Mr PM, When will you solve India's HUNGER CRISIS?

It is a difficult problem and will require the Union, state governments and civil society, meaning NGOs, to work together, points out Aakar Patel. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   In......

Is India becoming a flawed democracy?

For those who think India's democracy is just fine and there has been no change in the last few years, perhaps it would be instructive to see what has happened on a few issues, observes Aakar......

Janet Yellen becomes US' 1st woman treasury secretary

The United States Senate has confirmed eminent economist Janet Yellen as the first woman Treasury Secretary of the United States. IMAGE: Janet Yellen is the third cabinet member of the Biden......

Happy and proud: Nobel Economics prize winner's mother

Nirmala Banerjee, the mother of Nobel Prize winner Abhijit Banerjee on Monday said it was a proud moment for her and she is very happy for his achievements. IMAGE: Nirmala Banerjee said she was......

EIU sees India's Q4 GDP growth lag at 5.5%

The economic performance across G7 nations and leading emerging markets is expected to be muted in Q4 of 2019 owing to global trade tensions and sharp deceleration in real GDP growth in the US,......

Is India's economy crashing?

Or do we need to retool our country, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Open any newspaper or news Web site and the bad news is unrelenting. It looks like a whole slew......

At 9.2%, India leads in salary growth for 2020 but there's a catch

Employees in India are expected to see a 9.2 per cent salary growth in 2020, the highest in Asia, but inflation may play a spoiler as real-wage salaries in the country is anticipated to be just 5......

Road building in India is cheapest among Asian nations

The results are likely to please the Indian government, which has been trying to impress on domestic and foreign investors about its efforts to improve the ease of doing business. It costs less to......

Nigerian teen in pink aims to 'take the golf world by storm'

'She still has some room for growth and I think as I said by the age of 15 she will be ripe, you know, to take the golf world by storm.' IMAGE: Iyeneobong Essien,13-year-old golf prodigy points at......