Opinion

Opinion | Pakistan Is Juggling Blackouts And Iran Diplomacy

Pakistan is witnessing hours of power cuts driven by poor decision-making of the government officials and not the war in the Gulf alone.

Opinion | PM Modi Has A Shot At History-Making With EU's India Visit

At Davos, Ursula von der Leyen made India the centrepiece of her declaration of European independence. The president of the European Commission said that she was travelling to New Delhi to energise the relationship.

Opinion | US' Trumped-Up Tariffs Have No Effect On Global Trade

Last year was supposed to mark the moment international trade was dismantled. President Donald Trump's tariffs, we were told, were so unprecedented in scale and ambition that they might stop globalisation in its tracks.

Opinion: India's Fast GDP Growth Doesn't Mean It's Ready for Take-off Yet

Over the past three years, in fact, GDP in India has grown just over 3% and less than4% since the last quarter before the pandemic.

Opinion: The Good News in India's Bleak Budget

India's Union Budget is both a presentation of the national accounts and the only statement of government policy that we get all year. This year, the accounts made for worrying reading.

Opinion: PM Modi Should Respect Tradition On Last Budget Before Polls

Populist spending is to be expected in an election year.

Opinion: Budget May Rely On Some Bogus Numbers

Fiscal deficits are supposed to be more than a measure of how responsible a government is with tax money.

Opinion: Why India's Airlines Keep Struggling To Take Off

Jet Airways suffered losses for three consecutive quarters now; its cumulative current liabilities have climbed to $2.2 billion.

Opinion: Government's Schizophrenic Approach To Fuel Hike, Rupee Fall

The RBI's steadiness on rates was born of its belief that inflation was close enough to the bank's target zone. Now, you might disagree with this belief -- as I do -- but there's no question that the central bank's monetary policy committee was doing its job as it saw it.