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Which markets did best from Berlin Wall's collapse? Wall Street and the BRICs, of course

Markets have not yet taken a definitive view, but are grappling with the reality that most central banks have taken interest rates as low as they can go

3 min read11 Nov 2019
Opinion

Opinion | Recalling Communism thirty years after the Berlin Wall fell

It’s a terrible ideology fathered by a man who was found to have fudged facts to prove his theory

4 min read11 Nov 2019
News

30 years after fall of Berlin Wall, Merkel urges Europe to defend freedom

'Collapse of the Berlin Wall teaches us that no wall that keeps people out and limits freedom is so high or so wide that it cannot be broken through,' said Merkelcollapse of the Berlin Wall is "history and teaches us that no wall that keeps people out and limits freedom is so high or so wide that it cannot be broken through

3 min read9 Nov 2019
Mint-lounge

The Stasi’s interest in India: From love affairs to Indira Gandhi

Old records of the Stasi, the secret police of erstwhile East Germany, throw light on the tabs it kept on India

9 min read23 Jul 2017
News

Europe’s year from hell may presage worse to come

One problem likely to worsen in 2016 is that Europe's main leaders are politically weak and so preoccupied by domestic challenges that they are unable to take the necessary collective action

4 min read20 Dec 2015
Opinion

Déjà View | Berlin Wall: An Indian justification

While communism may well have been teetering on wobbly legs by the late 1980s, the Berlin Wall's fall came as a surprise to most people

4 min read14 Nov 2014
Opinion

5 things to know about the Berlin Wall

The anniversary is being celebrated in Berlin with concerts, speeches and release of thousands of balloons, illuminating the former Cold War barrier

2 min read9 Nov 2014
News

25 years on, reunification offers no joy to many Germans

Many victims of former communist East Germany are still so traumatized that celebrating the unification of their country may forever be a challenge

5 min read8 Nov 2014
Photos

Memories of the Berlin Wall

It has been 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November, 1989. As Germans gears up to remember the barrier that divided them then, and now ties them to their past, a walk down memory lane.

7 Nov 2014
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Opinion

The world 25 years after the Berlin Wall’s fall

The power balance between the US and Russia is vastly different today

3 min read4 Nov 2014
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The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared

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