Behind the curtain: How RBI navigates politics, pressure, and prudenceThe Reserve Bank of India faces criticism, but it shows institutional maturity. Unlike politics, policymaking needs no theatrics. RBI navig...
05 Jun, 2025, 09.15 AM IST
A premier league love story has heartbreak aheadWithin a few days of Luton Town's promotion to the Premier League in May, the construction crews were moving in and the scaffolding was goi...
13 Aug, 2023, 12.31 AM IST
The best time to fix soccer is right nowThe authorities, teams and fans all agree alterations could help. The problem is that many of them are focused on the wrong things.
15 Apr, 2023, 11.36 PM IST
Football World Cup: For the world’s best players, injury fear shadows every step, every turn, and every tackleQatar 2022's absentee list is already a substantial one. France will not be able to call on N'Golo Kanté. Lucas Hernández, Paul Pogba and R...
30 Oct, 2022, 12.33 AM IST
Election Commission proposes new requirements for Model Code of ConductA party responding to this suggestion of sharing information about how its poll promise can impact fiscal health and government expenditure...
06 Oct, 2022, 12.01 AM IST
View: Do not venture to have what goes under the name of idli and dosa at Berlin’s Udupi restaurantWhile walking through Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, author went to an Udupi restaurant to have idlis. To call them idlis would be wrong. To ca...
10 Sep, 2022, 11.00 PM IST
Even as RBI hikes interest rates, the Indian economy can almost certainly not fall off the cliffCentral banks across the world are waging a crusade against runaway price increases. For example, the Bank of England hiked rates by 50 bps...
11 Aug, 2022, 11.23 PM IST
View: Even if there’s a Covid resurgence, India’s economic turnaround is hearteningAll short-term indicators from October onward — electricity consumption, rail freight, auto sales, goods and services tax (GST) receipts — ...
02 Dec, 2020, 09.47 AM IST
View: Don't wait for an opportune moment, loosen the purse strings nowIt is difficult to see merit in waiting till the infection rate subsides. The government will do better if it starts bolstering the economy...
13 Sep, 2020, 11.24 PM IST
Economists pitch for second round of stimulus with a greater focus on small businessesA greater focus should be given on small businesses in the designing of the package, they said, adding that even after the partial yet wide...
14 Jul, 2020, 08.43 PM IST
China's wildly swinging market: Don't worry, it's just novice investors playing with a lot of savingsThe drop in Chinese stock threatens to produce a bearish environment around the globe. A long-term view suggests that fears of spillover ef...
23 Jan, 2016, 11.32 AM IST
2015 Cricket World Cup: Here's what to look for in the upcoming battleAustralia's concerns revolve around injury and workload management. Michael Clarke, the captain will certainly not figure in the tri-series.
15 Jan, 2015, 06.32 AM IST
Fiery Dale Steyn rewarded for brilliant seasonEnglish duo Stuart Broad (62 wickets) and Jimmy Anderson (52) may have taken more wickets, but Broad averaged 25 and Anderson 31. And both ...
10 Apr, 2014, 07.32 AM IST
- Performance appraisals are not only about numbers; behaviours, values quantifies
There’s a bogus belief that gets in managers’ way when they evaluate performance. That’s the myth that says that in order for an appraisal ...
08 Nov, 2011, 02.49 AM IST
- How austere on austerity?
Austerity in public life is merely the practice of a little restraint by people whose actions are in public domain.
01 Jan, 2011, 06.11 AM IST
- Come up with something creative, PC tells BJP
Finance minister P Chidambaram on Friday said BJP’s “resolution on prices” was an exercise in self deception aimed at spreading disinformat...
07 Jun, 2008, 05.01 AM IST
- St Gallen displays characteristics of a Swiss town
St Gallen displays all the characteristics expected of a Swiss town, saysNina Jacob. It’s picturesque, squeaky clean, well preserved...and ...
05 Jun, 2008, 12.00 AM IST