Watch It, Mr Watch-Lister
The US has placed India on its watch-list of ‘currency manipulators’. This is a warning: economic sanctions may follow if
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3 reasons why BJP will rule in Karnataka
Almost all opinion polls predict a hung assembly in Karnataka. Yet let me stick my neck out and say the
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India should see opportunity in breasts, not threat in legs
After years of senseless protectionist battle, India has deservedly lost to the US in a trade dispute in the WTO
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Fighting Counter-Devolution
Finance Commission should prod states to empower city governments The terms of reference of the 15th Finance Commission have raised
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Modi must resist urge to indulge in petrol populism
Global oil prices have risen to a four-year high of $75/barrel. Domestic petrol and diesel prices have soared. The Narendra
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North India deserves credit for the demographic dividend
Once, India had a supposed problem called the population explosion. Today, in a dramatic reversal, India gets congratulations for garnering
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Storms Outside Our Teacup
Threats to global growth moderate Narendra Modi’s election prospects In January, this column highlighted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s streak of lucky
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Farmer agitations reflect clout more than distress
The farmers’ march in Maharashtra last month got much sympathy from a public fed on stories of rising farm suicides.
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Why the move for a separate Dravida Nadu is bound to fail
Rumblings of discontent from the five southern states once again raise the question whether they might get together to demand
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