'Xi's Main Challenge Is Taking Over Taiwan'

'Even though as Xi will seemingly continue to stay in power beyond his third term, competitions for the post-Xi leadership would be inevitably unfolded beneath the surface of water, and that will......

Joint session may be called if no consensus on land bill, says FM

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said if the land reform bill is not passed in the Rajya Sabha then a joint session of the Parliament would be called as its passage is key to the success of......

Think tanks help the nation's intellectual churn

I still believe that it is a good thing that think tanks are mushrooming in Delhi. They provide a platform for discussion, even if they shed more heat than light. With Parliament almost incapable......

2 key Indian American physicians quit Obama's team

Two key Indian American physicians from the Obama administration, who worked on implementing healthcare reforms, are stepping down from their posts to return to clinical practice. Dr Sachin H Jain,......

Silicon Valley to honour Jaitley; discuss some contentious issues

TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Silicon Valley, California plans to honour Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley ‘for the right priorities and focusing on the right issues’. But Jaitley has......

Rakesh Mohan tipped to be ED at the IMF

Former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Rakesh Mohan, is tipped to join the International Monetary Fund as executive director on the board of the International Monetary Fund. He will......

'Govt should be an enabler, not an inept provider'

Chennai-based Jessica Seddon Wallack is a professor at the Institute for Financial and Management Research and the Director of the Centre for Development Finance at the Institute of Financial and......

Indian is UNDP A-Pac bureau chief

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Ajay Chhibber of India as United Nations Development Programme's assistant secretary-general, assistant administrator and director of its Regional......