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 Himadri Bhattacharya |
The quantum of dividend payments of the RBI to the Central government during the last few years has followed a rising trend not witnessed before.
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

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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