The 2006 ET awards hosted the then PM as chief guest, who also graced India’s premier corporate awards in 2009, and then again in 2012. Edited excerpts from two of his speeches.In 2006: “I am not sure if the time has already come for us to be taking stock of the reforms we initiated in … Read more
The chairman of BUA Group, Abdulsamad Rabiu, has commended the economic reforms of President Bola Tinubu, saying, it’s a difficult step taken in the right direction. Mr Rabiu made this point on Friday when he visited the president in Lagos. Nigeria is witnessing its worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation, caused by the removal of … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on provincial leaders to be patient about the pace of economic reforms and cautioned them against trying to solve problems hastily, according to party mouthpiece People’s Daily. He also urged them to break down the fences of vested interests in each province in favour of a national market and … Read more
A former mid-level official from northeastern China has hit the headlines after allegedly amassing a fortune in illegal gains before leaving the country. Li Chuanliang, deputy mayor of Jixi in Heilongjiang province during the early 2010s, is accused of having pocketed as much as 3.6 billion yuan (US$423 million) in bribes and embezzled public funds. … Read more
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said his party takes immense pride in the groundbreaking achievement of the Liberalisation Budget of 1991, and asserted that there is a pressing need once again for meaningful and robust second-generation reforms.In a post on X, Kharge said July 1991 marked a watershed moment in India’s history as the … Read more
