The damage Pompeo is causing to US interests

With a distracted president brooding in the White House, Pompeo seems to think his day has come.He seems to be pushing a personal agenda before a target audience in America, observes Ambassador M K......

Abe Shinzo: A giant departs Japanese politics

'There shall be no change in India-Japan ties,' predicts Rajaram Panda. IMAGE: Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo at the news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, August......

What will Indian politics look like post lockdown?

'If the virulence of COVID-19 has muted the toxicity of the BJP's communalism, it will be an example of good coming out of the pandemic,' notes Amulya Ganguli. IMAGE: Demonstrators at a protest......

What Olympics postponement will cost Japan

'The Olympics postponement may not be a political body blow to Abe Shinzo, but it is no denying that the economic cost of the postponement of the Games will be heavy for Japan,' observes Dr Rajaram......

RIL, Adani in race to strike a deal with Germany's Metro AG

Three business houses are likely to be in the final race to strike a deal with Germany’s Metro AG for investing in its India unit -- Metro Cash & Carry. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters......

Goldman Sachs cuts 2022 FPI flow projection to India by over 80% to $5 bn

Equity inflows over the last three years from 2019-2021, according to a note by BofA Securities, totaled over $40 billion, out of which nearly $14 billion has left in the first quarter of 2022.......

Why Ukraine conflict may see a slowdown in Indian fuel imports

India’s appetite for imported crude oil may wane in fiscal year (FY) 2023 from record levels in pre-pandemic 2019-20 fiscal as higher oil prices, a spillover from the conflict in Ukraine, and......

Goldman sees gold at $2,500 by year-end

Gold prices have surged nearly 18 per cent, so far, in the calendar year 2022 (CY22) to around $2,050 per ounce against the backdrop of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and there is more headroom......

No Barca home games at Camp Nou in 2023-24

The club will relocate to the Olympic Stadium in Montjuic due to renovation work. IMAGE: Goldman Sachs, which had agreed to lend 595 million euros to help restructure the club's debt in August,......

Soccer: Lukaku set to make Chelsea move?

IMAGE: Romelu Lukaku had joined Chelsea in 2011 but had only made 15 appearances before being sold to Everton in 2014. Photograph: Daniele Mascolo/Reuters Belgian international Romelu Lukaku......

COVID-19: UK hires former Olympic chief to aid PPE production

IMAGE: Paul Deighton, who was chief executive of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, was appointed by Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Sunday. Photograph: /Luke......