In the Northeast the new citizenship norms are not only pointless but hugely disruptive. It cannot be the aim of a regime which seeks to take forward a united and strong India to bring forward a measure that creates enormous uncertainty in a geographically significant corner of it.
The Congress is now facing a leadership crisis in Karnataka, and bypoll verdict has presented an existential crisis for the JD(S). For the BJP, the message is for the central leadership to rely more on local leaders.
The problem is in how we have modelled our higher education system.
Worries mostly relate to the growth runway, given their large size and already dominant market shares
We are ardent followers of Deng Xiaoping, who is reported to have said, ‘Let some people get rich first’
The lenders should have completed their proper due-diligence before releasing the money
The vote for the BJP this time around rested on the hope that it would not betray the faith of the people as the HD Kumaraswamy government had. Indeed, the BJP would now be under strict watch for its promise of good governance.
The Karnataka bypoll results are likely to embolden the BJP about its chances in trying to form the government in Maharashtra. Just like the Congress-JD(S) alliance fell apart in Karnataka, the BJP would now fancy its chances of detecting and exploiting the chinks in the Congress-NCP-Shiv Sena coalition government.
These production cuts provide a floor to oil prices. Oil market is still tilted towards oversupply owing to rising US production, weak global economic growth and sluggish demand
The public clamour for extra-judicial killings, as happened in Hyderabad, is not only dangerous, but is also taking us back as a society by centuries, and towards philosophies such as that of the Islamic State, which we derisively look down upon.
For shareholders, demergers have generally been positive due to value unlocking. Markets have reacted positively to such events
Given the lack of history relating to corporate bond ETFs in India, we need to see evidence of how this fund will work
The Pakistani military might now try to focus on India so as to resurrect its diminishing credentials, especially as General Qamar Javed Bajwa will be under pressure. He will have to prove his worth by making sure the regional security environment deteriorates.
If there is a hung assembly in Jharkhand, there would be considerable jockeying for winning post-poll allies — and in that event the BJP is not necessarily at a disadvantage.
Retail domestic money invested in the schemes of foreign-controlled mutual funds will now be treated as indirect foreign investment. That’s the worry.
The FAO price index spiked in November, a sign that it’s not just India but the world that’s seeing food prices increase
The survey results show that the combination of demonetisation and GST broke the consumer’s back
The spirit of fiscal cooperation has been put to a severe test with the centre falling behind in paying out compensation due to the states
Global manufacturing as well as services saw improvement in PMIs
But, neither the RBI nor the government seem to believe the situation is similar to a Lehman crisis.
There seems to be a dissonance in what the MPC has put out in black and white
There appears to be a high likelihood of another pause in the February 2020 policy review
High small savings rates continue to be a structural curb on policy transmission efforts
The INSTEX cannot solve Iran's own economic inefficiency, it cannot facilitate any meaningful commercial exchanges and it cannot resolve Iran's acute liquidity crisis.
