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Brexit adds to global uncertainties
26 Jun 2016 4:57 AM ISTIn a historic vote on June 23, the United Kingdom narrowly decided (52 percent to 48) to exit European Union (EU). The decisive "Leave" vote throws...
Rajan's exit no surprise in Modi milieu
22 Jun 2016 3:44 AM ISTThe Modi Government would have been relieved with the decision of Dr Raghuram Rajan, Governor of RBI, to return to academia, at the end of his...
Monsoon awaited for upward pressures
9 Jun 2016 4:02 AM ISTThe second bi-monthly monetary policy statement of RBI Governor Dr. Raghuram Rajan, on June 7 leaves policy rates unchanged, as was expected, given...
Growing fast, greater challenges
3 Jun 2016 3:14 AM ISTCuriously, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the nation neither a cogent account of his Government’s two-year record of “vikas”, by way of outcomes...
Growth, jobs likely to remain elusive
26 May 2016 1:55 AM ISTIt is no fault of the Modi Government that its overall performance in the first two years on the economic front has remained less productive, given...
Jaya takes Tamil Nadu by storm
21 May 2016 3:25 AM ISTDefying a combined opposition onslaught on her allegedly corrupt rule, the 68-year old AIDMK Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Jayalalithaa historically...
Poll battle turns volatile
11 May 2016 3:19 AM ISTTamil Nadu’s multi-party battle for power has risen to a crescendo, with just a week left for polling on May 16. The outcome remains unpredictable...
Suspense in TN elections
5 May 2016 3:34 AM ISTBoth the Dravidian giants, AIADMK, and DMK are engaged in a no-holds-barred fight, with just two weeks left for the one-day May 16 poll, Chief...
Our ministers overestimate growth story
24 April 2016 3:04 AM ISTThe nation awaits in a few weeks the report card of the Modi Government on completion of its first two years and its labours thus far to transform...
Jaya looks set to retain power
17 April 2016 4:02 AM ISTBattle lines are now drawn in Tamil Nadu for the May 16 poll to the 234-member Assembly, with the ruling AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa giving a flying...
Growing risks remain
15 April 2016 3:14 AM ISTEven as the global economy slows down further and recovery remains fragile, India can draw some comfort that its current status as the fastest-growing...
Rate cut and easing liquidity
7 April 2016 3:06 AM ISTRBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has predictably announced a 25 basis point cut in the key policy rate (repo), lowering it to 6.5 percent, and has...