Electoral setbacks and thwarted ambition can have an unpredictable effect on leaders, observes Aditi Phadnis. IMAGE: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath offers prayers at the Gorakhnath......
In the first major meeting of the Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party unit after the Lok Sabha poll debacle in the state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said "overconfidence" has hurt......
'There are legions of unemployed degree holders across rural and semi-urban belts in Maharashtra. Now, they aren't finding brides.''This issue has now snowballed into a social crisis. In 2014 and......
‘The BJP alliance needs to handle the Maratha quota issue skilfully and address its root cause, which is agrarian distress. Then there is stalled industrialisation. If these issues are......
'There might be some internal tussles that can be expected between any two persons in any party.''But I do not see any tussle which might weaken the possibility of dictatorship.' IMAGE: Senior......
The Union government could target a fiscal deficit of 5.8-6 per cent of nominal GDP for 2023-24, and it should continue its capital expenditure push and look to simplify the personal income tax......
The number of times public sector undertakings (PSUs) have held conference calls with investors, their capital management, and debt financing are among the parameters that the Centre will use to......
'They are also sitting on huge public sector assets without many returns. IMAGE: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launches the National Monetisation Pipeline in New Delhi, August 23,......
'This plan is basically to allow some of the government assets for rent, and surely not for sale.''There is a difference between selling a house and renting out a house.' Illustration: Dominic......
The divestment target of 2021-22 has been set at Rs 1.75 lakh crore as against Rs 32,835 crore garnered in the last fiscal. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com With the disruption caused by......
More than the story of any other footballer or athlete, Pele's life helped democratise his sport; made it the stuff of a widely shared dream.Shyam G Menon salutes the memory of the greatest......