Editorial

An active debt market calls for proactive policy, and the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) move last week to liberalise(उदारीकरण)investment(निवेश) criteria for foreign portfolio investors...

For an “informal summit(“अनौपचारिक शिखर सम्मेलन)”, the Wuhan meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping appeared(दिखाई दिया) to cover much ground over the two...

It is welcome that the Centre plans to revamp(सुधार) and unbundle the market for natural gas so as to boost(बढ़ावा देना)investments and shore up competition in pricing...

There is now a mutual recognition in both India and China that a posture of hostility has undermined their interests. The India-China relationship has always been too...

Going by much of the hysteria over a corporate house winning a contract to ‘adopt’ Delhi’s Red Fort for five years, one should be...

With the notice for his impeachment rejected, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra should proactively initiate reform. In an unprecedented move, seven Opposition parties finally initiated the...

The Prime Minister’s Office has reportedly cleared the labour ministry’s proposal to launch a universal social security cover for 500 million workers, which includes...

The Indian rupee is again under pressure as rising oil prices have combined with higher U.S. bond yields(मान लेना /पैदावार) to spur demand for the dollar. After...

Capital markets regulator Sebi wants mandatory(अनिवार्य/बलपूर्वक) physical settlement of stock derivatives going forward, albeit(यद्यपि/हालांकि) in a phased manner. It needs to promptly(तुरंत/ठीक समय पर) reconsider. Compulsory physical delivery of equity(निष्पक्षता/औचित्य) derivative contracts...

Even before the Taliban announced its new “spring offensive(अपमानजनक/आक्रामक)”, violence(हिंसा/क्रूरता) in Afghanistan had escalated(तना हुआ/तीव्र करना) dangerously this year. According to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, the...