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By Aseem Shrivastava   | 
Metanoia is from ancient Greek. It connotes penitence, a radical change of heart, amounting to a spiritual awakening…
By Ajit Ranade  | 
The Coronaviruses (CoV) are a family of viruses that can cause flu-like symptoms or also severe illnesses like…
By Jagdish Rattanani  | 
Amid reports that the visit of US President Donald Trump will be an occasion to ask India to open itself to dairy (and…
By Aseem Shrivastava   | 
The Australian inferno is a signpost to the future ecology of the earth. Almost three quarters of the country’s land-…
By Ajit Ranade  | 
They are the two largest democracies in the world, separated by some ten thousand miles. America’s war of independence…
By Thomas Isaac  | 
The cover of my Budget Speech was as much a subject of animated discussion as the Budget itself.  The striking painting…
By Devidas Tuljapurkar  | 
The Economic Survey for 2019-20, in Chapter 7 on page 158 puts it on record that “PSBs are clearly not efficient today…
By Jagdish Rattanani  | 
The nation awaits with bated breath the results of the New Delhi Assembly elections today. The BJP left no stone…
By Indira Hirway  | 
To begin with, the Finance Minister does not even recognise that the economy is experiencing a severe slow down! The…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik  | 
The Union budget 2020-21 comes against the backdrop of a massive slowdown of economic growth and escalating inflation.…
By Ajit Ranade  | 
The macro context to the Union Budget was grim. Nominal growth rate which is at a forty two year low, bank credit flow…
By Ganesh N Devy    | 
Delhi is charming. Its charm has not failed in fascinating anyone. The Pandavas who are believed to have built the…
By Jagdish Rattanani  | 
Given the national noise and the disruptions, the temper and the fury that now permeate our public discourses, it is…
By M Govinda Rao  | 
The Budget to be presented on February 1 is being keenly watched for a number of reasons.  First, the Finance Minister…
By Jagdish Rattanani  | 
In the current times, the biggest problem with unpacking the economic situation is that economic levers are seen in…
