Make America Grate Again
President Donald Trump’s trade wars may turn out to be political suicide Auto sales are falling, workers are being laid
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Author: Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar
2010s: The decade is ending on a sour note for Indian economy
Gloom surrounds the end of the decade of the 2010s. The euphoria of the 2000s has been replaced by sulky
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Bank mergers and minor policy changes won’t revive economy
India’s GDP growth slowed to 5% in the April-June quarter, the slowest since the scam-hit days of UPA-2. From 8.2%
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How Not to Create Jobs
Nitin Gadkari’s proposal to make kulhads at tea stalls mandatory is harmful Nitin Gadkari is one of the best minds
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India must join US in seeking reforms to WTO
Donald Trump has punctured the notion that the US will support India’s rise as the only Asian nation that can
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CSR spends are no guarantee of corporate ethics
In his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Modi said, “Wealth creation is a national service.” He declared, rightly, that wealth
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Where’s the Competition?
Tackle the factors that make India uncompetitive, long-term growth’s greatest threat The Indian economy keeps sliding downward. GDP decelerated steadily
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Next step: A West Bank in Kashmir?
I have long advocated a plebiscite in Kashmir, allowing the Kashmiris to split way if they so choose, as the
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Indira Gandhi’s Achhe Din
Bank nationalisation was an economic failure, but a smashing political success Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar The 50th anniversary of the
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