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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......

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......

Obama may re-hyphenate India and Pakistan

The US presidential campaign is over and the transition drill has begun. Senator Barack Obama will take over as President on January 20, 2009, but his immense work as the President-elect would have......

Former Indian UN official convicted of bribery

Former United Nations procurement official Sanjaya Bahel was onThursday convicted of charges that he helped his friend win lucrative UN contracts worth$100 million in exchange for cash and......

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......

Why derivatives are a Pyrrhic triumph for our equity markets

The expansion in equity market volumes is driven by retail speculators indulging in heavy trading of complex derivatives that are economically unproductive, say Praveen Chakravarthy and T V......

Should RBI hike rates further?

Like the rest of the market, I was somewhat surprised by the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) rate hike on March 19. The element of surprise related entirely to the timing of the move, says Abheek......

Economy: How to deal with external shocks

The right policy response to global price increases is not straightforward.The draft report of the High-Level Committee on Financial Sector Reforms, chaired by Professor Raghuram Rajan (of the......

WB health projects in trouble

World Bank has discovered serious cases of fraud and corruption in the five health sector projects dealing with eradication of tuberculosis and malaria and HIV/AIDS control schemes. The probe into......

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News for Volcker Report Official

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

Kofi Annan: The 'teflon' UN secretary-general

Why Natwar Singh's 'disclosures' sound hollow

Obama may re-hyphenate India and Pakistan

Former Indian UN official convicted of bribery

Why Raghuram Rajan Raced At RBI

Why derivatives are a Pyrrhic triumph for our equity markets

Should RBI hike rates further?

Economy: How to deal with external shocks

WB health projects in trouble

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