Dr Manmohan Singh

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The Creation of Poverty and Inequality in India, that poverty is the product of a unique form of stratification that is not only India’s Achilles heel but shackles Indians with “societal barriers and obstacles that eat into their capabilities. (File Image: AP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Caste and poverty: How India’s confusion grows

How long, O Lord, how long?

16 Aug 2023 12:00 AM

Pavan Varma | Mayawati: Forgotten leader with a winning poll formula

Mayawati had no political godfathers. Her father worked in the post-office in a village near Dadri in UP

11 Jun 2023 12:00 AM

The world has been warning us for some years now to correct course and move back to the path of democracy and pluralism. (DC Image)

Aakar Patel | Civil liberties & democracy: Why is India’s rank so low?

We, in the thick of it, may not have noticed the water boiling and the temperature rising

28 Mar 2023 12:00 AM

Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf. (File Photo)

AA EDIT | Pak general made war, then began peace pitch

Does this amount to a legacy? Time will tell

06 Feb 2023 12:55 AM

Pakistan’s former President Gen. Pervez Musharraf’s popularity dropped and the attack by the security forces on Lal Masjid conservative seminary in Islamabad in July 2007 further increased his unpopularity. (File Photo: AP)

From commando to Prez: The Musharraf era led to turmoil & ill-will in South Asia

Musharraf was on the run from legal and political retaliation from within Pakistan

06 Feb 2023 12:44 AM

Mr Modi has shown a singular lack of interest in the public sector, where our economic and industrial malaise is concentrated. (Photo: PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | Reforming public sector doesn’t mean selling it

Mr PM Modi dismantled all these councils and committees and everything is now concentrated with him

08 Nov 2022 12:00 AM

In March 2020, the year before Covid-19, merchandise exports were $314 billion. Meaning there was no growth in merchandise exports in six years. (Representational Image)

Aakar Patel | The rise & fall of India’s exports: Can we take it up to $1tr by 2030?

Unless India does something proactively that affects our exports positively, trade growth will decline as it has with the world trend

11 Oct 2022 12:05 AM

A true rag to riches story, before US President Barack Obama or PM Narendra Modi, he rose with quiet rectitude and a silent quest for excellence. — PTI File Image

AA Edit | Celebrating Dr Manmohan Singh’s 90th b’day

Dr Singh was indeed a weak Prime Minister; but he was only being a gentleman, perhaps, and pragmatic — he was an accidental PM

26 Sep 2022 11:45 PM

The ride has been rough for Ms Sitharaman. Despite her best efforts, and visible results on the fiscal front, both investment and consumption remain subdued due to persistent modest expectations about the near term. (PTI)

Sanjaya Baru | Restoring confidence is key to economic growth

It is not at all surprising that Ms Sitharaman chose to be so bold as to claim credit for the sentiment on Dalal Street

09 Aug 2021 3:09 AM

Mohan Guruswamy | What my dog taught me about 'No Trespassing' signs

Corruption is India’s favourite conversation topic, We love discussing it and bemoaning its all pervasiveness

21 Jul 2020 5:09 PM

Sharad Pawar still eyeing PM post: Vinod Tawde

The Congress-NCP alliance has not yet announced their prime ministerial candidate and the same will be decided after the elections.

12 Apr 2019 3:38 AM

Maharashtra will go to polls in the first four phases, beginning April 11. (Photo: PTI/File)

LS polls: Rahul, Sonia among Congress' star campaigners in Maharashtra

The seven-phased Lok Sabha elections are scheduled to be held from April 11 and will go on till May 19.

26 Mar 2019 12:56 PM

Those ripping my performance apart have a bigger political agenda than me: Anupam Kher

Savage reviews notwithstanding, the controversial biopic on Dr Manmohan Singh, has opened to surprisingly satisfactory crowds

13 Jan 2019 12:27 AM

No politics for Anupam Kher

Veteran actor Anupam Kher is a man who doesn’t mince his words. He has often expressed his opinions on various issues and stood by them.

08 Jul 2018 12:15 AM

Looking straight, being straight-faced!

Politically speaking, the word “straight” bears too many implications to be ignored.

25 Jun 2018 12:28 AM

Is Manmohan Singh an honest man?

The relationship between circle costs and user charges are direct and easily apparent.

14 Mar 2018 1:46 AM

The show of cordiality between the incumbent and the former premier follows a rare row that broke out in December 2017 after Modi insinuated that Manmohan Singh had colluded with Pakistan in the Gujarat polls. (Photo: File)

Modi engages with oppn post-RS adjournment, including Manmohan

The cordial 'handshake' came barely weeks after the duo had been locked in a bitter war of words over Gujarat elections.

05 Jan 2018 7:34 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: ANI)

Stalemate in Rajya Sabha to end soon?

Presently, the Congress is emboldened after the Gujarat assembly results that it terms as a “moral victory.”

27 Dec 2017 1:10 AM

Singh said that he did not discuss Gujarat elections with anyone else at the dinner hosted by Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar as alleged by Modi. (Photo: Twitter)

Manmohan accuses Modi of spreading falsehoods for political gains

Singh said that he sincerely hoped that the PM will show 'maturity and gravitas', as expected of the high office he holds.

13 Dec 2017 8:48 PM

The NDA government should not be "lured into false belief" that the economy is out of the wood, former prime minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

NDA shouldn't be 'lured into false belief': Mamohan on Moody's rating

The US-based agency upped India's rating to Baa2 from Baa3 and changed its rating outlook to 'stable' from 'positive' on Friday.

18 Nov 2017 4:06 PM

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