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In his closing column, T.N. Ninan looks back at the forecast that the BRICS economies would overtake the US, Japan, Germany, UK, France, and Italy,...
3 decades ago, half the people in India had incomes greater than $2.15 a day. Today 7 out of 8 do. Unemployment, though, remains a problem with no...
There has been no drastic fallout of sanctions since Russia found customers for its oil in China & India, among other reasons. But Iran is proof that...
What businessmen would like is for Team Modi to return in 2024, but as a minority, and therefore in need of coalition partners who might put the...
India's growing at more than twice the speed of global economy, and doing better than any other large economy, but longer-term problems with country's...
Railways' profitable business is losing ground to road competition, while it's losing money on passenger travel. By not raising fares, it's not really...
Response from political parties, without exception, is to offer non-solutions to very real problems in agriculture, and of unemployment and low...
Despite increasing dominance by big players, best returns in stock market in recent yrs have come from small & mid-cap firms, most of which don't...
Mumbai has overtaken Delhi in infra development & construction, but now also sometimes beats it in air pollution. A crowded city, it could also face...
Geopolitical conflicts & new cold war have upended oil, various food and commodity markets. Climate-change issues will impose other costs. So, prices...
Though hosting the games doesn't come cheap, India won't suffer the fate of Greece, whose 2004 Olympics incurred debt that was partly responsible for...
Assessments of 'current general economic situation' have been improving steadily over past couple of years, but the index remains no higher than in...
China has manufacturing capacity to supply much of the world demand for EVs, solar panels & wind-energy turbines, plus equipment for making them....
Charges against Big Tech include violating privacy & promoting paid-for content. They have responded with vigorous defence & aggressive lobbying, but...
A Lok Sabha dominated by the more populous states in the north, with their poorer socio-economic metrics, may herald a different kind of politics, for...
According to International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook, Indian govts spend about 28% of GDP, which is more than many countries. But...
The issue goes beyond name change, regime change & identity politics. It's more about challenging the notion that Europe is the last word on ideas of...