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Raghuram Rajan had cautioned the government that short-term costs of a radical ban of high-value currency notes would outweigh the long-term benefits. (Photo: AP) (Photo: PTI)

Address rising inequality

The govt has done well to raid the onion traders in Maharashtra who were hoarding this item and creating an artificial...

17 Sept 2017 12:08 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, celebrates what was said to be the test launch of an intermediate range Hwasong-12 missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea. (Photo: AP)

Join hands to avert a nuclear showdown

The countries nearest to the missile threat like South Korea and Japan are feeling the heat.

17 Sept 2017 12:08 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Japanese PM Shinzo Abe at the India-Japan Annual Summit at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. (Photo: PTI)

India, Japan: Changing dynamics in Asia

These are overt signs of the regional and international political environment being unsettled.

16 Sept 2017 3:16 AM IST

Activists take part in a protest rally against the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh at India Gate. (Photo: AFP)

Act decisively against hate

It is the primary duty of the state to protect the lives of all individuals, be they of any political persuasion.

16 Sept 2017 3:15 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie Abe ride an open vehicle during their roadshow in Ahmedabad. (Photo: PTI)

The Modi-Abe show: China on their mind

The Malabar naval exercises are recalled and future naval cooperation emphasised.

16 Sept 2017 3:15 AM IST

Editor, social activist and a virulent critic of right-wing groups, Gauri Lankesh, was shot dead Tuesday night outside her residence in Bengaluru. (Photo: Facebook)

Let's stand up against anarchy

It is with profound regret and utmost sorrow I write that whatever I prophesied has come true in the past 40 odd months.

16 Sept 2017 3:15 AM IST

A view of an apartment in the Grenfell Tower after fire engulfed the 24-storey building, in London. (Photo: AP)

Fire alert: Putting cost before safety

Writing approvingly of someone can mean you like his or her acts or creations or it could mean that they are dead.

16 Sept 2017 3:15 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Mardana The first Sikh

Bhai Mardana, born in 1459 in a Muslim family, was a life-long companion of Guru Nanak.

15 Sept 2017 4:03 AM IST

Fiction can become a reality once the imagination and interest of the kids is ignited.

To keep our kids safe, all have a role to play

Crimes against children increased from 14,975 in 2005 to 94,172 in 2015.

15 Sept 2017 3:57 AM IST

Aung San Suu Kyi

Suu Kyi: Taking away Nobel won't help

Suu Kyi's fellow Nobel laureates, including Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai, have questioned the silence.

15 Sept 2017 1:52 AM IST

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung. (Photo: PTI/File)

A mess in Darjeeling: Trauma for Gorkhas

A people so mobilised will pelt stones at the leaders who promised them the moon and have shown no results.

15 Sept 2017 1:51 AM IST

Home Minister Rajnath Singh said there will be a solution soon on Doklam standoff. (Photo: PTI)

Rajnath's signals welcome

This is the first time that a top Modi government figure has said something on the subject.

15 Sept 2017 1:51 AM IST