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T N Ninan is former editor and chairman of Business Standard, as well as former executive editor of India Today. He has been president of the Editors Guild of India, chairman of Media Committee of the Confederation of Indian Industry, chairman of the Society for Environmental Communication, and a member of the Board of Trade. He has served on the Board of the Shri Ram School, and is a member of Indo-German Consultative Group as well as a trustee of Aspen Institute India. He is a recipient of numerous awards, including the B D Goenka award for excellence in journalism.
T N Ninan is former editor and chairman of Business Standard, as well as former executive editor of India Today. He has been president of the Editors Guild of India, chairman of Media Committee of the Confederation of Indian Industry, chairman of the Society for Environmental Communication, and a member of the Board of Trade. He has served on the Board of the Shri Ram School, and is a member of Indo-German Consultative Group as well as a trustee of Aspen Institute India. He is a recipient of numerous awards, including the B D Goenka award for excellence in journalism.
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Former RBI Governor Y V Reddy offers a unique perspective of debates within govt
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More effective promotion of domestic manufacturing, mining can reduce trade deficit in key sectors
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State budgets, which once were smaller than the central budget, are now about a third bigger
Those in India's public life need to stop hiding behind big numbers. Their honesty needs to be tried
With all his efforts to transform the economy stymied, PM wants to redefine the political narrative
The real charge against Ratan Tata is that efforts to deal with his mistakes were stymied
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Demonetisation, which was touted as the "biggest and boldest" attack on black money, has turned out to be nothing of the sort
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