Business Briefing: Former chief World Bank economist on inequality and doing away with big money
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A former chief economist to the World Bank and economic adviser to the Indian government says doing away with big currency notes is a noble idea but an ineffective tool.
Narendra Modi’s government is drumming up war hysteria on the eve of crucial state elections. The gathering storm threatens India’s increasingly beleaguered democracy.
Britain and India may be linked by colonial ties, but India is intent on forging a new relationship based on in its own interests.
The Indian government risks a serious escalation of violence if the Pakistani government and militant groups in that country respond with even more attacks.
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Racial violence has its parallels in other forms of violence in India. The prejudice runs across multiple channels from caste, region, religion to gender.
Narendra Modi’s first trip to Africa has widely been heralded as a success, but his brand of diplomacy has left the most pressing issues for the continent unaddressed.
While Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government can take heart, the political landscape is fragmenting along caste, religious and ideological lines.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to bring 1.5 million toilets to the 600 million Indians without access by 2019. If he fails that could prove dangerous in an election year.