Congress leader and former diplomat Mani Shankar Aiyar called the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) of yore an "upper caste" service, which he claimed is becoming more democratic now with the flavour of......
Political economist and author Gautam Sen has said the idea to impose a wealth tax in India will lead to the country's super rich, the Ambanis and the Adanis, moving their bases out to countries......
A total of 415 million people moved out of poverty in India within just 15 years from 2005/2006 to 2019/2021, the United Nations said on Tuesday, highlighting the remarkable achievement by the......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched the 'Lifestyle for the environment movement', a global initiative, and asserted that its vision is to live a lifestyle that is in tune with our......
Gujarat will host the next round of G20 meetings from March 27 to April 4, during which three conclaves will be held in the state on a range of issues, where delegates from different countries will......
Bibek Debroy, a key economic adviser to the Prime Minister whose prolific work included translations of the puranas and the vedas, passed away on Friday. He was 69. Photograph: Utpal Sarkar/ANI......
Debroy's economic interests and research work covered numerous areas such as economic theory, income inequality, and infrastructure financing. Photograph: ANI Photo What distinguished Bibek......
A United Nations study has ranked India at 134 out of 187 countries in terms of Human Development Index even as it has observed that life expectancy at birth in the country has increased by 10.1......
India ranked 132 out of 191 countries in the 2021 human development index, according to a report released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Kindly note that this image has been......
A large number of American companies like Google, Uber and IBM are offering their resources to help India successfully fight the battle against the deadly coronavirus pandemic. Photograph:......