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The writer is a former IAS officer, and a governance and economic regulation expert

The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously decriminalised part of Section 377, which criminalises consensual unnatural sex. (Photo: File | PTI)

377: Need a real change in State, society norms

Events have been moving in this direction for nearly a decade.

10 Sept 2018 12:55 AM IST

The retail prices of diesel and petrol are the lowest in Delhi, among Indias key metropolitan cities. (Representational Images)

Pampered metros need a reality check on fuel

India is particularly vulnerable to collateral damage on its energy security.

5 Sept 2018 1:32 AM IST

Arun Jaitley said, the reservation formula for the Patel community is legally and constitutionally untenable. (Photo: PTI)

Jaitley returns as FM to cement his legacy

A rationalisation of the rupee exchange rate in end July and August made exports and domestic products competitive.

30 Aug 2018 12:17 AM IST

Rupee is currently trading at 63.63 against 66.93 to a dollar in August, 2016.

Grow up India, time to set an uplifting agenda

By 2040, the proportion of the population below 34.5 years will fall to 50 per cent from 65 per cent today.

21 Aug 2018 12:38 AM IST

In the beta form, users can generate their Virtual ID and use it to update address in Aadhaar online for the time being, according to UIDAI which announced the Virtual ID concept earlier this year to address privacy concerns.

To ensure data safety, a better vision needed

In the context of private data protection versus the State, the committee's recommendations are fairly status quoist.

4 Aug 2018 1:45 AM IST

Rival digital payments services have pointed out exceptions that have been applied to WhatsApps service.

WhatsApp row: On secrecy, privacy & property

The debate on privacy got a fillip by the recent arraignment of WhatsApp for being the conduit of fake news, which...

24 July 2018 12:15 AM IST

Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia (Photo: PTI)

Price of democracy? A 4-point growth mantra

Wasteful use of capital is hardwired into a system which prices capital cheaply.

9 July 2018 12:04 AM IST

Terming the MSME sector as the backbone of the economy, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said the sector would lead the current consolidation phase of the economy. (Photo: PTI)

It's time govt shows the middle class some love

The income-tax structure also reveals an implicit lower bound for middle class income.

30 Jun 2018 5:20 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing at the Centenary Celebrations of Patna University, in Patna. (Photo: PTI)

Govt's lateral' hiring: Great idea, bad timing

What the zenana was to the Great Mughals, the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is to our political leaders at the...

18 Jun 2018 4:49 AM IST

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A fiscal storm looms: Don't wait for Godot!

The consequences for the domestic economy will be harshly adverse.

6 Jun 2018 1:42 AM IST

Saudi Aramco, the worlds top oil company which is preparing to go public, said on Sunday it has appointed new members to its board including a female executive.

Oil shock: Entry point for deepening reform

The bleed made the rupee slide by around six per cent to more than Rs 68 against the US dollar from around Rs 64...

25 May 2018 2:20 AM IST

Karnataka Congress MLAs getting down from a bus in a private hotel in Hyderabad on Friday. (Photo: Deepak Deshpande)

What K'taka foretells: Not all gloom & doom

The next two important achievements have been taming inflation whilst playing a careful sherpa to economic growth.

19 May 2018 2:00 AM IST