Even as President Barack Obama is on a desperate struggle to secure his second term against Republican rival Mitt Romney, who named arch-conservative...

India is currently passing through one of those extraordinarily difficult periods, seemingly worse than ever before, given the macro-economic...

Weeks after taking over the finance portfolio himself as an interim arrangement, and later, even after giving it to P Chidambaram, Prime Minister...

For the first time since the great recession of 2008-2009 and continuing financial turmoils since in the developed world, dynamic Asia seems to have...

Emerging market economies like China, India and Brazil have slowed down, partly reflecting weaker external environment while domestic demand has...

The Reserve Bank’s release of balance of payments data for 2011-12 reveals growing stresses, after two decades of comfort, with serious imbalances in...

For astute Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) patriarch Karunanidhi, who turned 89 on June 3, a wishful scenario to regain lost glory, after the...

Contrary to expectations among sections of business for a rate cut to kick-start growth, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 18 June left the key...

Just as United Progressive Alliance- II (UPA) wakes up to economic realities and gropes for some solid actions to restore a sense of confidence, both...

A former CPWD engineer is in the docks for allegedly cornering government contracts by entering his name fraudulently in the approved list of...

Take it, between now and 2014 - and a snap poll for the next Lok Sabha cannot be altogether ruled out at this stage - the AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa...