The Times of India

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,

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,

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

In 1991, many Indians were terrified that globalisation would cost us millions of jobs. Today, American politicians are terrified that millions of their jobs will be outsourced to India . What a compliment to our global success! And what a

Many people, including those at the World Social Summit in Mumbai, believe that there is a clear link between poverty and violence. So, they argue, we cannot solve terrorism without solving its root cause, poverty. This logic flows easily from