Jharkhand govt forms panel to probe ropeway accident

Jharkhand government on Tuesday constituted a high powered panel to investigate the cable car tragedy at Trikut Hills in Deoghar district which claimed the lives of three persons and over 60 others......

Rebalancing India-China, The Sri Lanka Way

Colombo seems to be veering to the middle path between China and the US on global matters, but in regional matters of strategic security, it is increasingly identifying with India, points out N......

An Election Budget, Not For 2022, But For 2024

This is not an election Budget in the sense that I might target the voter in the coming elections.But if you look beyond this round of state elections, and tilt the periscope to graze at the more......

Betrayal of salaried, middle classes: Opposition decries Budget 2022

The Congress on Tuesday accused Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Prime Minister Minister Narendra Modi of betraying the country's salaried and middle classes by not announcing any relief......

Rupee @ 80: How it will affect Indian firms

Experts say the rupee is expected to depreciate further during the year as there is huge maturity of forex loans coming up. Dev Chatterjee & Viveat Susan Pinto report. Illustration: Uttam......

India needs $223 bn to meet 2030 renewable goals

India will need $223 billion of investment to meet its goal of wind and solar capacity installations by 2030, according to a new report by research company BloombergNEF (BNEF). Illustration:......

Banks' NPAs never went away, they were only hidden

Indeed, there were frauds, and the politician-banker-industrialist nexus played a role in the rise of NPAs, but governance issues in Indian banking are far more nuanced and complex, reveals Tamal......

India's bond slump worse than others, issuance value down 10.1%

Indian issuers are borrowing lesser through bonds compared to their global peers. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The total value of bond issuances was down 10.1 per cent on a rolling......