With Reliance’s output only half the planned level, the Centre also gets less by way of earnings
08 December 2011What makes Iran important for global crude oil markets is its geo-strategic location, not its volume of exports
18 November 2011BRIC countries have agreed to provide the Fund with money to bail out Europe’s crisis-ridden economies. Here is why
12 November 201172 per cent of the region’s trade potential—placed at $65 billion in 2010-11—was lost due to poor connectivity
26 September 2011Saudi Arabia’s bid to push Opec to up oil production was thwarted by seven members led by Iran
22 September 2011Crunch time: China, which controls 97 per cent of rare earth supplies, has restricted their exports
18 August 2011S&P had many valid reasons to downgrade US sovereign debt, the latest being an ugly political wrangle in Washington DC
11 August 2011Current methods of shale gas extraction can pollute ground-water, say protestors in France
01 July 2011According to the Economic Survey, 40-55 per cent of PDS stocks are diverted to the open market
09 June 2011Inflation can distort investment and the overall allocation of resources in an economy
05 May 2011Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle
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