United States President-elect Donald Trump's plan to overhaul the government with a new department headed by tech billionaire Elon Musk and Indian-origin entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy will be a......
India needs to impose a 2 percent tax on net wealth exceeding Rs 10 crore and a 33 percent inheritance tax to deal with the problem of rising inequality in the country, a new research paper......
While India should be concerned about disparities, the fact is that whereas three decades ago about half the people had incomes greater than $2.15 a day, today seven out of eight do, notes T N......
This could become tricky territory for India, given its basically adversarial relationship with China, its moves to block imports and investment from that country, and to deny market access for......
Even as India strives to climb the development mountain, the fact is that the mountaintop is already crowded.If it got there in 2047, India would be very much a late-comer, observes T N Ninan.......
The Indian economy is expected to be "a little weaker" in 2025 despite steady global growth, IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva has said. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Georgieva......
Housing prices in India have fallen by over a tenth in real terms.Yet, prices are unaffordable for most Indians.Middle-income Indians are seen to be able to afford houses if the price-to-income......
Among major economies, India in FY23 recorded the steepest increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) emission, climbing 6.1 per cent, with China trailing close behind at 5.2 per cent, according to the......
According to the World Bank, economic growth in middle-income countries, including India, is not accelerating. 'In fact, it is slowing down as incomes increase, with the trend becoming more......
Wealth, which can broadly be a measure of assets held as opposed to income earned, is unequally distributed. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com India's richest people now have a larger......
If Ahmedabad is India's preferred candidate, as seems likely, hosting Olympics 2036 should give it a leg up: A bigger airport, a better metro network, more hotels, flyovers and so on, observes T N......
A round-up of the action in the Premier League on Saturday. Brentford shock Manchester City IMAGE: Brentford's Ivan Toney scores their second goal. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Reuters Brentford......
‘All the obligatory infrastructure will be finished in time’ IMAGE: Gymnast Rebecca Andrade leads the Olympic torch. Photograph: Getty Images. All infrastructure for the Olympic......
- US tabloid press dubbed him "The Ugly American" and "The Lochte Mess Monster", turning on the once beloved champion and saying his behaviour played into the worst stereotypes of Americans abroad.......
IMAGE: Hungary's Timea Babos (left) and France's Kristina Mladenovic pose with the winners trophy after winning the French Open women's doubles final on Sunday. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty......