While India should be concerned about disparities, the fact is that whereas three decades ago about half the people had incomes greater than $2.15 a day, today seven out of eight do, notes T N......
'China seems more intent on creating a new world order rather than shaping the existing one.''India is of course, at this moment in time, aligned with the West-led order because of China's......
Today, with China centrally seated and located, the Global South has an intriguing road ahead.Odds of it becoming a Chinese bloc in the emerging new bipolar world are higher than we'd wish them to......
This could become tricky territory for India, given its basically adversarial relationship with China, its moves to block imports and investment from that country, and to deny market access for......
Even as India strives to climb the development mountain, the fact is that the mountaintop is already crowded.If it got there in 2047, India would be very much a late-comer, observes T N Ninan.......
Wealth, which can broadly be a measure of assets held as opposed to income earned, is unequally distributed. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com India's richest people now have a larger......
Inequality in India has skyrocketed since early 2000s, with the income and wealth share of top 1 per cent population rising to 22.6 per cent and 40.1 per cent, respectively, in 2022-23, according......
RBI's exercise will take into account standards of governance, the viability of the payment bank (PB) business model, and changes, if any, if needed. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The......
India decisively withstood global headwinds in 2023 and is likely to remain as the world's fastest-growing major economy on the back of growing demand, moderate inflation, stable interest rate......
'India's emergence as a top crypto market comes despite a regulatory and tax environment that can be challenging for the industry to navigate.' Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters International......
If Ahmedabad is India's preferred candidate, as seems likely, hosting Olympics 2036 should give it a leg up: A bigger airport, a better metro network, more hotels, flyovers and so on, observes T N......
A round-up of the action in the Premier League on Saturday. Brentford shock Manchester City IMAGE: Brentford's Ivan Toney scores their second goal. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Reuters Brentford......
IMAGE: Hungary's Timea Babos (left) and France's Kristina Mladenovic pose with the winners trophy after winning the French Open women's doubles final on Sunday. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty......
IMAGE: Bournemouth have accepted Manchester City's 41 million pound offer for central defender Nathan Ake. Photograph: Action Images/Reuters Manchester City have had a 41 million pound ($53.30......
Barcelona sell Arthur to Juventus for 72 million euros, buy Pjanic for 60 million IMAGE: Barcelona's Arthur celebrates scoring their second goal with Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez. Photograph:......