PM's defence on pricing of Rafale deal demolished: Rahul

Stepping up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale issue, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday cited a media report to claim that the PM’s argument of better......

NDA's Rafale deal 'costlier, slower on delivery', wrote MoD experts

The Narendra Modi government’s Rafale deal for 36 fighter aircraft was not on better terms than the offer made by Dassault Aviation to the erstwhile United Progressive Alliance government for......

Oppn alleges leak of budget proposals to media ahead of presentation

The nearly 100-minute presentation of the National Democratic Alliance government’s final Budget on Friday intermittently witnessed noisy protests from opposition members and a spirited......

India begins hunt for over 100 fighter jets in world's biggest procurement

The Indian Air Force has 31 fighter squadrons as against authorised strength of 42. India on Friday began a process to acquire a fleet of around 110 fighter jets in one of the biggest such......

Can India grow at 7% a year over the next 25 years?

If that happens, India’s economic size will be just shy of $20 trillion and its annual per capita income will be about $10,000, when the country celebrates its centenary of independence.......

Modi to bat for rejig of welfare schemes

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s economic agenda, to be unveiled on February 27 by its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, is likely to keep a push for big infrastructure projects and......

'It is high time to jettison Amartya Sen'

Jagdish Bhagwati keeps the debate with the Nobel Laureate raging in this interview with Sheela Bhatt Jagdish Bhagwati, the India-born scholar economist, has taken up a debate on the best-suited......

Aviation policy draws flak from CAPA

Consultancy firm Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation criticised the government’s civil aviation policy, saying the policy does not provide the sector with a long-term growth plan. “India......