How Vajpayee made India a nuclear superpower

Vajpayee had always felt that India must act with conviction and panache.He decided that, irrespective of the attendant risks, he would undertake what many felt was a precarious course.A......

What farmers fear the most

IMAGE: A vegetable market in New Delhi. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters   P Sainath -- the doughty journalist and founding editor of People's Archive of Rural India -- whose grip on......

Former Union minister Jaswant Singh passes away

In his eclectic career, Singh donned many hats -- army officer, author, Union minister, but his handling of the Kandahar hijack crisis as the then external affairs minister in 1999 was one that......

'They want to do away with NGOs'

'Amendments in the past have created fear. This will take it further.' Photograph: Samsul Said/Reuters   The Lok Sabha has approved a bill to amend the Foreign Currency (Regulation) Act, and......

Subir Gokarn, a fierce proponent of RBI autonomy, is no more

Gokarn was the first Indian central banker who regularised warnings to the government, through the monetary policy statement, on the need to reduce fiscal deficit. Former Reserve Bank of India......

2018: Year of reckoning for India Inc

A glance back at some important ups and down India Inc faced in 2018. Year End Specials   Kindly click on the image below to view the relevant story. #1 How PNB scam effected consumer......

Niti Aayog VC accepts Chidambaram's challenge on revised GDP data

Chidambaram had termed the revision of GDP data as a 'hatchet job' by Niti Aayog and said it was time to windup the 'utterly worthless body'. Niti Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar on Thursday......

Fugitive Economic Offenders bill may take ordinance route

Even existing cases might come under the proposed law, including those of Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choski. But, the law would not cover earlier cases.  The government plans to......