Biotechnology has made Kiran Shaw Mazumdar the richest woman in India . The public issue of her biotechnology company, Biocon, debuted in the stock market this week at Rs 312 and quickly soared to Rs 580. Her personal stake in …
Believers in India Shining will be delighted that GDP grow-th in October-December was 10.4 per cent. Even allowing for the artificial boost given by a good monsoon, India seems to be in the fast lane. It’s all thanks to Vajpayee, …
Finland 1 Singapore 5 UK 11 USA 18 Uruguay 33 China 66 Malawi 83 India 83 Russia 86 Argentina 92 Pakistan 92 Indonesia 122 Haiti 131 Nigeria 132 Bangladesh 133 Source: Transparency International We all know that corruption is bad …
The US is designating Pakistan as a major non-NATO ally. This has dismayed many Indians, who sneer that the US is irredeemably pro-Pakistan. In fact, we should hope fervently that Pakistan does become a major US ally against Islamic terror. …
There is a huge difference between the public interest and what the public is interested in. The Supreme Court needs to make this distinction when giving its verdict on the dispute between Ten Sports and Doordarshan on broadcasting the India-Pakistan …
Many ceremonies recently marked the 35th death anniversary of C N Annadurai, first DMK chief minister of Tamil Nadu. He is remembered mainly for ending Congress hegemony and Brahmin supremacy in the state. But today we should see him in …
Why are some nations rich and some poor? Important lessons come from Haiti, the Caribbean country whose democratically-elected President Aristide fled last week after rioting against his misrule. Haiti is the poorest country in Latin America. But two centuries ago, …
Why are some nations rich and some poor? Important lessons come from Haiti, the Caribbean country whose democratically-elected President Aristide fled last week after rioting against his misrule. Haiti is the poorest country in Latin America. But two centuries ago, …
Harvard don Dani Rodrik and IMF economist Arvind Subramanian are writing a revisionist paper on the Indian growth experience over the last two decades. The standard story is that India blundered along the socialist, inward-looking path till 1991. Then came …
Paranoia, followed by delusions of grandeur. That describes the soap opera that the governments disinvestment programme became last week. Originally, the government hoped to raise Rs 12,000 crore through disinvestment. To maximise prices and improve efficiency, Disinvestment Minister Arun Shourie …
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