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• Who's the under-achiever now? Outlook magazine gives Obama the title

  Outlook magazine, in its next edition which hits the stands soon, has a cover story that brands President Obama "The Underachiever." That was the title bestowed on Dr Manmohan Singh two weeks ago by Time Magazine in its Asia edition.

• Who's the under-achiever now? Outlook gives Obama the title

  After some serious bashing by international media over the slow pace of reform, the Prime Minister found two white knights today. First, Ratan Tata tweeted that "Attacks on the architect of 1991 reforms which brought us prosperity is sad and unfortunate. It's wrong to single out the PM for inflation, low investment confidence and slow growth."

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  UK daily headline on PM dithers between 'poodle', 'puppet' and 'under-achiever'

  A UK daily has been dithering online with its headline on the Indian Prime Minister. The Independent's story on Dr Manmohan Singh fluctuated this morning between asking if he is Sonia Gandhi's "poodle" or her "puppet." It's now settled on asking if the PM is, as Time magazine suggested last week, 'the underachiever'.

• BJP chief minister defends PM on 'under-achiever' story

  While the BJP leaders have been criticising the Prime Minister being an underachiever especially after being labelled as that, by Time magazine, Manmohan Singh has found support from unlikely ground. Madhya Pradesh's BJP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan who was in Pune meeting potential investors defended the Prime Minister saying 'we don't nee...

• Time magazine is late to the party, say BJP and Nitish about PM critique

  Time magazine's branding of the Prime Minister as an "under-achiever" in its cover story has predictably been dismissed by his party.

• Congress counters Time magazine's 'underachiever' remark against PM

  Congress on Sunday countered the "underachiever" remark against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made on the cover of TIME magazine's Asia edition, saying what the UPA has achieved under his leadership is by no stretch of imagination "under achievement".

• Time dubs Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as 'underachiever'

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who has long been lauded for his pivotal role in liberalising the Indian economy, has been dubbed as an "underachiever" by Time magazine. The magazine says he appears "unwilling to stick his neck out" on reforms that will put the country back on growth path.