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It's possible to break into top 50 in the next three years...'

This index is for cross-country comparison, and has to use a standard approach to all countries, says Arvind Virmani.

5 Nov 2017 12:31 AM IST

The couple were acquitted by the Allahabad High Court on October 12 after they were convicted in 2013 by a lower court for the murder of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. (Photo: PTI)

Complex cases help expose flaws in justice

The high court censured the trial court judge, Shyam Lal, for convicting the Talwars.

5 Nov 2017 12:02 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Does PM Modi have an ideology?

The question is not whether the UPA was better at governance than the NDA, Chidambaram is accepting his government's...

5 Nov 2017 12:02 AM IST

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao. (Photo: PTI/File)

Dilli Ka Babu: IPS officers being ignored

Sources say that the IPS officers are peeved that IAS batches are being regularly upgraded, while they are not.

5 Nov 2017 12:01 AM IST

According to the last World Bank report 2017, Indias ranking improved by just one notch to 130 from a revised rank of 131 previous year.

Not the right time for euphoria

It is also important to juxtapose what the Ease of Doing Business report says with other international assessments.

5 Nov 2017 12:01 AM IST

Congress president Sonia Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)

Of bad advisers & poor planning

The programme began last November 19, when former President Pranab Mukherjee delivered a centenary lecture.

5 Nov 2017 12:01 AM IST

Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday criticised the Election Commission saying that by not announcing the Gujarat poll schedule, it has authorised Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the dates at his last rally, after all freebies for the state were doled out. (Photo: PTI)

Lawyer, judge thyself!

The running fight on this score has hobbled the relations between the AAP and the BJP.

5 Nov 2017 12:00 AM IST

US President Donald Trump addresses the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at UN headquarters in New York (Photo: AP)

Can power of tech titans be controlled?

There are huge issues concerning tech giants like Google, Facebook and Twitter in today's world dominated by public...

5 Nov 2017 12:00 AM IST

Devotees pay their respects on the eve of 548th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. (Photo: AFP)

Mystic Mantra: Guru Nanak The only truth

Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, was born in 1469 at Rai Bhoi di Talwandi, now called Nankana Sahib.

4 Nov 2017 6:34 AM IST

The communication is in line with the decision announced by President Donald Trump recently, which was one of his key electoral promises. (Photo: AP)

Halloween over... but the skeletons refuse to go

The funny thing is, all those high-profile bankers are treated like huge celebrities.

4 Nov 2017 6:29 AM IST

Authorities stand near a damaged Home Depot truck after a motorist drove onto a bike path near the World Trade Center memorial, striking and killing several people in New York. (Photo: AP)

After ISIS' fall in Syria-Iraq & lone wolf' hits, bigger challenges...

Donald Trump has criticised the politically correct US immigration policies that had enabled Saipov to enter the...

4 Nov 2017 12:57 AM IST

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi holding a meeting with the partys general secretaries at AICC headquarters in New Delhi recently. (Photo: PTI)

BJP jittery in Guj: Will Rahul play cards right?

The Congress vice-president struck a chord as he attacked demonetisation and unemployment in Prime Minister Narendra...

4 Nov 2017 12:57 AM IST