India doesn't want to join China's OBOR, but...

'Does the country risk being enclosed in a geographical cocoon if it spurns a multi-continent project for which everyone else has signed up,' asks T N Ninan. IMAGE: Chinese flags flutter at......

Trump slams China for 'military expansionism' in SCS

United States President-elect Donald Trump has accused China of currency manipulation and military expansionism in the South China Sea, days after offending Beijing by speaking over phone with......

'India-China relations are very complex and very sensitive'

"It doesn't help India when media needlessly bashes China" think sources in New Delhi. In an unusual attempt, when world is living through rise of major power China in Asia, the sources tried hard......

Who Can Dethrone The US Dollar?

Policymakers should aspire to restore the pre-Independence environment where the rupee was trusted and used all over South Asia, in Southeast Asia, in West Asia, and in East Africa, suggests Ajay......

Inflation to further decline, assures Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday exuded confidence that inflation would further decline and the government is on track to meet its budgetary target for deficit and said that there......

What The RBI Can Do About The Rupee

'To simply let the rupee depreciate to any level according to market forces will not be in the country's interests.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com "Rather than letting the rupee......

Rupee may end 2020 as worst performing currency in Asia

Rs 1,000 now buys $13.5 against $14 a year ago.Krishna Kant reports. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The rupee is likely to end calendar year 2020 as the worst performing currency in Asia,......

'Asian Games is a cash-burning project'

With economic problems and job cuts, Hangzhou locals and people in other parts of China are not very pleased about hosting the Asian Games. IMAGE: Police officers walk on a street following the......