How Ajay Banga Can Change The World Bank

The World Bank must become Archimedes' lever to help change the world into a more prosperous, inclusive, and sustainable planet in the 21st century.The change in leadership now provides that......

What Is Gehlot Telling Modi?

What were our political leaders up to on the first day of November?   IMAGE: Is Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, left, telling Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi, second from left,......

Prospects For India's Youth: Cloudy, With High Chance Of Thunder And Lightning

The country's demographic dividend is dissipating, with seriously adverse consequences for young India, asserts Shankar Acharya, former Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India.......

What Will 2022 Bring The World?

From Covid to climate change, Shankar Acharya's look at some of the trends and events that might shape 2022. IMAGE: Medical staff of the M S Ramaiah Hospital and College in Bengaluru wishing India......

Budget 2023-24: Stay on fiscal glide path, economists advise FM Sitharaman

The Union government could target a fiscal deficit of 5.8-6 per cent of nominal GDP for 2023-24, and it should continue its capital expenditure push and look to simplify the personal income tax......

Why Modi govt ramped up import of Russian crude, Sitharaman explains

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said India has ramped up the import of crude oil from Russia at discounted prices amid sanctions on Moscow as part of the country's inflation......

Inflation management can't be singularly left to RBI: Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said inflation management cannot be "singularly" left to the monetary policy as a majority of activities are outside its purview in the current......

No ban on sale of Chinese smartphones priced under Rs 12,000: MoS IT

The government has asked Chinese mobile companies to increase their exports from India and there is no proposal to ban the sale of handsets below Rs 12,000 made by such firms, Union Minister Rajeev......