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Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das arrive for the RBI central board of directors in a customary post-budget meeting, in New Delhi on Saturday. PTI photo

Chandrajit Banerjee | Reviving growth: Government needs to do a fine...

The fiscal situation is now under stress driven by a shortfall in revenue collections due to a fall in GDP induced by...

25 Jan 2021 9:07 AM IST

Farmers leaders during a meeting with Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar (unseen) and Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal (unseen) over the new farm laws, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, Wednesday, December. 30, 2020. (PTI/Shahbaz Khan)

AA Edit | Is power only language in which to talk farm laws?

The government must show the same spirit of accommodation and seriousness of purpose while sitting with the farmers next...

25 Jan 2021 8:54 AM IST

AA Edit | Heed General on arms buys

Overhaul of procurement procedures are needed in the civilian domain to gain efficiency and cut delays

25 Jan 2021 8:16 AM IST

President Joe Biden signs his first executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP)

Sanjaya Baru | Trump to Biden: Modi's US ties in need of reset

How Mr Modi intends to redefine and rework his approach to the new America of Mr Biden and Ms Harris remains to be seen

25 Jan 2021 7:28 AM IST

Congress party MP Mallikarjun Kharge speaks in the Lok Sabha in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

Anita Katyal | Kharge or Sharma: Who will succeed Azad in LS?

Despite the Congress party's poor bench strength, the veteran leader managed to get under the government's skin on...

24 Jan 2021 7:47 AM IST

US President Donald Trump walks over to speak with the press after arriving on Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown. (AP)

Shreya Sen-Handley | Trump, and the art of leaving

But was it also Trump's bid to trash Washington and American democracy, if he could no longer preside over it

24 Jan 2021 7:29 AM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Resist new usurpers of Hindu's eternal legacy

Hindus have been used to being Hindus in a self-assured way without being told that there is a higher 'authority' that...

24 Jan 2021 7:13 AM IST

Income Tax Department cautions people against phishing e-mails promising refund. (PTI Photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | Hoax on TV anchor is a wake-up call on fake offers

Gentle reader, Ms Razdan is not the only one to have fallen for fake offers which arrive through the Internet

23 Jan 2021 12:07 AM IST

A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a person at a Hospital in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. India started inoculating health workers Saturday in what is likely the worlds largest COVID-19 vaccination campaign, joining the ranks of wealthier nations where the effort is already well underway. (AP)

Shobhaa De | Vaccine hai to hum hai: Get ready for the vaxxie!

Come on Bollywood pull out a few cool 'vaxxie' looks. Airport looks are so 2020!

23 Jan 2021 12:05 AM IST

Censorship of OTT content is a grave offence against cinematic art. (Photo:twitter @hathyogi31)

AA Edit | Don't censor OTT content

The denigration of gods is a smokescreen under which many of these objectors operate

23 Jan 2021 12:05 AM IST

The government must at least now do a rethink on the campaign and be true and honest with the people on its components. It must win peoples confidence by placing all the facts before them, to start with; piecemeal and ad hoc release of critical information is not the right way to do it. (Photo:AFP)

AA Edit | Put politics, profit aside; level with all on vaccine

The government and the companies should have been upfront about the products from the beginning

23 Jan 2021 12:00 AM IST

Sajjad Lone (PTI/file)

AA Edit | Is Lone playing BJP games ?

By breaking from the Gupkar group, Mr Lone would appear to have gone back to his position of affinity with BJP

22 Jan 2021 7:32 AM IST