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Topic: Raghuram Rajan

‘Will bankrupt govts down the line’ — Raghuram Rajan warns states opting for old pension scheme

The former RBI governor batted for direct cash transfers to citizens, but said these become a problem if the transfers are untargeted and competitive before polls.

How foreign governments & journalists have reacted to Rahul Gandhi disqualification row

Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification led to many questioning state of Indian democracy, days after PM Modi participated in second edition of US President Biden’s Summit for Democracy.

‘Stagnated secularists exhibiting their Hindu hatred’ — Hindu Right press blasts Raghuram Rajan

New Delhi: While the world sees India as a bright spot, “stagnated secular socialists” like former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan...

Raghuram Rajan’s remark on Hindu rate of growth is outdated. He is living in the past

Raghuram Rajan's statement on the Hindu rate of growth is based on one—just one—quarter of GDP growth rate of 4.4 percent.

Global fiscal discipline has broken down, ‘fractured’ political consensus a factor: Raghuram Rajan

At WEF Summit in Davos, Rajan criticised subsidies for green energy in Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act and emphasised need to better assimilate refugees in the labour force.

Is Raghuram Rajan Congress’s next Manmohan, asks Urdu press as RBI ex-governor joins Bharat Jodo

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan joins Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan

Celebrating the participation of Rajan in the march, Congress said the number of people 'uniting against hatred' is a sign that 'we will succeed'.

Raghuram Rajan, Nobel laureate Esther Duflo to join Economic Advisory Council of Stalin govt

Former Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian, Economist Jean Dreze and former Union minister S Narayan will also be a part of council meant to revitalise Tamil Nadu's economy.

India’s Covid crisis shows lack of foresight, complacency, says Raghuram Rajan

Former RBI governor Rajan says India’s relative success with first wave likely led to a sense that vaccines could be rolled out slowly, adds that the govt is now in 'emergency mode'.

‘Grievous blow to free speech’ — Raghuram Rajan on Pratap Mehta’s exit from Ashoka University

Nearly 180 academics from Yale, Columbia, Oxford universities also voiced support for Pratap Bhanu Mehta, who quit as a professor of Ashoka University earlier this week.

On Camera

Mamata Shankar stuck in Dark Ages. Gen Z showing India there’s no one way to wear a saree

In an interview with Anandabazar Patrika Shankar waxed eloquent about her many objections to the pallu not covering the bosom area of Gen Z women. She called them ‘women of the street’.

Why Tamil Nadu’s women make up nearly half of India’s female factory workforce

With an educated & skilled workforce, Tamil Nadu has a burgeoning industrial sector which has scored massive investments in automobiles, electronics, and even footwear.

Taiwan reports Chinese military activity around the island

Taiwan has detected a total of 301 Chinese military aircraft and 165 Chinese naval vessels so far in 2024.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.