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The writer is Editor-in-Chief, Financial Chronicle; Visiting Fellow ORF and eminent author. He loves the space where politics and economics converge.

Urjit Patel, governor, RBI

Centre tramples yet another institution

The RBI's independence and its role in running the nation's monetary policy and inflation watching cannot be under...

10 Dec 2018 8:08 PM

Ravi Shastri and Virat Kohli. (Photo: AP)

Indian cricket bigger than all who served it well

Cricket savants were shocked at the weak-kneed response from the administrators.

20 Nov 2018 6:35 PM

IL&FS, which arranged financing for infrastructure projects, has amassed huge debts and has defaulted on payment obligations for some.

IL&FS: Was everyone asleep at the wheel?

The group's interest in jointly controlled operations varied from company to company, for instance in the Elsamex...

5 Nov 2018 8:39 PM

Moin Qureshi

Moin Qureshi: The phantom in the CBI opera

A week is too long in politics, in the CBI's history it would be the longest and darkest without a doubt.

31 Oct 2018 7:00 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi further said that the government has taken several measures for improving the ease of doing business in the country. (Photo: PTI)

Rafale will not take Rahul very far in his war against Modi

Gandhi is fighting Modi, but Arjuna's eye and arrow is fixated on the industrialist, hence the vicious attacks on him.

24 Oct 2018 7:24 PM

In March 2018, after a three-year lull, the Railway Recruitment Board put out nationwide advertisements for about 100,000 available posts, including trackmen, porters and electricians. Over 23 million people applied. This overwhelming response is not an aberration. (Photo: pixabay/Representational)

The real crisis: A widening Bharat-India gap

It is the bottom of the pyramid which is looking for economic inclusion. Its absorption is vital for the well-being of...

16 Oct 2018 7:18 PM

Bank of Baroda on Tuesday said its loan account to debt-laden Infrastructure Leasing and Financing Services (IL&FS) continues to remain standard at present.

Untangling knots at IL&FS will be long and arduous

A closed user group (CUG) enjoyed the fruits of a poisoned tree for 30 years as all oversight mechanisms failed to nail...

9 Oct 2018 6:38 PM

IL&FS downgrade to junk has put Rs 10,000 crores worth of investments by insurers and pension funds at risk, shaking the foundations of Indias financial sector.

Bleeding subsidiaries will take IL&FS belly up

Sebi too kept its eyes shut all these years despite losses mounting alarmingly.

25 Sept 2018 8:23 PM

Bihar Governor Satya Pal Malik shot off letters to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as well as Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Chief Justice of the Patna High Court Rajendra Menon in this regard. (Photo: File)

Gov Malik and a 'political solution' in J&K

Pertinently, Governor's Rule can last only six months, after which the President directly rules the state.

4 Sept 2018 8:14 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks in the Lok Sabha on no-confidence motion during the Monsoon Session of Parliament. (Photo: PTI via AP)

Will caste arithmetic overpower Hindu dominance?

Mr Modi has created a Hindu votebank for the first time in our 72-year history, an aggressive votebank which holds the...

21 Aug 2018 8:18 PM

India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)

Doklam parallel seen in '67 Nathu La skirmish

China is trying to encircle India using blue-water tactics with a string of pearls strategy.

14 Aug 2018 9:13 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks in the Lok Sabha on no-confidence motion during the Monsoon Session of Parliament. (Photo: PTI via AP)

How Modi has managed to cut the snake's head

Draining the blood to the fount remains at the core of the Indian offensive and defensive strategy on Kashmir.

7 Aug 2018 6:56 PM