Eknath Shinde enjoys the status of being Chief Minister, but he is clearly unable to claim the stature and authority of the constitutional position
India already had concerns over the Taliban sheltering Pakistan-headquartered anti-India terrorist elements on Afghan soil. Zawahiri’s hideout in Kabul reinforces that perception
From the very beginning of the TMC’s rule in the state, senior party leaders – MLAs, MPs and ministers – have been tainted in a series of scandals, such as the Narada videos, which showed party heavyweights accepting huge sums of unaccounted cash, and the Sharada chit-fund scam. Yet the TMC has won election after election under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee
Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan brings to mind Mao Ze Dong’s famous saying: ‘the international situation has now reached a new turning point. There are two winds in the world today, the east wind and the west wind. There is a Chinese saying, ‘Either the east wind prevails over the west wind, or the west wind prevails over the east wind’
If US-China tensions escalate in Taiwan, New Delhi will be forced to show its hand. Unlike the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis, where India’s stand was on expected lines, its views on Chinese aggression will be closely watched
Acquiring the 700 Mhz band along with C-band gives Reliance Jio an advantage vis-à-vis service providers who have acquired only the C-band
In today’s edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: Moment of reckoning for RBI, ITC turns it on, decoding the stock rally, how to fight climate change and more
It is pertinent that we use the experience learned from managing COVID-19 to launch an iterated and rational strategy to contain monkeypox
The real story of emergence and product mix, thinking about the energy stack and about minerals, does become India
While growth continues to soar, valuations have not, leading investors to believe separating its cigarettes business could unlock further value
In their endeavour to end election freebies, the Union government and the Supreme Court could draw on the insights available from the model followed in Australia, where they have ‘The Charter of Budget Honesty Act 1988’
While meticulously examining and holding valid individual provisions of PMLA, the Supreme Court has, it is submitted respectfully, missed the total picture, and that the sum of the parts is many times the total of the individual provision
A pause in selling by foreign portfolio investors has been enough to fuel the rally
Cost is just one part of the equation: war, civil unrest and climate disasters all drive starvation and hinder recovery.
July saw a steep fall in demand for work under MGNREGA
Dhaka is suffering from growing pains but it can use an IMF bailout to further clean up its economy.
CV sales are powering ahead, establishing the upcycle in the sector, in spite of challenging times. Both Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland saw this across all sub-segments--medium and heavy commercial vehicles (MHCV), light commercial vehicles (LCVs) and buses.
In order for a rescue package to work, it has to be accompanied by bold decisions which will seek to promote efficiency, enabling the organization to compete with private players
When it comes to inflation, it’s not just the price of the money that matters but also the amount of the money. Amongst other things, this abundance of local and global liquidity may partly explain the prevailing rich asset valuations and stubborn global inflation, even in the face of a recessionary environment
While this is by far the fastest pace of rate hikes in India in recent years, a key question is where the terminal repo rate might reach in the current cycle
According to World Bank analysis, the rising temperatures and altered rainfall patterns brought on by Climate Change might cost India 2.8 percent of its GDP by 2050
The producer group is being asked to pump more oil and help combat soaring inflation. Russia’s not going to let that happen
The potential folly of the futuristic city Crown Prince Mohammed envisions along the Red Sea isn’t in the financials, it’s in the country’s underlying reality
In today’s edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: TVS rerating overhang, HDFC Q1 blip, India’s balancing act at SCO, Nestle India’s growth balm, Yes Bank has its task cut out and more
Investors of all stripes have crashed the clubby world of VC, drawn by the potential of tech start-ups. But there are signs the party is over