Aristotle Would Have Envied Ivan

Ivan Menezes and Arvind Subramanian -- whose birthdays were separated by a month and 3 days in 1959 -- became close friends attending the economics course at St Stephen's.Ivan went on to be a......

Tharoor camp flagged 'irregularities' in counting in 3 states

As the counting of votes in the Congress presidential poll progressed on Wednesday, candidate Shashi Tharoor's team wrote to the party's chief election authority, flagging 'extremely serious......

Congress presidential polls to be held by secret ballot: Mistry

The Congress presidential polls will be held by a secret ballot and no one will get to know who voted for whom, the party's central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry said on Wednesday,......

5 more Cong MPs voice concern over fairness of party prez polls

Five Congress MPs have written to All India Congress Committee central election authority chief Madhusudan Mistry expressing concern about the "transparency and fairness" of the party chief's......

Low Wages A Corporate Risk: CEA

'Not paying workers enough will end up being self-destructive or harmful for the corporate sector itself.' IMAGE: Chief Economic Adviser Dr V Anantha Nageswaran addresses the Assocham: Bharat @100......

GDP growth of 6.5-7% in FY25 is feasible: CEA Nageswaran

Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on Thursday said economic activity in some sectors have picked up pace during October-November and a GDP growth of 6.5-7 per cent in the current fiscal......

Manmohan Singh's reforms transformed India, unshackled economy: Economists

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's 1991 Budget unshackled India's economy, significantly enhancing the economic prospects for hundreds of millions of Indians, first deputy managing director of......

'GST Council Should Jack Up Rates'

'Rates go up, revenues go up, and the need for compensation diminishes.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   The Goods and Services Tax Council has turned into a "rate cutting panel",......

FM lauds India's historic win in Australia during budget speech

India's spectacular Australia triumph represents country's unsuppressed thirst to succeed: Finance minister Sitharaman IMAGE: The Indian team celebrates with the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after......