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As the downward spiral of the rupee continues, its effect will be felt in the government not being able to hold the fiscal deficit, inflation in oil and other imports, the fall of investments made in the stock market and the increased cost to companies in repaying foreign loans.

As rupee falls, trouble in economy snowballs

A further fall in stock market prices would lead to FIIs pulling more money out of the country and a further fall in the...

6 Oct 2018 1:53 PM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP/File)

Modernisation of China and what lessons it has for Pakistan

In a Xi'an market, a stall owner makes his money selling facsimile currency notes for use at schools.

5 Oct 2018 1:32 AM IST

BSP supremo Mayawati. (Photo: PTI)

Maya jolt to Opposition unity: Is BJP glee premature?

Among the three states, the Congress has the least of problems in Rajasthan because the party unit is working more...

5 Oct 2018 12:59 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: AP)

Putin in India: Test of a strategic partnership

Russia is under pressure from Western actions seeking to constrain its international political and economic activity.

4 Oct 2018 12:09 AM IST

In this June 1, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, as he heads to Camp David for the weekend. Lawyers for President Donald Trump and Summer Zervos, a former Apprentice contestant who sued the president for saying her sexual misconduct claims were lies, are scheduled to be in court Tuesday, June 5, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Hysteria over Kavanaugh: US Prez firm on SC rightward shift

It's hardly a state secret, of course, that the US SC features a bench broadly divided between conservatives and...

4 Oct 2018 12:06 AM IST

The argument put forward by the leaders of the BJP and others was that India did not depend on exports for its economic growth, and that the huge domestic market and the consumption it entailed was good enough to keep the economy in shape and the global developments were marginal. (Representational image)

India's ostrich club and the global recession

The moral of the market economy is that small disasters trigger bigger ones, potentially.

3 Oct 2018 1:31 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Photo: AP)

Nationalism is eroding democracy

That's a popular drug these days, and all we have to do is look next door at India to see the consequences.

2 Oct 2018 12:25 AM IST

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

Serve poorest of the poor, be a Gandhian!

Gandhian values sound decidedly quirky as personal and institutional traits in the modern world.

2 Oct 2018 12:15 AM IST

Behind the Brands is a campaign launched by Oxfam to help create a world where everybody has enough to eat .

Brands work ethically if civil society acts unitedly

Behind the Brands is a campaign launched by Oxfam to help create a world where everybody has enough to eat .

1 Oct 2018 5:50 AM IST

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj underlined that the Indian High Commission will provide all help and assistance to the family. (Photo: PTI)

A touch of maturity in India-Pak ties needed

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's absence was understandable as he faces crucial state and then parliamentary elections.

1 Oct 2018 12:05 AM IST

Security agencies apprehend trouble in certain pockets of the state as verification of family trees brought to light that suspected foreigners are trying to get their names enrolled in the NRC.

NRC fears, bigotry may lead to wider N-E strife

Even the faith that is supposed to unify the country is subject to many regional and sectarian variations.

31 July 2018 12:06 AM IST

Imran Khan declared his victory on Thursday and dismissed the allegations of fraud calling it the most transparent election in Pakistans history. (Photo: AP)

Imran's test: To resist China, US pressure & keep generals happy

The issue of non-state actors can be another irritant in the new government's relationship with China.

31 July 2018 12:05 AM IST