Saluting P V Narasimha Rao For 1991!

It is thanks to the policy of liberalisation conceived by Manmohan Singh and enforced by P V Narasimha Rao that the Indian economy has now become the world's 5th largest economy by nominal GDP,......

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.......

What The World Looks Like At Mid-Year

The first five months of 2023 have witnessed at least six major events/trends that augur badly for global economic and socio-political prospects, points out Shankar Acharya, former chief economic......

BJP's Karnataka Rout: A Defeat Foretold

The rising pitch of road shows and long rallies with hectoring pitches seem to have exhausted and numbed the audiences, rather than motivating them to vote for the party, observes Shreekant......

Time To Be Cautious In Bull Market

A piece of slightly negative news can cause a serious setback, warns Debashis Basu. Photograph: Kind courtesy Geralt/Pixabay   Isn't it puzzling that although economic and financial forecasts......

No Major Cash Outflows In Winter Session

The government has exhausted only 39 per cent of its fiscal deficit target in the first half of FY24. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a presss conference in Hyderabad,......

India can become $6.7 trillion economy by 2031: S&P Global

India can become a $6.7 trillion economy by 2031, from $3.4 trillion currently, if the country clocks an average growth of 6.7 per cent for 7 years, an S&P Global report said on Thursday.......

'We may be late to board the bus, but we have not missed the bus'

'India's manufacturing will take 10-15 years to catch up with China.' IMAGE: A textile factory in Andhra Pradesh. Photograph: Samuel Rajkumar/Reuters India's Manufacturing Moment - A Golden......

India's Baahubali Captain

His cricketing brain, always sharp, was blessed with exceptional speed of information absorption and processing.He could quickly zero in on what needed to be done and use the element of surprise to......

Nigerian teen in pink aims to 'take the golf world by storm'

'She still has some room for growth and I think as I said by the age of 15 she will be ripe, you know, to take the golf world by storm.' IMAGE: Iyeneobong Essien,13-year-old golf prodigy points at......