Don’t miss the latest developments in business and finance.

Where Money Talks

Rupee up briefly, searches for direction around familiar resistance level

The Indian rupee briefly rose against the dollar above a level that's being closely watched by traders, but was unable to pierce it convincingly

Updated On: 20 Jan 2023 | 1:13 PM IST

Sunanda K Datta-Ray: Music as a unifying factor

I cannot but be conscious of the hurdles that obstruct harmony

Updated On: 17 Mar 2017 | 10:20 PM IST

Sunanda K Datta-Ray: Where one belongs

Had Kuchibhotla stayed in India, he would have earned less but his life might have been spared

Updated On: 03 Mar 2017 | 10:52 PM IST

Sunanda K Datta-Ray: The 'generosity' of Narendra Modi

We are lucky. Indians didn't have to surrender all their liquid assets

Updated On: 18 Feb 2017 | 12:09 AM IST

Sunanda K Datta-Ray: Where Modi and Trump converge

Modi's Citizenship Bill, Trump's Muslim ban will recast a multicultural nation in monocultural terms

Updated On: 03 Feb 2017 | 11:34 PM IST

Sunanda K Datta-Ray: Being critical, not complimentary

That should be the attitude of journalists towards those in power

Updated On: 20 Jan 2017 | 11:26 PM IST

Sunanda K Datta-Ray: Of politicians past their use-by date

Taking tip from SP ramlila, Modi can anoint Advani Bharatiya Bhishma Pitamah if not prez

Updated On: 07 Jan 2017 | 4:11 AM IST

Sunanda K Datta-Ray: Advocate temperance, not prohibition

It isn't easy to explain the virtue of temperance to the uneducated multitude

Updated On: 23 Dec 2016 | 10:49 PM IST

Sunanda K Datta-Ray: Common sense over playing to the gallery

Judicial authority stretched too far may result in court rulings treated with greater disregard

Updated On: 09 Dec 2016 | 11:21 PM IST

Sunanda K Datta-Ray:The uses and abuses of demonetisation

No one expected to see again the crushed notes that bank tellers said had been sent to the RBI to be pulped

Updated On: 25 Nov 2016 | 11:23 PM IST

Sunanda K Datta-Ray: Why Hillary still matters

Given the protests against US President-elect Donald Trump, he needs her more than she needs him

Updated On: 11 Nov 2016 | 10:45 PM IST

Sunanda K Datta-Ray: Dragged through the mud

Tata is no more an exception to prevailing business ethics than the warring Yadavs are to prevailing political values

Updated On: 28 Oct 2016 | 11:16 PM IST

Sunanda K Datta-Ray: Monarch nonpareil

Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej never visited India, but his ties with the country, though not always friendly, ran deep

Updated On: 14 Oct 2016 | 10:38 PM IST

Sunanda K Datta-Ray: Seeking civilised standards in media

A supervisory authority is desirable, though one set up by the government may not be too useful

Updated On: 16 Sep 2016 | 9:24 PM IST

Sunanda K Datta-Ray: When all roads lead to Rome

Seeing social service as the highest good and as an end in itself, people forced Mother Teresa into a straitjacket. Now, they are not averse to making the most of her eminence

Updated On: 02 Sep 2016 | 9:51 PM IST

Sunanda K Datta-Ray: The danger with deadly uniformity

Abrogating Article 370 that grants special autonomous status to J&K is not a sound idea

Updated On: 19 Aug 2016 | 9:45 PM IST

Sunanda K Datta-Ray: How Britain drags EU down

British Airways and United Kingdom Border Agency sully the good services record of the 27 member nations in the EU

Updated On: 22 Jul 2016 | 9:45 PM IST

Sunanda K Datta-Ray: A curry-flavoured non-debate

As Britain approaches the June 23 referendum on European Union membership, voices from both the 'Leave' and 'Remain' camps have become louder, but not necessarily clearer

Updated On: 27 Jun 2016 | 5:48 PM IST

Sunanda K Datta-Ray: Conservative tastes

Indians, even the well-travelled and wealthy ones, are loath to try out the cuisine of other countries and regions

Updated On: 24 Jun 2016 | 9:45 PM IST

Sunanda K Datta-Ray: A back door for Sylhetis into EU

Portugal, with the Mediterranean lapping its toes and overwhelmed in history by Spain and France, is where Bangladeshis come to be reinvented

Updated On: 27 May 2016 | 9:40 PM IST