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When a Nobel Laureate comes to town!

What does Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee thinks about India's education sector?Text: Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com. Photographs: Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com IMAGE: Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee......

I will miss you, my brother...

'Rajan epitomised the best of his generation -- veneration for knowledge, for old fashioned morality of honesty and modesty.'Economist Devaki Jain, Padma Bhushan, salutes her brother who passed......

Modi@1: Ten things I learned this past year

For the past, blame the Congress. For the present, blame the Congress. For everything, blame the Congress. But for your future, vote BJP. Syed Firdaus Ashraf lists 10 things he has learned in this......

US polls: Nikki Haley, Tulsi Gabbard re-elected

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters Indian-American governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley has registered a convincing win. Hindu-American Congresswoman Tulsi......

'India's sex ratio imbalance is shameful'

Fairfield University professors study the country's skewed sex ratio. George Joseph reports More men and fewer girls in a population has disastrous effects not only on the social life, but also the......

World Bank appoints Indian national Indermit Gill as chief economist

After Kaushik Basu, Gill will be the second Indian to serve as chief economist at the World Bank. Asit Ranjan Misra reports. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Brookings Institution The World Bank has......

How to fix India's banking problems

Advice to the new finance minister from former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan: 1. Clean up banks by reviving projects that can be revived after restructuring debt.2. Improve governance and management......

As govt gives WEF a miss, corporate honchos will represent India

The WEF meeting is crucial because of its theme encompassing globalisation at the time of rising nationalism and trade war, and the fourth industrial revolution due to rapid strides being made in......

13 economists laud Telangana's cash support for farmers, red-flag loan waivers

13 eminent economists, including former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan and current International Monetary Fund Chief Economist Gita Gopinath, in a report have asked the political establishment not to......

'Gita is one of the world's outstanding economists'

Although the first woman to hold the position of chief economist at IMF, it would be wrong to see her appointment through the lens of gender, notes Indivijal Dhasmana.Illustration: Dominic......

S P Balasubrahmanyam's TOP 25 Songs

Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire. S P Balasubrahmanyam passed away in his 75th year, and so we celebrate the singer with 75 of his top songs, in a multi-part......

A new Sanskrit wave

A cow that speaks, a question on patriarchy and the story of a 17th-century poet -- Sanskrit filmmakers are finding new ways to revive the 'dying' language. IMAGE: Rajesh Hebbar and Pratheeksha......

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