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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping exchange greetings at the BRICS leaders informal gathering, in Hamburg. (Photo: AP)

Ocean, the solution to problems in mountains

India should respond to Chinese moves in the Himalayas and the subcontinent with counter-moves in the South China Sea...

9 July 2017 5:58 AM IST

Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi with former French president Charles de Gaulle in Paris on March 25, 1966

State visits, then & now

Our PM Modi's proposal to exclude officials of the terrorism sponsoring nations from entering the G-20 countries is...

9 July 2017 12:57 AM IST

According to China, the tri-junction lies at Gyemochen, south of the tri-junction perceived by Bhutan and India.

When China pokes Indian bear

Beijing also knows that the finalisation of tri-junction alignment is subject to further discussions between India,...

9 July 2017 12:54 AM IST

Farmers protest by throwing tomatoes on National Highway-33 at Bundu near Ranchi for not getting a fair price for their produce. (Photo: PTI)

Loan Waiver is no free lunch

The 3 stakeholders here are farmers, governments and banks. Each of them has to look at this scheme from different...

2 July 2017 6:41 AM IST

Farmers dump potatoes on the road due to falling prices in Jalandhar. (Photo: PTI)

From jai kisan to die kisan'

Micro and macro-level problems make agriculture a fatal profession.

2 July 2017 6:33 AM IST

At current costs of cultivation and prices, agriculture has lost much of its sheen and looks jaded.

Agriculture's 1991-moment

Agriculture has been ill-served by the indifference of the Establishment for the last at least 40 years.

2 July 2017 6:31 AM IST

Photo caption: Under it, C-GST will be levied by the Centre, S-GST by states and I-GST on inter-state supply of goods and services. (Representational Image)

GST will get states more than VAT

Today the CBEC is spending hundreds of crores of rupees in modernising computer systems for customs and as well as GST.

25 Jun 2017 7:06 AM IST

Article 246 says every state can levy a GST.

On your mark, get set, take off

Will GST, set to be rolled out on June 30 midnight, create One nation, One tax'?

25 Jun 2017 6:49 AM IST