No Chinese upmanship at BRICS please!

'It is unrealistic to expect that security dilemmas and strategic distrust to disappear or even diminish any time soon,' says Rup Narayan Das. The three-day 9th Brazil, Russia, India, China and......

Not scrapping quotas, Opposition spreading lies, says PM

Ruling out scrapping reservation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made a veiled attack on Congress saying a ‘campaign of lies’ has been let loose on the issue of Dalits under a......

G20 leaders vow to fight terror; Paris attacks take centre stage

Paris attacks took the centre stage at the G20 Summit on Sunday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling for a united global effort to combat terrorism as world leaders joined a clarion call to......

G20 summit: Terrorism, climate change to top Modi's agenda

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to raise issues related to terrorism, climate change and global cooperation to unearth black money, among others, during the two-day G-20 Summit beginning......

State of economy: Glass half-empty or half-full?

While naysayers say the economy is on a downward spiral, optimists point out that India has experienced a shift of gears in the realm of policies, thanks to several initiatives of the Narendra Modi......

'Reforms, inclusive growth India's focus areas at G20 summit'

'Though the developed countries have committed for $100-billion climate finance, its realisation is nowhere in sight'. India's focus at the G20 summit in China next month will be on global......

India among 10 largest members of IMF

The voting share of India in IMF would increase to 2.6 per cent from 2.34 per cent. Image: For the first time, four emerging market countries of the Bric bloc -Brazil, China, India, and Russia -......

Yuan is the 3rd most powerful currency in the IMF basket, what next?

One can expect that within a decade, global commodity markets will be priced in the yuan - today they are all dollar-denominated, says AV Rajwade. Last week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF),......