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Natwar Singh: A man who wore many hats, but always spoke his mind

K Natwar Singh wore many hats as he straddled the worlds of diplomacy, politics and writing but what remained consistent across decades was his sharp-wit and plainspeaking. IMAGE: Former External......

Kofi Annan: The 'teflon' UN secretary-general

'Kofi Annan will be remembered more for his Nobel Prize and related glory rather than Rwanda and Volcker,' notes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan with whom he worked in the UN. IMAGE: Former UN......

'Sonia is a better politician than Rajiv'

'She is tough. She can be stern. She can be unpleasant. Rajiv was none of these things.' 'The Congress cannot survive without the Gandhi family. If Sonia were to quit, their Lok Sabha seats would......

Why Natwar Singh's 'disclosures' sound hollow

Natwar Singh's book is un-illuminating, largely self-justificatory, often contradictory, and at times tendentious. He is too preoccupied with depicting himself as a victim of the Congress party's......

Even Congress was named in Volcker report: Natwar Singh

Former union minister Natwar Singh on Saturday hit back at the Congress saying the party has conveniently forgotten that it too was named in the Volcker report as a "non-contractual beneficiary".......

Why Raghuram Rajan Raced At RBI

The speed at which he led the central bank in different areas -- ranging from internal reorganisation to inflation fighting, stabilising the currency, taking on rogue corporations, cleaning up bank......

Complacent banks will turn dinosaurs this decade

In the new decade, the scene will change because the banks till recently had been challenged by the fintechs, but the techfins have now entered the arena, observes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.......

The real reason behind Rajan's exit

The government seemed unhappy with Raghuram Rajan’s interest rate policy, says A V Rajwade. Last weekend’s announcement by Raghuram Rajan that he will go back to his old job in......

RBI and the crisis of central banking

There are attempts to reconfigure the RBI's policy formulation processes. But it would need much more than monetary policy to revive animal spirits, notes Alok Sheel. The hyperinflationary 1970s......

Rajan on incentivising domestic savings

Ahead of the forthcoming Budget, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Friday pitched for incentivisation of domestic savings to boost investments in the country. "The income tax benefits for an......

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Natwar Singh: A man who wore many hats, but always spoke his mind

Kofi Annan: The 'teflon' UN secretary-general

'Sonia is a better politician than Rajiv'

Why Natwar Singh's 'disclosures' sound hollow

Even Congress was named in Volcker report: Natwar Singh

Why Raghuram Rajan Raced At RBI

Complacent banks will turn dinosaurs this decade

The real reason behind Rajan's exit

RBI and the crisis of central banking

Rajan on incentivising domestic savings

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