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The government last year relaxed FDI norms in over a dozen sectors

Focus on jobs, not just getting FDI

We have seemingly promoted FDI investments at the expense of employment generation and agricultural livelihoods over the...

16 Jun 2017 2:25 AM IST

A biblical proverb reads: Do not say, I will repay evil; wait for the Lord, and God will help you. (Photo Courtesy: theholybiblebook.com)

Mystic Mantra: Let silence speak

During silent nights and before daybreak, Jesus would spend hours in silent communion with God.

16 Jun 2017 2:21 AM IST

Maharashtra-based ISIS suspect Mudbabir Shaik (Accused No. 3) also took part in the meeting, the chargesheet says. (Photo: AP)

The global war on terror seems paralysed

The Islamic summit of Sunni nations along with the US vowed to target Iran as the supporter of global terror.

16 Jun 2017 2:17 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)

Tough choices for Modi as fires rage in the fields

For more than three years, Mr Modi has been in promissory mode, making one pledge after another, giving one assurance...

16 Jun 2017 2:17 AM IST

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Make air travel smoother

Several other factors play against the theoretical speed of air transport, like fewer check-in counters of budget...

16 Jun 2017 2:17 AM IST

Reserve Bank of India. (Photo: PTI)

Will new mechanism on banks' bad debts work?

A huge pileup of stressed assets couldn't have happened overnight: it was obviously building up over years.

16 Jun 2017 2:17 AM IST

Qatari premier Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani. (Photo: AFP)

A tale of long knives, Arabian style

No doubt Qatar itself is far from being the noisy democracy that we are familiar with in India or from the free...

15 Jun 2017 4:27 AM IST

Farmers agitation turns violent as they torch trucks at Mhow-Neemuch Highway in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh. (Photo: PTI)

Farmers need a lot of help, don't make it a political issue

The violence started earlier, with the agitation apparently infiltrated by anti-national forces.

15 Jun 2017 1:52 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg. (Photo: AP)

Skill India right, it's the key to our future

The government pays all the training and assessment fees. PMKVY has got a huge dollop of money in the Budget.

15 Jun 2017 1:51 AM IST

Centres ban on cattle trade at livestock markets seen as a ploy to prohibit cow slaughter.

Disquiet over intolerance

A pattern of wilful majoritarianism was established by the arguments, including muzzling of media criticism of the...

15 Jun 2017 1:50 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (Photo: PTI)

Nip separatism in the bud in Darjeeling hills

The young have been severely impacted in job terms.

15 Jun 2017 1:50 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Dignity & burden of anxiety

Osho reinforces that anxiety is a phenomenon bestowed by nature only on the humans.

15 Jun 2017 1:44 AM IST