Category Archives: economy

India has again appeared on the cover page of the ‘Economist‘ this week. ” In many ways India counts as one of liberalisation’s greatest success stories. Over the past 15 years it has been transformed into a far more powerful … Continue reading →

I enjoyed writing this series every week. However, as the charm of everything fades, I feel like discontinuing the series with this last entry, though I feel bad about. I had some great expectations from the trio PM, FM, and … Continue reading →

Sri Lanka Tourism has identified five “airports” where Ravana parked his fleet of pushpak vimanas, the mythological aircraft he used to abduct Sita when she was in vanvasa on mainland India. The ruler of ancient Lanka – a brilliant Brahmin … Continue reading →

India’s forex reserves at $281.729 bn: India’s foreign exchange reserves rose to a record $281.729 billion on Jan. 11 from $276.255 billion a week earlier. The Indian diaspora seems to be taking a long-term view on India. They are shunning … Continue reading →

A sluggish manufacturing sector pulled down economic growth to 8.9% in the second quarter of 2007-08 as compared to 10.2% during the corresponding period of the previous year, despite a good show by the agriculture and mining sectors. Rising rupee … Continue reading →

Stock market time and again makes record rise. The benchmark 30-share index rose 893.58 points, or 4.69%, to 19,929.06 in one day. Even many small investors are making money in this market. It was never like this. Top 5 IT … Continue reading →