Former separatist leader Bilal Gani Lone has held the Hurriyat Conference responsible for its own irrelevance, calling the separatist conglomerate "non-functional", while also slamming Pakistan for......
'The people of Kota will show Om Birla his place.' IMAGE: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, right, at the Central Hall of Parliament. Photograph: ANI Photo Two-time ex-Bharatiya Janata Party MLA......
Brand India's societal divisions and distortions have remained as much relevant in 'liberal' America and Europe as it still is in the structurally stratified Indian society of the 21st century,......
With a win in six seats and leads in six others, the Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist is all set for an impressive performance in the Bihar assembly elections whose results will be......
Here's the full text of President's Ram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament on the first of Budget Session 2022. IMAGE: A word cloud of President Ram Nath......
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is in no rush to launch the central bank digital currency (CBDC) nationwide, as its most promising use case — cross-border payments — depends on other countries......
Its obsession for growth, chasing corporate clients and giving up its original mandate of meeting the needs of local trade and businesses. A quarter of its loan book has gone bad.That's an error of......
New norms are in place to strengthen regulations for this set of lenders which has been playing a critical role in Asia's third largest economy, notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Illustration: Dominic......
If indeed the gate opens for big industrial houses, the RBI needs to be smarter than them and demonstrate it through action, not reaction, observes Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Photograph: PTI Photo......
A long crisis with a lack of sound short-term, long-term actions can result in sluggish growth in India, similar to that in Japan, says Ajay Shah. Our banking crisis is one of the biggest......
Lata Mangeshkar was famously prim and propah to the point of being particular about the songs she sang. Double meaning or vulgar lyrics were a hard no, but the legendary singer didn't hold out......
'I have a problem with the term 'outsider'.'Doctor ka beta doctor banta hain, par aap baki doctors ko outsider nahi na bulate.''I always wanted to be an actor, yaar.''While I was in the bank for......
The players' auction for the 2021 Indian Premier League was a big hit. While many expected the franchises to be thrifty in these gloomy economic times, most of them went all out to snap up......
All-rounders provides their skippers plenty of options in T20 cricket. Australia will bank on its all-rounders -- Shane Watson, James Faulkner, Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Marsh -- as they chase a......