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2017: Crucial year for Pak's democracy

The challenges of 2017 will have to be tackled by the civilian administration, solved by diplomacy not might.

3 Jan 2017 12:59 AM IST

Cash worth Rs 10.5 lakh in defunct notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 was seized from a former BJP corporator near Saswad, Maharashtra. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

A leap backwards to raid raj?

India, which consumes as much as 67 per cent of its GDP domestically, has been impacted adversely.

3 Jan 2017 12:51 AM IST

President-elect Donald Trump. (Photo: File)

Europe can save or kill globalisation

The New Year can redress the balance of the old by recognising refugees as victims of history.

3 Jan 2017 12:25 AM IST

Chief Election Commissioner Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi. (Photo: PTI/File)

Too many problems in state funding of elections

An official said that it would require a lot of time and effort to bring about a consensus on the proposal and to settle...

3 Jan 2017 12:18 AM IST

A police officer looks a photographs of the victims displayed a day after an attack at a popular nightclub in Istanbul. (Photo: AP)

Stand by Turkey in crisis

Among the 39 dead are more than 15 foreigners from many parts of the world, including two from India.

3 Jan 2017 12:07 AM IST

BCCI President Anurag Thakur

Landmark verdict may cleanse cricket admin

Two of the last four presidents of BCCI have been dismissed from their posts.

3 Jan 2017 12:02 AM IST

Uma Bharti (Photo: PTI)

Curious case of missing' Uma

The arrest of actor-turned Trinamul Congress MP Tapas Paul incensed Mamata Banerjee.

2 Jan 2017 1:15 AM IST

As per estimates, only 5 per cent Indians use digital payment modes.

Beware of digital dictatorship

We live in times where the non-working rent collectors and speculators have emerged as the richest billionaires.

2 Jan 2017 1:04 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Seven things that can go wrong for Nawaz in 2017

Corruption has a funny way of striking where few anticipate. Pakistan is ripe for an epic scandal.

2 Jan 2017 12:55 AM IST

US President-elect Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

True lies

By any standard, 2016 has been an awful year.

2 Jan 2017 12:54 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he addresses the nation on the eve of New Year, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

PM's speech raises more questions than it answers

The PM has sought to re-package this as a gift for loans for low-cost housing.

2 Jan 2017 12:40 AM IST

A ban on gold imports would also lead to large-scale unemployment as this sector has a huge workforce, with most of them on contract.

2017: Not a good year for gold

There is a symbiotic relationship between gold and dollar, as gold acts as a safe haven when the dollar is down.

2 Jan 2017 12:40 AM IST