The Minister's comments come at a time when there has been a tussle within the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) with startups accusing the industry body of parroting views of Big Tech companies.
South India’s resentment for northern states comes from losing control over resources due to population divergence and centralised government, as evinced in Nilakantan RS' new book 'South vs North: India’s Great Divide'.
The government has imposed Rs 23,230 per tonne additional tax on domestically produced crude oil to take away windfall gains accruing to producers from high international oil prices.
Policymaking is like going 60 miles per hour with the rain pattering on your windshield with no idea what is in front of you, according to former governor of the Reserve Bank of India Raghuram Rajan.
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) shocked markets on Thursday with a radical overhaul of its policymaking, adopting a new balance sheet target and pledging to double its government bond holdings in two years as it seeks to end nearly two decades of deflation.
Turning a single state with a long tradition of entrepreneurship and a solid political majority into an investor-friendly economic powerhouse is one thing.
CNBC-TV18's banking editor Latha Venkatesh observes the reactions of the market and corporate India regarding the S&P warning. "The reaction is at the moment only one of caution. It‘s not as if people believe a downgrade is imminent, but clearly that it has become a little more likely."
CNBC-TV18 catches up with Subramanian Swamy, the chief petitioner in the 2G case to make sense of the latest developments on the front.