Obama's economic council head resigns

Austan Goolsbee, one of United States President Barack Obama's closest economic advisers, announced on Monday night that he would resign. According to the Washington Post, Goolsbee, chairman of the......

'Trump Wants To Make America White Again'

'There are 725,000 Indians here without proper papers. They are subject to deportation immediately under this (Trump's immigration plan). Immediately!' 'They want to prevent new immigration, get......

India Shining Under Modi In International Arena

PM Modi went to New York this time not to engage in polemics, but to find solutions to global problems. He made some progress on several matters, even on reform of the UN Security Council, when the......

India Needs A National Security Strategy

The National Security Strategy document should flag all major issues concerning security strategy and provide guidelines to concerned departments to work out suitable action plans. Since the global......

Bibek Debroy, chief of PM's economic council, passes away

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......

India's Chief Economic Adviser's term extended

The governmenton Tuesdayextended the tenure of Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Virmani by three months on a temporary basis, said a finance ministry spokesperson. His current two-year term came to an......

Raghuram Rajan to be PM's economic adviser

Noted economist Raghuram G Rajan has been appointed the honorary economic adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The appointment of Rajan, a former chief economist of the International Monetary......

Uniform KYC Norms On The Cards

Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   Days after the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) discussed a proposal to bring out uniform Know Your Customer (KYC) norms, the......