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India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)

Invest more in R&D to keep India No 1

One of the most significant factors of the PM's growth impulse is the Skilling India programme.

11 July 2017 4:36 AM IST

TMC Rajya Sabha leader Derek OBrien

Is BJP running the nation, or burning it?'

The decision to call for the Army in Darjeeling was taken after considering the ground situation there, says Derek...

10 July 2017 5:15 AM IST

The BJP ministers received compliments from the cockpit, and the passengers had a lengthy and detailed brief on the PA system about the weather and flight path.

Captain Rudy in the cockpit

If ever there was confusion with a capital C , it is in the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh.

10 July 2017 5:06 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu prior to a meeting in Jerusalem, Israel. (Photo: AP)

On Israel, let's not lose our cunning

The Chinese Chengdu J-10 is a derivative of the Israeli Lavi, whose designs and technology were sold to China for a...

10 July 2017 5:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo: AP)

On terror, India on its own

The G-20 was also hit by the biggest protests ever seen, reflecting public anger against governments and leaders.

10 July 2017 12:29 AM IST

BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha also demanded that the elections be countermanded and fresh polls be declared by the State Election Commission. (Representational image)

Beyond poll reforms, basic changes needed

The analysis indicates a huge gap between the eligible young voters and registered young voters across various states.

10 July 2017 12:19 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif leaves the premises of the JIT with son Hussain Nawaz in Islamabad. (Photo: AP)

Transition to democracy may have hit a roadblock

Tomorrow or a week from tomorrow or a month from tomorrow, Nawaz's fate will be clear.

10 July 2017 12:18 AM IST

Army redeployed after fresh violence erupted in Darjeeling hills where Gorkhaland supporters torched a police outpost, a toytrain station and clashed with the police at two places in Darjeeling. (Photo: AP)

Defuse Darjeeling stir before crisis escalates

Supplies of food and other essential items to the hills from the plains have been blockaded by agitators.

10 July 2017 12:16 AM IST

Shobana Kamineni (Photo: Biplab Banerjee)

CII believes that demonetisation and GST are both good for the...

Shobana Kamineni believes that GST will add one per cent to the GDP growth in the next couple of years.

9 July 2017 5:49 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Dilli Ka Babu: Babus finally speak up

Recently, 65 retired babus wrote an open letter addressed to all public authorities and constitutional bodies to take...

9 July 2017 12:28 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: PTI)

Iron out IIT grace mark flaws quickly

The point is these entrance tests for professional course should be set with greater care.

9 July 2017 12:26 AM IST

RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav arrives to appear before the CBI court in Ranchi. (Photo: PTI)

BJP raids all its rivals

Modi has not dropped from his government individuals facing prosecution, including the high-profile Uma Bharti.

9 July 2017 12:24 AM IST