Alam Srinivas

Global trade wars are impacting exports and domestic prices, but also presenting opportunities

Food inflation is up three times but huge discounts in auto and housing indicate that economy is in a confused flux with all vital signs looking bleak

The Ranbaxy brothers -- Malvinder and Shivinder Singh -- systematically and deliberately siphoned off huge sums, estimated at Rs 10,000 crore. Most of the money was used to buy real estate

Investors made huge losses after foreign institutions reportedly withdrew billions of dollars to leave Indian stocks limping and with little chance to fight back

Debt looms as a terrifying spectre. Zombie companies or corporate underachievers have doubled and even the biggest of business empires like Reliance Industries are worried and hassled

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has to seek solutions to macroeconomic concerns. But these need to be married with problems related to viable farm ­incomes, stress on the informal sector, largely small and medium businesses, and the struggles of the underprivileged.

The first cricket tour of England by an Indian team in 1911 reflected the zeitgeist—the constrasting pulls of nationalism and religious/caste identities

Electoral demands force policy makers to bark up wrong trees, miss the forests

They were the bankers of the 21st century, the future of Indian banking. After being at the pinnacle of power for years, their downfall came with loud thuds – and within a few weeks and months. Finally, they were completely disgraced.

In its long order, the apex court said that the deity Ram Lalla is a juristic entity, which went beyond legal persons and human nature

On January 29, 1885, Mahanth Raghubar Das' suit in the Faizabad (Ayodhya) court was possibly the first legal attempt by a Hindu to establish ownership in the disputed land.

After the Supreme Court's verdict, Ayodhya will be clear of the legal, political and social mines that were deliberately buried in the property.

If India has to emerge as a global superpower, a $5 trillion economy, it has to take the leadership position to ink such partnerships in the near future.

India Budget 2019: It seems that the stock markets are confused about the implications of the various proposals, which may work at cross-purposes.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union budget on Friday in Parliament laying out the roadmap for growth to a $5 trillion economy.

One of the major problems that startups face relates to their valuations, as these companies are unlisted and at the investment stage, i.e. they gobble up cash without earning profits.

India Budget 2019: Expect this Budget to be growth-oriented, with a special focus on MSMEs – not only through incentives and sops but also through creation of an ecosystem that will enable them to become large in a short span.

Four trends shaped the politics of the middle class over the past four decades. These include reforms and job opportunities, a drastic reduction in central subsidies, Demographic Dividend, and socio-economic activism.