South Korea's liberal opposition candidate Lee poised to win election as challenger concedesLee Jae-myung, the liberal opposition candidate, is projected to win South Korea's presidential election, prompting his conservative rival ...
03 Jun, 2025, 10.52 PM IST
Why a sub-300 seat Modi in 2024 suits the WestIndia’s refusal to toe the Western line on Russia and Iran has irked the US and its allies who believe a more modest winning margin for Nar...
31 May, 2024, 02.27 PM IST
Modi's 'mazboot' govt replaced 'majboor' UPA: JP NaddaAddressing back-to-back election rallies in Bihar's Arrah and Jehanabad constituencies, Nadda mocked the UPA for having sent "dossiers to P...
26 May, 2024, 04.55 PM IST
GIFT Nifty up 75 points; here's the trading setup for today's session"Going ahead, markets would take cues from the voter’s turnout data from the fourth phase which has been a major concern so far," said Sidd...
14 May, 2024, 06.55 AM IST
Lok Sabha election or China effect? 4 reasons why Sensex has fallen 2,000 points in MayDalal Street's fear gauge, India VIX, surged over 60% this month, hitting a 52-week high of 21.49, as Sensex plummeted over 2,000 points. F...
13 May, 2024, 01.35 PM IST
Russia election set to tighten Putin's grip despite noon protestPutin, who rose to power in 1999, is poised to win a new six-year term that, if he completes it, would enable him to overtake Josef Stalin ...
17 Mar, 2024, 05.10 PM IST
Japan's ruling coalition makes strong election showing after Abe murderAbe, Japan's longest-serving modern leader, was gunned down on Friday during a campaign speech in the western city of Nara in a killing tha...
11 Jul, 2022, 12.03 AM IST
Why Japan's election is a bigger deal than it looksThe coalition is expected to remain in power, but the focus is on whether the Liberal Democratic Party can retain a majority by itself.
31 Oct, 2021, 03.53 PM IST
View: Is the Global Corruption Barometer missing the big picture?The Transparency International (TI) has contended that 51% of Indians have little or no trust in the government. Even the worst critic of I...
18 Jan, 2021, 12.02 AM IST
View: The sad way Japan picked a Prime Minister highlights its systemic problemsThe constitution of the ruling party, Jiminto, or the LDP, commits it to being a liberal political organisation which advocates democracy a...
27 Sep, 2020, 10.58 AM IST
India's Gen Z voters have a simple message for politiciansThe main opposition Congress party is moving to cash in on the disenchantment over unemployment and rising social tensions.
19 Sep, 2018, 09.40 AM IST
Will bring back jobs from countries like China, India: Donald TrumpTrump, known for being openly critical of many countries like China and Japan, had last month said India is "doing great" but no one talks ...
22 Feb, 2016, 08.37 PM IST
Japan's battered opposition picks Katsuya Okada as new leaderJapan's opposition party has picked Katsuya Okada as its new leader as it tries to recover from a disastrous showing in December's general ...
18 Jan, 2015, 04.52 PM IST
Shareholder activism keeps companies in checkThe study shows that in the 2014 proxy season, domestic mutual funds voted (either for or against) on 61% of the 30,124 resolutions present...
17 Nov, 2014, 11.50 AM IST
Under Narendra Modi, there will be closer integration of Indian business and diplomacyThe key here will be to ensure that the new foreign and defence policy team has wisdom, experience and a sense of India’s national interest.
27 May, 2014, 09.21 AM IST
Swiss voters reject strictest executive pay limitsSwiss voters rejected a proposal to limit executives’ pay to 12 times that of junior employees on Sunday.
26 Nov, 2013, 02.50 AM IST
- Asian money talked in 2007
You would expect a year marking the 10th anniversary of the Asian crisis to be hectic, and 2007 didn’t disappoint.
25 Dec, 2007, 04.07 AM IST