to be extremely relevant to India’s society and polity.
By Jagdish Rattanani |
There is the view held by some that the America we see today in all its ugliness is one passing phase, a rough patch the world has landed in because the country chose
By Ajit Ranade |
Thirty-two years ago, the 73rd amendment to the Constitution, called the Panchayati Raj bill came into force on April 24.

Business

By Jagdish Rattanani |
There is the view held by some that the America we see today in all its ugliness is one passing phase, a rough patch the world has landed in because the country chose
By Indira Hirway |
The Indian economy today is facing serious problems from the international and domestic fronts.
By Ajit Ranade |
The challenge for any Finance Minister in presenting a Union Budget is to balance multiple and sometimes conflicting objectives of growth stimulus, subsidies for the d
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The world watches aghast as Donald Trump, the 47th President of the United States, runs riot.

Economy

By Jagdish Rattanani |
The nation stands with the Prime Minister in saluting the defence forces and condemning the barbaric terrorist killings in Pahalgam that led India to strike Pakistan d
By Jagdish Rattanani |
On March 21, 2003, ITN network’s John Irvine reported from Baghdad the launch of “shock and awe”, the US Pentagon’s encoding for immeasurable death and destruction tha
By GN Bajpai |
In recent months, the slowdown of the Indian economy in the last quarter rattled policymakers and led to a quiet squabble among pundits.
By Indira Hirway |
The Indian economy today is facing serious problems from the international and domestic fronts.

Society

By Jagdish Rattanani |
The nation stands with the Prime Minister in saluting the defence forces and condemning the barbaric terrorist killings in Pahalgam that led India to strike Pakistan d
By Vappala Balachandran |
In the wake of the massacre in Baisaran (Pahalgam), some reports claimed that it was an “intelligence” or “security” failure.
How does a woman in labour walk five kilometers across a hill to reach a clinic at night?
By Jagdish Rattanani |
There is the view held by some that the America we see today in all its ugliness is one passing phase, a rough patch the world has landed in because the country chose

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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