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People queue up at an ATM to withdraw cash in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

A boon or a bane?

The trauma of demonetisation far outweighs any gains it might eventually produce.

29 Dec 2016 4:05 AM IST

In the case of the two aircraft literally nose to nose on Tuesday, it were the pilots who realised the near-fatal situation and informed the ATC. (Photo: ANI Twitter)

Wake-up call for DGCA

Air Traffic Control, the most important link in this sector, is like the DGCA also hugely understaffed.

29 Dec 2016 3:47 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Opposition & Modi: Will friction grow?

The next Lok Sabha polls are two and a half years away. It is hard to say what the country's political landscape will be...

29 Dec 2016 3:46 AM IST

President-elect Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Targeting the other'

Trade and investment agreements will have to be renewed with post-Brexit Britain, the European Union and Donald Trump's...

29 Dec 2016 3:44 AM IST

Firefighters inspect the site after a truck ran into a crowded Christmas market and killed several people in Berlin, Germany. (Photo: AP)

A mistake & its fallout

Escalating xenophobia in the West, including Germany, has ensured that all brown men of any religion are considered...

29 Dec 2016 3:41 AM IST

BCCI President Anurag Thakur

Off-field battles overshadow cricket

Throughout 2016, the BCCI top brass have been asked to answer questions that nobody had asked of them.

29 Dec 2016 3:37 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

After surgical strikes, a rebalancing with Pak?

The Pathankot attack challenged the leaderships on both sides.

28 Dec 2016 1:03 AM IST

A stronger deterrent

This test was also the first after India acceded to the Missile Technology Control Regime.

28 Dec 2016 1:03 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Hopes rise of lower tax rates in Budget

Mr Jaitley has begun the process of reducing corporate tax, including surcharge, to 25 per cent in phases.

28 Dec 2016 1:03 AM IST

Ms Mufti had a track record of her own as an organisational leader but unlike her father lacked an effective and strong leadership in the sphere of administration.

2016 looking back: MehboobaIt's vital to learn art of governance

Ms Mufti had a track record of her own as an organisational leader but unlike her father lacked an effective.

28 Dec 2016 1:02 AM IST

It is presumptuous to assume that Ms Natarajan may have inherited her friends political or administrative acumen merely because she was with Jaya all through.

2016 looking back: SasikalaEmerging from Jaya's shadow

Ms Natarajan has so far kept her own counsel and not revealed what her plans are.

28 Dec 2016 1:00 AM IST

Akhilesh was the chief minister for the last five years but he seemed to have remained a titular head of the SP government.

2016 looking back: AkhileshA man of the present & future

Akhilesh seemed the torchbearer of the future in any way. He represented the generation next with his educational...

28 Dec 2016 12:57 AM IST