Mikhail Gorbachev: His seven years that changed the worldIn nearly seven years, between March 1985 and December 1991, he changed the course of history by ending the Cold War and triggering the dem...
31 Aug, 2022, 11.51 AM IST
Russia bans Joe Biden's wife Jill, daughter Ashley from entryIt also banned entry to four senators whom it identified as "responsible for the formation of the (US) Russophobic course:" Republicans Mit...
28 Jun, 2022, 06.19 PM IST
View: The purpose of economic development must be to improve all-round human and planetary well-beingCentral banks, independent of governments, must ensure a stable currency for transactions among market participants, and then let markets s...
15 May, 2022, 11.14 PM IST
- Strategic Insight
On this trip, we did learn a lot about the conduct of that battle, although mainly inert facts possessing little real educational value. In...
24 Aug, 2021, 11.02 PM IST
How lack of trust is translating into India’s falling growth rateTrust translates into investment, investment translates into growth and those indicators are doing badly in India over the last five years,...
27 Oct, 2020, 04.46 PM IST
Be resilient and live to fight every day, says Rudra Chatterjee; feels black swan events like Covid-19 test leadershipChatterjee is using this time in lockdown to catch up on some old business school classes.
02 Jun, 2020, 05.40 PM IST
Shashi Tharoor to meet Chinese President and PremierTharoor will be joining the two-day discussion in his capacity as a member of 21st Century Council, one of the patrons of the conference an...
01 Nov, 2015, 06.32 PM IST
RBI governor Raghuram Rajan, a central banker who occasionally dons the hat of a professorRajan, much to the delight of the media and audience, has a different style with element of surprise. He can be engagingly newsy also.
26 Feb, 2015, 02.21 AM IST
Reform to create capacities for strong governance: RBI's Raghuram RajanRBI governor said countries would have to strengthen government and regulatory capabilities to remove barriers and push development.
21 Feb, 2015, 01.33 PM IST
RBI governor Raghuram Rajan cautions against 'Appellate Raj' in financial regulation"We need 'checks and balance', but we should ensure a balance of checks. We cannot have escaped from the License Permit Raj only to end up ...
20 Feb, 2015, 08.37 PM IST
25 years after Berlin Wall’s fall, Asia is increasingly the key to world orderBy contrast, one key element of continuity in international order, 25 years on, is that the US remains the world’s most powerful country, c...
11 Nov, 2014, 11.29 AM IST
- Political Praxis
If rulers can change the law to suit themselves, the rule of law does not exist, even if the laws are applied uniformly to the rest of soci...
07 Oct, 2014, 05.28 AM IST
- Political Theory
I mean less the actual country Denmark than an imagined society that is prosperous, democratic, secure and well governed, and experiences l...
01 Oct, 2014, 10.59 AM IST
China’s President-in-waiting Xi Jinping could begin his journey by embracing kindness & justiceChina is held together by its culture, a stronger force than any defence system. Xi could begin his journey by embracing two key Confucian ...
13 Nov, 2012, 06.00 AM IST
People need to cooperate with government reforms for better futureIt is noteworthy that the number of civil society organisations is increasing much faster even than business corporations.
11 Jul, 2011, 10.45 AM IST
An extremist mindset can’t accept pluralityJust don’t get caught, may be the only commandment of our permissive times.
13 Dec, 2008, 01.48 AM IST
- Ansari blames US for abetting terror in West Asia
In a departure from the government line, Vice-President Hamid Ansari on Wednesday accused the US of giving an "impetus to terrorism" throug...
22 Nov, 2007, 04.47 AM IST