SCARY! 59,000 farmer suicides linked to climate change

'The number of deaths attributable to warming is likely to rise in the future.' IMAGE: Suraj Govind, 9, the son of a farmer who committed suicide in Maharashtra, at a protest organised by farmers'......

Sonia, Mamata to launch campaign against note ban

The event will be significant for the Congress and Trinamool Congress leaderships, cementing the proximity during the winter session of Parliament.Archis Mohan and Amit Agnihotri report. Tuesday......

Vote for your favourite Gandhi statue

A statue of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi is pictured in Parliament Square in London, England. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images In a rare honour bestowed by the government in......

The notorious link that Modi and Thatcher share

What ties together Thatcher and Modi is that their respective economic and political approaches are rigged in controversy, notes Vivek Dehejia.  Narendra Modi was giving a speech extolling......

Chanda Kochhar gets honorary degree from Canadian university

Chanda Kochhar, MD and CEO, ICICI Bank received an honorary Doctor of Laws from Carleton University, Canada.   The University said it conferred the honour in recognition of her pioneering......

An inflation targeting policy regime for India?

Richard Clarida's recent paper could be key for policymakers in deciding whether India should move to an 'inflation targeting policy regime', says Vivek Dehejia. What have we learned - and not......

Vivek Dehejia: 'Modi model,' template for India's development?

While the 'Modi model' perfectly suits the interests of corporate India and of foreign investors, does it also work as a template for economic development in India, asks Vivek Dehejia, economics......

Indian economy, missing women, BJP and cricket

Is the BJP's opposition to FDI a result of its 2004 defeat? Why are Indians hesitant to help accident victims? Has Indian society become apathetic? Has materialism and consumerism made us......