By Shubha Singh India-Japan relations have grown into a close strategic partnership in the past decade. Regular annual summits between their leaders have helped nurture the relations and made them among the fast-growing ties for…
By Arun Kejriwal Markets continue to remain in a range and seem to be discounting good and bad news as they come. The broad range of 11,800-1,2200 on the NIFTY and 40,000-41,000 on the BSE…
BY D.C. Pathak Diplomacy primarily is an instrument for advancing the cause of the nation’s economic and security policy — foreign policy quite simply is the product of the country’s economic and security concerns. The…
By Ahana Bhattacharya Mumbai, Dec 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prabhudheva returns as director in Bollywood with the Salman Khan-starrer “Dabangg 3”. He is of the opinion that the film portrays the superstar exactly in the way his…
BY HIMANSHU MANGLIK The word ‘stress’ is a paradox and an enigma. Stress is increasingly becoming a dreaded phenomenon, especially for industry where pressure and stress to increase productivity is incessant and unrelenting. Rajeev Kumar,…
BY TAPONEEL MUKHERJEE The Reserve Bank of India decided to hold repo rates unchanged in its meeting on December 5, 2019. In this context, apart from the outlook on inflation, the crucial area of focus…
By Suyash Choudhary The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) shocked expectations by keeping rates on hold. While not acting on Thursday, the MPC has nevertheless acknowledged monetary policy space for future action. It also reiterated continuation…
By Frank F. Islam Only six months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi won his re-election with a resounding mandate, the economic outlook in the country looks somewhat bleak. The overall state of the economy was…
By Arun Kejriwal NIFTY made a new lifetime high on Tuesday, November 26, and did so again two days later. Friday saw a sharp correction with the expected weak GDP numbers. The week ended with…
BY SAEED NAQVI Ellen Barry of the New York Times walked into my study and, wasting no time, came straight to the point. What did I know about the last “Begum of Oudh”? She had…
BY D.C. PATHAK Uddhav Thackeray’s roller coaster ride to chief ministership of Maharashtra reaffirms the supremacy of the democratic principle in electoral politics that a party or a coalition commanding majority in the legislative house…
BY YAJURVINDRA SINGH India are in the driving seat as regards the path to qualify for the World Test Championship final to be held in England in 2021. This trophy has a significant place in…
BY TAPONEEL MUKHERJEE As debates on Indian economic growth, infrastructure and job creation, business environment and corporate balance sheets rage on, an alternative way to boosting the Indian economy would be to create Indian businesses…
BY MANILAL VALLIYATE Today, society is identifying racist, sexist, homophobic, and certain other types of discriminatory phrases and eliminating them from our language. But what about words that are disrespectful of animals or even promote…
BY ARUN KEJRIWAL Markets continued their choppy movement but kept the momentum intact. While the final outcome of the week could be termed as flat or neutral, the upward move and making new highs continued….
BY SAEED NAQVI In a hall somewhere in England, a propagandist for the Tories, a sort of marketing man, is being bombarded by angry citizens on bad schools, bad housing, bad health service. The salesman,…
BY D.C. PATHAK The socio-political scenario in India is moving, over the last few years, towards a goal of cultural correction and realism about the country’s national identity. At the core of such an identity…
BY YAJURVINDRA SINGH India versus Bangladesh Test match at Eden Garden, Kolkata, their first-ever Day/ Night encounter has been an overwhelming success. The match has a historical significance to it and for a cricket-loving enthusiast…
By Taponeel Mukherjee The success of the third toll-operate-transfer (TOT) auction by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) provides the momentum needed for India to embark on the path of swift and transparent asset…
By Manoj Kumar Some losers in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid (Ayodhya) and the Annual Gross Revenue (AGR) Liability of Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) verdicts have threatened to file “review petitions” in the hope that the…