Express View on Budget 2023: Adding it up
On the expenditure side, the budget has projected central government spending to rise by just 7.5 per cent in 2023-24. This is lower than what it expects the economy to grow at. Thus, total …
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Opinion: Gautam Adani Strikes Back. Can He Win The Perception War?
Gautam Adani and his groups. By Andy Mukherjee Opinion(c) 2023,Bloomberg Updated: January 30, 2023 4:05 pm IST Gautam Adani, the tycoon under attack by a New York-based short-seller, has outdone his accuser 4:1: The …
Dushyant Dave writes: Shanti Bhushan was a courageous lawyer, teacher, legal fraternity’s North Star
Shanti Bhushan, affectionately called Shantiji, was independent India’s most courageous lawyer. He always stood on a high pedestal, espousing honesty in judicial life. (Express Archives) The legal fraternity has in recent years become poorer …
Salaried class always bears the brunt. Will this budget be any different?
If one looks back at how the middle class has been affected by successive budgets, the following points emerge. (Representational Image) Since the pandemic, the salaried class has been affected by a combination of …
The Indus Waters Treaty threatens to become another pressure point in India-Pakistan relations
The IWT is the only agreement between India and Pakistan that has stood the test of time, through wars and terrorism. Using water as a weapon is never a good idea. It would be …
Inside Track | Coomi Kapoor writes: Rising Star
Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw (Facebook) Ashwini Vaishnaw scored points with Modi because of his performance in briefing select journalists on good governance, a subject which is not part of …
Pathaan and beyond: Decoding Brand Shah Rukh Khan and why he is still the undefeated Badshah of Bollywood
Even after staying away from screens for four years, Shah Rukh Khan continues to rule audiences’ hearts. (Photo: Express Archive) Thirty years and counting: As superstar Shah Rukh Khan debuts his new action avatar …
New UGC proposal: A better way to open up Indian universities
Imagine that instead of trying to establish full-fledged campuses, a foreign university ties up with an Indian institution for joint degree programmes in some specific disciplines. Each entity can, then, focus on its comparative …
How the Opposition is firing at the Centre from the court’s shoulder
Governments will come and go. The games of politics and power will continue to be played, but institutions will continue to be the pillars of democracy. By criticising the judiciary, the Opposition is doing …
The missing frame
The Madhubani phenomenon arose when a famine relief programme was conceived to bring livelihood to women learning to paint on paper to sell what they painted on the walls of their homes. (Express Photo) …