'We don't have to go abroad for anything.''Anyone who thinks we have a lot to learn from the US needs to have his head examined.''We are in a new era.' IMAGE: President Droupadi Murmu and Prime......
The economy could return to 8% growth by the end of 2017-2018, Arvind Panagariya, vice-chairman NITI Aayog, tells Business Standard's Indivjal Dhasmana and Sanjeeb Mukherjee. Economic growth......
The Diaspora is no longer a mere remittance economy. It today claims dual loyalty and demands a say in Indian politics, says sociologist Shiv Visvanathan. As India gears up to honour its pravasis......
Leader of opposition Arun Jaitley on why Justice Markandey Katju must quit as the Chairman of the Press Council of India The last week witnessed a selective targeting of two popular non-Congress......
Meera Shankar, India's envoy to the United States, on Monday said there are 'double standards' in the US about the issue of India's ties with Iran. Shankar said that while it is true that......
Unseemly as the exchange between Bhagwati-Sen has been, it nevertheless highlights the polar opposition between the proponents of GDPism and those who believe that what ultimately matters is social......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi might find it fruitful to spare some time to look for ideas in the world of books, suggests TN Ninan The prime minister has spent New Year's Eve asking his senior-most......
The days of anti-reform, anti-growth advisers that undermined our economy in the UPA-II years will now be strictly behind us: Bhagwati Globally acclaimed economist Jagdish Bhagwati hailed the......
Panagariya, who heads the government's main economic advisory body NITI Aayog, is also India's Group of 20 summit negotiator Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan's successor is likely to be......
Acharya emphasised that the time is "really ripe" for land, labour and agricultural reforms in India. The Indian government needs to reduce its reliance on bond markets and undertake a heavy......