Two Cheers! India Is In A Good Place

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......

Giant In The Earth: M S Swaminathan

Dr Shreekant Sambrani pays tribute to Dr M S Swaminathan, the renowned agricultural scientist and a lifelong crusader against hunger who passed away in Chennai last week. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

Is China New Leader Of Global South?

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......

India pulled 415 million people out of poverty in 15 years: UN

A total of 415 million people moved out of poverty in India within just 15 years from 2005/2006 to 2019/2021, the United Nations said on Tuesday, highlighting the remarkable achievement by the......

India tops remittances table with $125 bn inflows: World Bank report

India is expected to be the top recipient of remittances in 2023 as inflows increase 12.4 per cent to $125 billion, said a World Bank report on Tuesday. Photograph: Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters......

Global Dark Economy Clouds Hover Over India

'Rhetoric and chest-thumping are running high on India's recent growth record.''But will the giant waves developing elsewhere allow us to sail smoothly into fair winds?' asks Debashis Basu.......

From electronics to semiconductor, MNCs in search of policy stability

Prodded by their automobile clients to hedge their bets against China global Taiwanese-headquartered outsourced semiconductor assembly and test companies (OSAT) are scouting for other Asian......

India to receive record remittances but experts worry CAD will still widen

Of $90 billion remittances that India is expected to receive in 2022, only $27.4 billion has come in the first half of the year. Photograph: Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters India is likely to......

2036 Olympics: Coming Out Party For India

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......

FIFA WC: Serious Saudi extend Renard's stay by 5yrs

IMAGE: Saudi Arabia coach Herve Renard during training. Photograph: Suhaib Salem/Reuters Patience has rarely been a characteristic associated with football in Saudi Arabia, where 18 coaches from......

Day 4: What's hot at the Beijing Winter Olympics

Freestyle skiing- China's Gu wins Bir Air gold IMAGE: Gu Ailing Eileen of China reacts after her run during the Freestyle skiing Women's Freeski Big Air final Run 2 at the Big Air Shougang,......

Sports Shorts: Dipa qualifies for final round of Artistic Gymnastics World Cup

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: Dipa Karmakar performed a higher difficulty Handfront 540 vault for the first time in the competition. Photograph:......

VAR will be used at Russia World Cup, says FIFA

FIFA later said in a statement that, where matches went to extra-time, teams would be allowed a fourth substitute. IMAGE: A referee reviewes the VAR footage. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images......