The nation is in a sorry state. Parts of the sensitive North East are in flames. The fire is spreading to West Bengal, Delhi and Karnataka. With Internet connections cut…
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The Union government in India led by Modi has passed in the Lok Sabha the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which paves the way for providing citizenship to those who…
By Ajit Ranade |
It is a great irony of history that the Hyderabad encounter killing by the police of the four alleged rapists and murderers happened on the death anniversary of Dr.B.R.…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in its resolution on December 05 2019 kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.15 percent with a unanimous decision. This is in sharp…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
It was one of those rare events where the ex ante probability of the actual outcome was close to zero. A rate cut in the range of 15-25 basis point looked more than…
By Nawshir Mirza |
Even the continuous blare of a Trump-et cannot divert attention from the existential risk posed to humankind and to the natural world by the changing climate. Recent…
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It has been several weeks since the students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in the national capital started their protest against the exorbitant hike in fees…
By Ajit Ranade |
November 26 is celebrated as Constitution Day for the past five years. Earlier it was recognised as National Law Day since 1979. It is the anniversary of the formal…
By Lekha Rattanani |
There are those from the establishment celebrating the appointment of Devendra Phadnavis as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for a second term.
By Arun Maira |
The power of new technologies must be used to benefit the lives of many, rather than maximise the wealth of a few
By Jagdish Rattanani |
We don’t know which way the imbroglio over the formation of the government in Maharashtra will end. At this stage, all manner of possibilities are being discussed.
By Haresh Jagtiani, Suprabh Jain |
It is easy to cynically dismiss the monumental thousand-page unanimous judgment of the Supreme Court on the Ram Mandir - Babri Masjid case by saying that the Supreme…
By Ajit Ranade |
India was a founder member of the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT), which eventually became the World Trade Organization in 1995. So, in a sense India…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
This is the second consecutive CEO to drive straight into a crisis related to governance at a company that is known to have set new and high standards of integrity – a…
