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Kofi Annan: The 'teflon' UN secretary-general

'Kofi Annan will be remembered more for his Nobel Prize and related glory rather than Rwanda and Volcker,' notes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan with whom he worked in the UN. IMAGE: Former UN......

'Sonia is a better politician than Rajiv'

'She is tough. She can be stern. She can be unpleasant. Rajiv was none of these things.' 'The Congress cannot survive without the Gandhi family. If Sonia were to quit, their Lok Sabha seats would......

Why Natwar Singh's 'disclosures' sound hollow

Natwar Singh's book is un-illuminating, largely self-justificatory, often contradictory, and at times tendentious. He is too preoccupied with depicting himself as a victim of the Congress party's......

Even Congress was named in Volcker report: Natwar Singh

Former union minister Natwar Singh on Saturday hit back at the Congress saying the party has conveniently forgotten that it too was named in the Volcker report as a "non-contractual beneficiary".......

Cong slams Natwar's remarks on Sonia as 'politically motivated'

Congress on Wednesday night slammed as "politically motivated" the claim of former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh that it was not Sonia Gandhi's "inner voice" that prevented her from......

Why Raghuram Rajan Raced At RBI

The speed at which he led the central bank in different areas -- ranging from internal reorganisation to inflation fighting, stabilising the currency, taking on rogue corporations, cleaning up bank......

What Rajan needs to do to cement his legacy

RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan. Photograph: Reuters Raghuram Rajan will soon complete a year as the Reserve Bank of India’s 23rd governor. He has had a productive first year at the RBI -- one......

Why derivatives are a Pyrrhic triumph for our equity markets

The expansion in equity market volumes is driven by retail speculators indulging in heavy trading of complex derivatives that are economically unproductive, say Praveen Chakravarthy and T V......

'RBI, Sebi helped India overcome economic crisis'

A former deputy governor of the Bank of England, Howard Davies was instrumental in formation of the Financial Services Authority, UK's financial sector regulator, in 1997. He served as chairman of......

Will Obama's banking proposals ever become law?

Domestic opposition weakens the prospect of Obama's proposals ever becoming law, says Dani Rodrik. When US President Barack Obama announced in late January his intention to seek tough new rules for......

Can Pawar do justice to his new job?

Cricket is not just a mere sport in the Indian subcontinent. It brings together so many diverse Indian communities, based on language, religion, location...etc. Talented and great Indian cricketers......

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Kofi Annan: The 'teflon' UN secretary-general

'Sonia is a better politician than Rajiv'

Why Natwar Singh's 'disclosures' sound hollow

Even Congress was named in Volcker report: Natwar Singh

Cong slams Natwar's remarks on Sonia as 'politically motivated'

Why Raghuram Rajan Raced At RBI

What Rajan needs to do to cement his legacy

Why derivatives are a Pyrrhic triumph for our equity markets

'RBI, Sebi helped India overcome economic crisis'

Will Obama's banking proposals ever become law?

Can Pawar do justice to his new job?

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