India slips to 42nd place on EIU Democracy Index; US at 21st

India has moved down from 32nd place last year and remains classified among 'flawed democracies'. India has slipped to 42nd place on an annual Global Democracy Index amid 'rise of......

Aadhaar is based on unscientific thinking, fallible biometric data

Biometric authentication is based on the unscientific and questionable assumption that there are parts of human body that do not age, wither and decay with the passage of time, says Gopal Krishna.......

At last, a Trump choice we can cheer

Donald Trump and General H R McMaster: It is almost like the Chinese monarch Helü with Sun Tzu at his side. IMAGE: US President Donald Trump looks on as his newly named National Security......

'Pakistan's nuclear plans directed at Indian incursion into Pakistan'

'If Indian armed forces entered Pakistan and succeeded in inflicting major damage on the Pakistani army and occupied territory in the Pakistani heartland, there is reason to think the Pakistani......

EIU sees India's Q4 GDP growth lag at 5.5%

The economic performance across G7 nations and leading emerging markets is expected to be muted in Q4 of 2019 owing to global trade tensions and sharp deceleration in real GDP growth in the US,......

Is India's economy crashing?

Or do we need to retool our country, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Open any newspaper or news Web site and the bad news is unrelenting. It looks like a whole slew......

Mumbai, Bangalore among cheapest cities in world

The EIU said India and Pakistan accounted for five of the 10 least expensive cities in the world. Image: Mumbai among world's cheapest cities.      Mumbai and Bangalore are among......

The man who cost Greece billions

Once again Alexis Tsipras (see left) was struggling to make a decision. For hours on July 13, the Greek prime minister and Europe's leaders had been trying to thrash out a new deal to bail out......