Tributes pour in for Dr Singh from across the globe

Leaders from across the world including, the US, Canada, France, and Sri Lanka have expressed grief over the death of former prime minister Manmohan Singh and recalled his contributions to......

Where Would India Be Without Dr Singh?

What stood out in his 15-year journey as a member of the political executive at the Centre was his glowing record as India's most successful and effective finance minister. Both as prime minister......

What Will Israel Do Next?

In days of smart, networked technology and no shame over collateral damage, what will blow up next -- cars, mobile phones, TV sets, refrigerators? And where?, asks Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: Smoke......

Will It Be Congress Out, BJP In For DMK?

The BJP's strategy seem to be to wean away allies from the Congress in Tamil Nadu, and maybe later in UP, Bihar and elsewhere, though in slow doses, but without wooing them into a new alliance. The......

Monetary policy specialist Patra is new RBI dy guv

Patra, as executive director of the central bank, was the principal advisor to the Monetary Policy Department since July 2012. Michael Debabrata Patra, 59, has been appointed the Reserve Bank of......

Country's top architects to give swanky makeover 600 rail stations

Top architecture firms belonging to Hafeez Contractor and C P Kukreja have offered to design a few stations free of cost. Soon your nearest railway station may bear the stamp of India’s top......

India saved $9 bn through Aadhaar, says Nilekani in US

'It has also saved the government about $ 9 billion in fraud and wastage because by having that unique number you eliminate fakes and duplicates from your beneficiary and employee list,' Nilekani......

RBI's 'inflation warrior' is the new Governor

He will be the eighth Deputy Governor to be made Governor at RBI Ending months of speculation, Urjit Patel, a deputy governor at the Reserve Bank of India, was, on Saturday, named as the next......

Will Tokyo Olympics happen in 2021?

Japan ruling party heavyweight calls for $239-billion extra budget IMAGE: An athlete competes in the men's hammer throw event during the morning session of the Athletics test......

Hero and villain emerge from South Africa

A bitter-sweet legacy from the brutalities of the apartheid years lingers in South African sport. Only whites represented the republic up to 1970 when the sporting world decided it could no longer......