The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) last week decided to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.5 per cent as the nation heads into the festival season with growth…
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By Lekha Rattanani |
The complete ban imposed by a new law on real money gaming is one clear move in the right direction.
By Sudarshan Iyengar |
The United Nations has declared October 2 as the International Day of Non-Violence. The world has recognised Gandhi as an apostle of peace.
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The Sep.19 Presidential order imposing a fee of USD 100,000 per H1B visa entry and further changes in the entire process announced almost immediately thereafter are…
By Ajit Ranade |
The United States is the most indebted country in the world. The annual budget deficit is close to 2 trillion dollars.
By Vappala Balachandran |
There are indications that the Israeli attack on the Hamas office in Doha on 09 September 2025 is heavily recoiling on the Netanyahu government.
By Jagdish Rattanani |
It is not uncommon to hear that foreign policy is about national interests, not moral principles.
By Srikanth Kondapalli |
China pulled off a spectacular show this week at the port city of Tianjin by inviting more than 20 world leaders, including the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
By Ajit Ranade |
In response to a petition, the Supreme Court recently expressed dismay at the low salary paid to contractual teachers in certain Gujarat colleges.
By Jagdish Rattanani |
Mohan Bhagwat, the head of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, or RSS, has noted that health and education are out of reach of ordinary Indians, and in saying that he…
By Ajit Ranade |
The nationwide Goods and Services Tax (GST) was rolled out eight years ago with much fanfare in a special midnight session of Parliament.
By Vappala Balachandran |
On August 19 Hamas said that it had accepted the new ceasefire proposal presented on the 17th by Qatar and Egypt to renew talks ahead of the planned major Israeli…
By Lekha Rattanani |
"Dol ka baadh," Jaipur’s naturally grown forest reserve of some 105 acres that has taken root and thrived over the last three decades or thereabouts is the focus of a…