Should We Ignore Democracy Rankings?

India must evolve its own standards on how democracy must be ranked in a diverse and multi-religious, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual and pluralistic idea called India, suggests R Jagannathan.......

In a first, IIT-Madras to set up campus in Tanzania

The first IIT campus outside India will come up in Tanzania's Zanzibar and it is expected to launch academic programmes in October, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) said on Thursday.......

AMU's Governance Structure Is Democratic, Not Divine

These self-appointed well-wishers of AMU are basically for the control or police model of university governance.They have no faith whatsoever in the democratic functioning of the universities,......

Foreign varsities can now set up campuses in India

For the first time, foreign universities will be able to set up their campuses in India with the University Grants Commission (UGC) on Thursday unveiling draft norms for their establishment and......

India, you have a problem

'The global corporates are concerned: You used to have policy predictability, now it's a yo-yo.''New taxes and regulations pop up, some disappear soon, many linger.''And now the return of old......

ISB professor Krishnamurthy Subramanian is India's new chief economic advisor

A PhD from Chicago-Booth and a top-ranking IIT-IIM alumnus, Krishnamurthy Subramanian is one of the world’s leading experts in banking, corporate governance and economic policy The......

10 things to know about Gita Gopinath, IMF's new chief economist

On October 1 Indian-American Gita Gopinath was appointed chief economist of the International Monetary Fund. Announcing her appointment, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde hailed the......

A family so rich they didn't know they were being robbed!

'The D K Adikesavulu clan is so wealthy, owns so many houses, and has so much jewellery,' notes T V R Shenoy, 'that it did not notice a servant stealing at the rate of Rs 66 lakh every year!'......

Minor setback, says coach as Divyansh undergoes emotional roller-coaster

IMAGE: After winning gold the previous day, Divyansh Singh Panwar lost the 10m air rifle mixed team bronze to the South Korean team at the same venue. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters......

Sharapova's intent questioned - Why was she taking banned heart drug?

'Sharapova has been a US resident since early in her career, which does bring in a question of how or why she is using a drug that is not licensed there' IMAGE: Maria Sharapova speaks to the media......