Exotic funds, designed for wealthy investors, have grown to $40 billion from nothing in just seven years, expanding by 71% in the 12 months through March
Now, Arvind Subramanian, a well-regarded economist who was till last year one of PM Narendra Modi's most senior advisers, has argued in a Harvard working paper that the country's official figures overestimate growth by several percentage points.
Perhaps what this recent video can teach us is to stop only seeing ourselves and our issues as the centre of the world and understand that everyone of us shares a space with every other non human animal on this the living planet.
Work hours at North Block, the headquarters of the home ministry in Delhi, have stretched, not because of longer days in summer but because of a "workaholic" Home Minister.
"One Mountain Cannot Contain Two Tigers." Is this Chinese saying going to become salient as Narendra Modi's second innings, which has just begun, progresses? Or will Modi and Amit Shah prove it wrong?
If he is serious about quitting, he needs to act now, clear the way and empower a leader who can move quickly to stop further erosion. Nothing about his behavior suggest the maturity or decisiveness of a seasoned politician. As usual, it appears the Congress simply has no plan.
We have lost many air warriors in this accident, and having flown extensively in this area, I can only hope and pray that this would be the last mishap, and lessons learnt would be strictly followed as an SOP, and not forgotten after another decade.
Trinamool's Moon Moon Sen made headlines when she told me she had no clue of the violence during voting because she woke up late. The hotel having served her bed-tea late.
For Mr Kumar, then, this is a double role that must drag on: in public, the polite but self-assured ally who will stand his ground; privately, the politician who is boxed in by the knowledge that he is being put - and kept - in his place.
It's prom season, and every year around this time, as my Facebook feed fills up with pictures of friends' children headed out for their big night, it reminds me of a single, inexplicable act of kindness 24 years ago on my own prom night.
