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The only time that India participated in PISA, it emerged in positions 72 and 73 of a total of 74 countries. (Photo: Representational Image)

India's learning crisis: It's time to act

Assessments done by Education Initiatives show that children are not performing well even in a sample of elite private...

25 Nov 2016 1:18 AM IST

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

Trump Sarkar: A few early glimpses emerge

Initial criticism rested on the premise that a man must be judged by the company he keeps.

25 Nov 2016 12:49 AM IST

Old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes placed in an order that reads BAN in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Note ban: Relieve pain of rural India

Agricultural labourers also suffered as employers had no cash to pay salaries.

25 Nov 2016 12:23 AM IST

An Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jet practices touchdowns on the Agra-Lucknow highway in Unnao on Friday. (Photo: AP)

UP shows the way

The most awe-inspiring aspect of this project has been its time-bound execution.

25 Nov 2016 12:23 AM IST

People stand in queue to deposit or exchange their old currency notes outside a bank in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Note ban: The demonisation has begun

Mr Modi is now hollering that he is fighting for the vast mass of the poor who have been looted all these decades by the...

25 Nov 2016 12:22 AM IST

In many countries and in some of the big Indian cities too, shops and malls are already decorated with Christmas trees, stars and, of course, Santa Claus with his white flowing beard.

The challenge of Advent

The world is not as just, not as loving, not as whole as we know it can and should be.

24 Nov 2016 7:09 AM IST

People standing in queues inside the Jammu & Kashmir Bank to deposit and exchange 500 and 1000 currency notes in Rajouri on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Age Debate: The tax of all taxes

Replacing income-tax with a banking transaction tax is an unworkable idea.

24 Nov 2016 7:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

In search of remedies

We confront the noise of policy not against critiques but the silences of the first week.

24 Nov 2016 6:48 AM IST

Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna (Photo: PTI)

A legend to cherish

Music lovers were in raptures over his 400 compositions, a great tribute to his creativity.

24 Nov 2016 6:43 AM IST

CRPF jawans return to their camp after duty in Srinagar. ( Photo: PTI)

Opinion: What to do on Pak? Options are limited

These are among the questions our policy planners should be giving attention to.

24 Nov 2016 6:35 AM IST

Immersed in the divine

Those who pronounce mystical inclinations without being in this higher state are far away from the purpose.

23 Nov 2016 1:06 AM IST

Tata Sons Chairman Ratan Tata leaves after meeting Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in New Delhi in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Ratan Tata: The Jedi seeking revenge...

Cyrus Mistry will not go down without a fight, that is clear.

23 Nov 2016 1:01 AM IST