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By Jagdish Rattanani |
The cut in prices of petrol and diesel announced today tells us just how shaky the government feels. All around are…
By Ajit Ranade |
The right to stand for elections is neither a divine nor a human right. It is not even a fundamental right as per the…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The killing of an executive by police constables in the dead of night on the streets of Lucknow has sparked outrage…
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting this week comes under the shadow of the massive IL&FS default that has…
By Ajit Ranade |
September 15 this year marked the tenth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, a century old gold standard…
By Martin Macwan |
‘Dalit’ is a popular identity in India as it is in Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and other parts of the world. Further, ‘…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
There are two wings on which scandals of the Rafale and Bofors variety take flight. One is plain fact and the other is…
By Ajit Ranade |
The big news this week was on two key prices. One is the price of the almighty dollar, and the other is the price of…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
One obvious casualty of widespread restructuring was the supervision of banks. The examiners of banks never had a clear…
By Ajit Ranade |
On August 31, it reported that India’s GDP growth rate for the April to June quarter was a solid 8.2 percent, well past…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
In analysing the situation, it is important to note that episodes of volatility are not a new phenomenon in India and…
By Arun Maira |
There was great uncertainty in 1999 about the outcome of India’s national election and concern that India’s development…
By Ajit Ranade |
In the medium to long term, the rupee will always depreciate against the dollar. The reason for this is that the rupee…
By Ajit Ranade |
The trust capital in India lags far behind the Scandinavian countries or even in East Asia. This trust deficit is the…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The largest public sector bank and the largest private sector bank have announced losses for the first quarter (Q1) of…