Former Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das was on Saturday appointed the second Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. IMAGE: Shaktikanta Das. Photograph: ANI Photo P K......
What stood out in his 15-year journey as a member of the political executive at the Centre was his glowing record as India's most successful and effective finance minister. Both as prime minister......
For it to continue to lead the growth ladder, the new government has to work hard on multiple dimensions, suggest Shishir Gupta and Rishita Sachdeva. IMAGE: Union Home Minister Amit A Shah......
Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday was declared winner of the Sri Lankan presidential election by the country's Election Commission after an unprecedented second round of counting of......
India should encourage the second coming of SAARC with climate change as an urgent agenda and keeping Indian security concerns in mind as the subtext, suggest Lieutenant General Ashok Joshi (retd)......
The Budget has given signals that India is sensitive to US needs and willing to walk the extra mile, but if need be, we should respond in equal measure as a sovereign nation, notes Ajay Srivastava.......
Amid the political blame game over Bengal's potato ban, which led to shortages in Jharkhand and Odisha, Uttar Pradesh farmers are the unlikely winners. IMAGE: Farmers harvest potatoes in the......
The need for a manufacturing policy, reining in food inflation and raising investment in the country were among key suggestions given by economists who met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and......
Looking under the hood, I see India on the terrible, but commonplace, road to prosperity failure, warns Rathin Roy. IMAGE: Inside a factory in West Bengal. Photograph: Sahiba Chawdhary/Reuters......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched 35 crop varieties with special traits -- developed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) -- to address the twin challenges of......