India must integrate more with East Asia by getting into regional trade arrangements, lower its tariff walls, and improve the quality of its workforce, suggests T N Ninan. Illustration: Uttam......
With a narrow industrial base and dysfunctional politics, and a counter-productive national security agenda, Pakistan could well remain an 'international migraine', observes T N Ninan. IMAGE: A......
The development of private data sources is a hugely positive development.It should serve as a challenge to the government to improve its own record on producing timely and reliable statistics,......
Blame the voter, who invariably chooses the promise of hand-outs today in preference to a vague promise of, say, better schools tomorrow.Getting the Supreme Court to issue an edict, or Parliament......
The next quarter-century could mark India's rise as a nation to be more whole-heartedly admired if it addresses its institutional and policy failures, and focuses on reducing its inequalities and......
Mr Adani has a fight on his hands. It is not a fight to the death, asserts T N Ninan. IMAGE: Gautam Adani, founder and the chairman of the Adani Group. Photograph: ANI Photo The operative question......
The last time a bear attack was launched on a controversial businessman was when a cabal of brokers launched an assault in the early 1980s on what they thought was an over-priced Reliance share,......
Perhaps the finance ministry or NITI Aayog could take a detailed look at what governments actually deliver and at what cost; how their services can be improved and expanded where necessary; how......
The likelihood is that India will maintain a moderately upbeat economic tempo -- well short of tearaway growth, explains T N Ninan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Writing a year ago at......
Don't be surprised if growth in the second half of the financial year drops below 4%, which is where it was in the year before the pandemic, warns T N Ninan. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......
IMAGE: Viswanathan Anand joined his son Akhil in whipping up a treat for his landmark birthday. Photograph: Viswanathan Anand/Twitter India's chess legend and winner of five world titles......