India falls further behind China in poverty-eradication
The alarm had been sounded long ago, yet the data emerging from Pew Research Centre’s report on the impact of…
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Not just Germany, EU will also badly miss Merkel
Come September and a huge vacuum risks to dominate the political landscape of Germany as well as the European Union…
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French arms sales rise fastest in 2016-2020: SIPRI global arms trade report
The coronavirus pandemic that has brought the global economy to its knees does not seem to have impacted the defence…
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Gautam Adani zooms ahead in Bloomberg Billionaires Index
For over a decade, Ahmedabad-based businessman Gautam Adani lived in the shadow of fellow Gujarati entrepreneur Mukesh Ambani whose Reliance…
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Farm talks at WTO continue to undermine Indian farmers
On March 10, the agricultural negotiations committee of the World Trade Organisation will undertake yet another round of discussion on…
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Hurun Global Rich List & LSE: Inequality shoots up in pandemic
The year 2020 was disastrous for the global economy as the GDP in practically every country collapsed by record numbers…
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Can India feel ripples of British Supreme Court ruling on Uber
Ride hailing app Uber faces an existential challenge in the United Kingdom following a landmark order by the Supreme Court…
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UK court ruling on Shell good news for India
Though it is not directly connected, a ruling by the United Kingdom Supreme Court last week holding petroleum giant Royal…
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Privatisation is not the magic pill
In her budget speech on February 1, union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman outlined the government’s ambitious plans for privatisation, both…
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Budget 2021: Devil in details
For weeks, it had been touted as the most crucial budget that an Indian finance minister has had to place…
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