The upcoming Budget gives Finance Minister Arun Jaitley a chance to let states boost spending.
'It appears that Prime Minister Modi has to undo 50 years of State monopoly in the defence sector during which public undertakings like HAL or DRDO monopolised defence production and development with disastrous consequences.'
Ratan Tata has acquired a stake in Chinese handset maker Xiaomi, the first investment by any Indian in the smartphone maker.
'Chinese real GDP growth is 7.1% and India's is 7.4%'.
There is much work to be done to design a good GST.
The company is also working on an automatic variant of the car/
There are a couple of proposals, however, whose goals are not easily achievable.
'Your strike rate is very important when it comes to seat-sharing.'
Donald Trump denied it. Hillary Clinton avoided saying it. But the Climate Change crisis is frighteningly real, says Sunita Narain.
Sukanya Verma salutes the power of Saroj Khan and her brilliant choreography.
'You can see that in Chinese behaviour in the Yellow Sea, you can see it in their behaviour towards Taiwan, you can see it in their behaviour towards Hong Kong, you can see it on our border as well.'
If oil prices stay at their new level of $72 or drop further, India will be in the happy position next year of enjoying a surplus on the trade account.
At the heart of one of the biggest transformations in India's corporate history lies a plan to offer super-fast broadband services.
Education consultant NNS Chandra shares advice on entrance examinations, admission procedures at international universities.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Earnest words from Leonardo DiCaprio, and the big winners of Oscar night.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
The trouble is largest FDI projects in India have had a tragic history.
The entire gamut of China's activities is aimed at keeping India on tenterhooks, cause fatigue to its troops and keeping its security system unstable, so that it cannot play a meaningful role in international geopolitics as an effective partner of the US and Japan, observes Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).
The Union government is reportedly considering doing away with the practice of presenting a separate Railway Budget.
We get tangled up in our own crooked web on purchases, and the murky arms bazaar knows it, says Shekhar Gupta.
'I know what is in store. It is like going to a restaurant where you know the menu,' says Boney Kapoor
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Continuing his investment spree in India's hot start-ups, Ratan Tata on Friday invested in Kyazoonga.
Agneepath, Hum and Khuda Gawah are a testament to the Bachchan-Mukul Anand actor-director chemistry. Of the three, Hum is a natural crowd-pleaser, says Sukanya Verma.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
How superhero movies fared at the turnstiles.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Amit Bansal discusses the emerging trends in the engineering sector.
The world's top CEOs highly recommend these books. Have you read them yet?
Perhaps one aspect of the way modern media particularly print and news television works need some soul-searching: Their tendency to "frame" news stories as a conflict between two personalities, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
'The current economic contraction is certainly due to the lockdowns as a response to the pandemic, which is an act of God.' 'Nobody has seen such a thing in the last 100 years.' 'Saying that this was an act of mismanagement is largely incorrect'
While the widespread feeling is that employment growth has been sluggish, some argue that, since sabka vikas slogan will most probably not deliver, Mr Modi and the BJP are going in for an unambiguous strategy of Hindu consolidation, says Subir Roy.
'Galbraith had a powerful ally in Washington -- not as blunt and direct as the ambassador -- but committed to see Krishna Menon go.' 'This was President Kennedy himself.'
The Modi govt is keen to replace the Planning Commission with a more powerful body.
'... because their parents wanted a boy.' 'But over 2 million women go every year due to sex-selective abortion, disease, neglect or inadequate nutrition,' says Devangshu Datta.
