By D.C. Pathak Kashmir has, in recent years, become the fulcrum not only of India’s internal security but also of India-Pakistan relations and our foreign policy at large. It goes to the credit of the…
By Vinod Mirani In an earlier column, NDA 2.0: Time filmmakers branched out, dated May 26, 2019, I had suggested that the industry rode on the prevailing nationalism and patriotic fervour under NDA rule. Most…
By Taponeel Mukherjee The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) rate cut is expected to provide a boost to the economy. Lower interest rates will help in providing support to the economy but are not the…
By Jayanta Ghosal The evening crept up slowly. Different colours of light over the presidential palace. After sitting in front of a historical architecture, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Damodardas Modi, started his second…
By Suyash Choudhary The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) delivered a unanimous 25 basis points (bps) rate cut as well a change in stance to accommodative. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) forecast has been marginally revised…
By Ramesh Nair As per the latest data by the Government of India, the economic growth has slowed down to a 20-quarter low of 5.8 per cent during the last quarter of FY 2018-19. Also,…
By Frank Islam Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s re-election by such large margins in a sweeping victory is testimony to his popularity across India. Many media articles during the seven-week long election process, however, expressed fear…
By Amit Khanna Since the 1950s, three words whose defintions have been altered to suit political gain by the Nehruvian and later Leftist idealogues are Liberal, Secular and Activism. Anyone not subscribing to the perspective…
By Taponeel Mukherjee Two keywords that will define the investment climate and encourage more investments in India are “balance and focus”. And the common factor between the two keywords is the concept of transparent and…
By Amit Khanna Since their inception, various government organisations, both policy making and dealing with education and culture, were packed with handpicked Left-leaning members of the New Delhi elite (now epitomised as the Lutyens Delhi…
By Amit Khanna Post-election analysis is a part of every democracy. It’s just 10 days since the Narendra Modi-led Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) swept to an even bigger victory than its triumph in 2014. Today…
By D.C. Pathak The sweeping victory of Narendra Modi and his party in this General Election – that went far beyond any conventional poll arithmetic – was transformational in the sense that for the first…
By Amit Kapoor Indias unemployment rate at 6.1 per cent of the total labour force during 2017-18 is at a 45-year high. But the trend of joblessness is not something new for the Indian economy….
By Rajendra Shende The climate of change is dawning upon the global platform. The mega mandate with which Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India would begin his second term May 30, 2019, has potential to…
By Arul Louis New York, June 1 (IANS) The Quad countries, India, Australia, Japan and the US, have discussed leveraging the power of the private sector, which could balance China’s economic diplomacy that promotes infrastructure…
By Saeed Naqvi The great TV anchors, God’s gift to Indian journalism, who have been Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s shrill town criers these past five years, looked sheepish covering the spectacular swearing in ceremony at…
By Jacek Olczak As Chief Operating Officer at Philip Morris International (PMI), it is my job to help realize our transformation. Today, this means unsmoking the world. In fact, this is something we at PMI…
By Shanti Ekambaram With the elections resulting in a decisive mandate, the attention will now shift to policy — both fiscal and monetary — with the key aim of spurring growth, boosting the slowing consumption…
By C.P. Thomas The most defining fact about the 2019 World Cup is that even one of the lowest-ranked teams, Afghanistan, has got two players who are superstars in the world of cricket. As a…
By Rajan Samuel The Modi government in June 2015 committed to a grandiose vision of “Housing for All” by 2022, the 75th year of India’s independence. With a view to provide a concrete shape to…