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AA Edit | Let Generals Book Be Published

AA Edit | Let General's Book Be Published

Gen. Naravane led the country’s Army when the Chinese made some misadventures in the Galwan valley in 2020 precipitating...

3 Feb 2026 9:57 PM IST

REFLECTIONS | Widening Tax Net In India: Will Tail Still Wag The Dog? | Sunanda K. Datta-Ray

REFLECTIONS | Widening Tax Net In India: Will Tail Still Wag The Dog?...

Filing tax returns may seem like just another feel-good formality for the more and more individuals whose numbers...

3 Feb 2026 9:43 PM IST

AA Edit | US Trade Deal: Benefits For India May Come At A Cost

AA Edit | US Trade Deal: Benefits For India May Come At A Cost

The positive side will, of course, be rosy for Indian traders as their export competitiveness will increase several...

3 Feb 2026 9:17 PM IST

AA Edit | Building Growth, Brick By Brick

AA Edit | Building Growth, Brick By Brick

In addition to the ongoing Mumbai and Ahmedabad bullet train project and the Delhi-Ahemabad high-speed project, the...

3 Feb 2026 12:28 AM IST

AA Edit | Pakistan To Be Loser As It Brings Politics To Cricket

AA Edit | Pakistan To Be Loser As It Brings Politics To Cricket

Given Pakistan’s history, U-turns may be as common as the estimates of former cricketer Shahid Afridi’s age or his...

3 Feb 2026 12:15 AM IST

Aakar Patel | If Rule Of Law Is Violated, Society Faces Long-term Consequences

Aakar Patel | If Rule Of Law Is Violated, Society Faces Long-term...

A state that kills people in custody, that maims those in custody, that destroys private property without due process...

2 Feb 2026 11:34 PM IST

Chandrajit Banerjee | India’s Growth Roadmap, With Focus On Services

Chandrajit Banerjee | India’s Growth Roadmap, With Focus On Services

A key feature of this year’s Budget is its emphasis on a threefold approach to sustaining growth over the medium and...

2 Feb 2026 10:24 PM IST

AA Edit | Poll States: Welcome Lack Of Bias

AA Edit | Poll States: Welcome Lack Of Bias

Regardless of the cost to the exchequer, offers of freebies are coming with the speed of knots this season, which means...

1 Feb 2026 11:32 PM IST

AA Edit | Budget Underwhelming, A Huge Missed Opportunity

AA Edit | Budget Underwhelming, A Huge Missed Opportunity

Except for offering a tax holiday for data centres set up by foreign investors, the Budget had nothing worthwhile,...

1 Feb 2026 11:17 PM IST

SANJAYOVACHA | Modi-Sitharaman Budgets Miss The Woods For Trees | Sanjaya Baru

SANJAYOVACHA | Modi-Sitharaman Budgets Miss The Woods For Trees |...

The annual Economic Survey, prepared by the Union government’s chief economic adviser and his team, who work within the...

1 Feb 2026 10:35 PM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Budget 2026-27 Brings Back Old Populist Rhetoric, But It’s Still Muted

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Budget 2026-27 Brings Back Old Populist...

For quite some time now, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Cabinet colleagues like commerce minister Piyush Goyal and...

1 Feb 2026 10:19 PM IST

Anukrti Upadhyay | Three Reasons Not To Cuss Someone Out

Anukrti Upadhyay | Three Reasons Not To Cuss Someone Out

Secondly, the vulgar abuse stifles all legitimate debate. One after another, the debates in public spaces turn into...

31 Jan 2026 11:18 PM IST