Why France is India's best friend in Europe

'Over the last two decades, the India-French relationship has grown steadily, no major political difference having darkened the sky between Paris and Delhi,' says Claude Arpi. IMAGE: French......

The nuclear liability bill needs a rethink

There is an urgent need for a Joint Parliamentary Committee to examine the current liability regime besides a high-powered trans-disciplinary independent experts committee to study the issue, says......

The visionary who made Indian IT industry global

One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968.At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.They......

MNCs take wind off local peers' sails

Multinational companies stole the show on the Indian bourses outperforming domestic stocks in 2005 and in every 1000-point rally that the Sensex has had in the current calendar year.The 51 MNCs,......

What India must learn from China

Emulate China's coordinated policies for strategic sectors, and we'll rely less on commodity exports, writes Shyam Ponappa. With the momentum of the past few years, India's potential for growth......

Can private consumption be India's growth engine?

The falling cost of credit has triggered a boom in the retail finance market. Population demographics support an increase in private consumption. Households are transiting from low income to......