BJP gives Jaswant book launch a miss

While fellow authors, defence experts and diplomats were present for the launch of Jaswant Singh's 'A Call of Honour' on Thursday evening, Bharatiya Janata Party leaders chose to stay away from the......

Congratulate Abhijit, but you know he's leftist: Goyal

Photograph: Kamal Singh/PTI Photo Union minister Piyush Goyal on Friday dubbed Nobel laureate economist Abhijit Banerjee as 'Left-leaning', and said as his suggestion of basic......

PM hosts farewell lunch for media adviser

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday hosted a farewell lunch for his Media Adviser, Sanjaya Baru, who is leaving on Friday to take up a teaching assignment abroad. The luncheon at his......

'I do not know any Anna Hazare, have no comments on him'

Almost nine months after their first open letter, the group of 14 eminent Indians on October 3 dashed off a second open letter to the government. Apart from being more elaborate than the previous......

New bank licences to be issued in January: RBI Governor

The Reserve Bank on Wednesday said it plans to issue new bank licences around January, "consistent with the highest standards of transparency and diligence." Raghuram Rajan, who today took charge......

Does India really need imported economists?

Today, with growth having slowed and macro-economic challenges in every direction, would the government have benefited from the advice of 'Harvard' economists? asks T N Ninan. IMAGE: Dr Viral......

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......

Huge task faces Manmohan: Jalan

Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Bimal Jalan on Wednesday said the Congress leader Manmohan Singh was assuming the office of the prime minister at a time when the country was facing "huge......