What stood out in his 15-year journey as a member of the political executive at the Centre was his glowing record as India's most successful and effective finance minister. Both as prime minister......
The Prime Minister's global advisory council has been constituted. The setting up of the council wasannounced by the Prime Minister at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Chennai. Chaired by the Prime......
'We don't have to go abroad for anything.''Anyone who thinks we have a lot to learn from the US needs to have his head examined.''We are in a new era.' IMAGE: President Droupadi Murmu and Prime......
I suggest we build a Vigyan Mandir (Temple of Science) with the ambience of a place of worship, so that it becomes a destination for pilgrims.We should embed on its walls bronze plaques describing......
'He was nominated for the Nobel Prize 9 times and several scientists wrote to the academy pointing out the injustice.'Ambassador T P Sreenivasan remembers E C G Sudarshan, the legendary physicist......
The days of anti-reform, anti-growth advisers that undermined our economy in the UPA-II years will now be strictly behind us: Bhagwati Globally acclaimed economist Jagdish Bhagwati hailed the......
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the Indian public sector banks had the "worst phase" under the combination of former prime minister Manmohan Singh and former RBI governor Raghuram......
The basic wisdom of economics is that not compromising is costly. If Narendra Modi doesn't heed this lesson, he risks running an administration that is ineffective at best and disastrous at worst,......
'Life will not improve overnight; it will happen in a gradual manner.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com With the Indian rupee sliding against the US dollar, it has become one of Asia's worst......
'We do not want people who are air dropped and who fly out once the job is done.''Ever since liberalisation started, we keep on hearing that it's going to be jobless growth.''This speaks of the......