Dipak Mishra
TV debates can improve only when party spokespersons are hired differently
National and regional TV news debates have made political spokespersons the face of their parties, but many do not have real political experience and it shows.
RBI’s March rate cut was biggest surprise in history of monetary policy panel, paper says
India’s rate-setting panel is due to meet in the first week of August as the economy heads toward its first annual contraction in more than four decades.
Defence
Indian Army to order second batch of 72,000 Sig 716 assault rifles from US
The new rifles will replace the existing Indian Small Arms System (Insas) rifles used by the forces and manufactured locally by the Ordnance Factories Board.
Uttar Pradesh is India’s broken heartland, break it into 4 or 5 states
Uttar Pradesh, our largest state by population and most powerful, is also the worst governed. A state with 1-in-6 Indians has no hope because of its size.