Rebuff from NSG is of India's own making

Immediate NSG membership will not help India realise its nuclear ambitions any faster.It could have easily left the process take its own course, instead of running a high-stakes campaign to get in,......

'When Modi chants Ram, Ram, the youth chant kaam kaam'

'Who are these people on the streets?''They are youth and students who were hoodwinked, bluffed by Modi for the last seven years, with a promise of 2 crore jobs every year.''And Mamata sings the......

'In India, rules are modified and altered at the drop of a hat'

‘Experience tells me that there must have been some serious flaw in construction.’ ‘In India, there is too much flexibility and rules are altered at the drop of a hat.’......

FULL TEXT: President's address to Parliament

Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session. Honourable Members, This joint sitting of......

20 central PSUs in pipeline for sale, 6 for shutdown

As many as 20 central public sector enterprises and their units are at various stages of strategic disinvestment, while six are being considered for closure or are under litigation, Minister of......

Half-way through coal e-auction, aggressive bids fetch Rs 60,000 cr

Five days and 11 blocks into the first-of-its-kind coal e-auction and the government has already received Rs 60,000 crore (Rs 600 billion).  It hopes to cross the figure of Rs 15 lakh crore......

India's most ambitious airport city project in a limbo

  Dispute between the promoters of the Rs 12,000-crore airport city project has been simmering for four years.  Seven years on, however, the project is awaiting clearances from the......

The story of West Bengal's dismal industrial performance

A policy-related problem that urgently needs to be redressed is the ‘miniaturisation’ of projects, notes Ashok K Lahiri. Image: Miniaturisation will not work for industry and......