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

Note ban: What's the real reason?

The stated reasons for withdrawing Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes from circulation were either farcical or only partly true.

17 Nov 2016 1:07 AM IST

Love is the glue that holds it all together, so when you think your world is falling apart, apply some glue. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Love - The mother of of all virtues

All men are brothers, because God is the Father of Love.

16 Nov 2016 1:32 AM IST

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It pays to be tough with China

Before India's independence nobody ever contested the fact that Demchok was the last village on the road to western...

16 Nov 2016 1:21 AM IST

People queue up to withdraw money from SBI ATMs at APMC Vashi in Navi Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

After notes, will our rights vanish too?

Markets are already panicked and if supplies dry up, prices will soar.

16 Nov 2016 1:10 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

Note ban economic quackery by govt?

PM Modi succeeded in scoring political brownie points as the middle class is star-struck by his surgical strike' on...

16 Nov 2016 12:59 AM IST

Kashmiri students leave an examination center, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. (Photo: PTI)

Exam calm in J&K: A good sign, but...

About 95 per cent of the examinees, higher than in recent years, took their exams on Monday.

16 Nov 2016 12:45 AM IST

Early warming signs

Early warming signs

All nations, rich or poor, clean or dirty, agreed to keep global warming well below 2ÂºC.

16 Nov 2016 12:29 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Being comfortably uncomfortable

The inner and outer do not exist in reality, it is simply they are perceived as two separate entities by the mind.

15 Nov 2016 7:11 AM IST

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. (Photo: AP)

Did Hillary's rise... lead to her fall?

This sudden alchemical change in the career of Ms Clinton is a phenomenon we need to understand.

15 Nov 2016 7:05 AM IST

Gas station attendants check 500 and 1000 rupee notes in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

Note ban: Govt didn't plan properly

Hospitals and medical shops are not accepting the old currency notes and the latter are often shutting down before their...

15 Nov 2016 6:55 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President elect Donald Trump (Photo: PTI)

Can Make in India' & America First' merge?

Mr Modi must find the first opportunity to meet him to develop chemistry and sell a shared vision of 21st century Asia.

15 Nov 2016 6:46 AM IST

In this image made from video, three cows are stranded on an island of grass in a paddock that had been ripped apart following an earthquake near Kaikoura, New Zealand. (Photo: AP)

Living on the edge

A greater reason for the world to worry is 2016 is the unusually high seismic activity.

15 Nov 2016 6:42 AM IST