The 60th anniversary of Washington-based organisations, the World Bank (wb) and International Monetary Fund (imf), was celebrated amidst clamours for reform. Critics distributed

US food agency finds acrylamide in many foodstuffs

Fuel inefficiency of US vehicles more conspicuous as petrol prices spiral upwards

Post-liberalisation, public funding in health care has reached a nadir

What ails the economies of the eight northeastern states? The warped fiscal policies of the Union government

Or, will they be mere transit points?

In economic terms, they are worth US $70 billion per year

The Sri Lankan government has given its citizens a bitter pill to swallow this new year. It has declared that a hike in the prices of diesel, petrol and other household goods is the only remedy to

The ongoing drought in Australia has widened the trade deficit of the country. Rural exports have been hit as the rising Australian dollar has made imports cheaper. Analysts do not see a change in

What is poverty? The Planning Commission is set to undertake an exercise to find a quantifiable answer to the question. It has proposed to the Union government to set up an expert group to redefine poverty and, consequently, reassess the percentage of Ind

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