We Are In An Era Of Puppets And Puppeteers

'As we enter 2025, it must be acknowledged that there is a convergence of capital, influential people (from business and politics) and technology deciding the destiny of others in the name of......

Where Would India Be Without Dr Singh?

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......

'Who Does Not Want To Be Prime Minister?'

'We are going to need more technical people in government.''You can't expect a generalist to understand the complicated world of financial engineering.''I regret to say that most of our politicians......

Next-gen politicians battle it out for Samastipur

“Pranam Chacha, apan beti ko vote dena (greetings uncle, please vote for your daughter),” said 25-year-old Delhi School of Economics (DSE) graduate Shambhavi Choudhary, who was trying......

How the growing population is changing India

Population Growth One of the crucial settings of the world’s dramatic population growth during recent decades has been India. From 1960 to 2000 the country’s population more than......

Economists reject official poverty definition

A number of prominent economists have rejected the concept of a daily earning of Rs 32 determining where to draw the poverty line separating the poor from the not-so-poor.They have warned against......

Household income incorrect norm to fix pension

A new research study conducted in Karnataka has found the current eligibility criterion of taking household income for sanctioning of social security pensions to be inappropriate and recommended......

Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Claudia Goldin

American economic historian and labour economist Claudia Goldin won the 2023 Nobel Economics Prize for her work examining wage inequality between men and women, the Royal Swedish Academy of......