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GST collections in July fall 14% due to COVID lockdown. (Photo-ANI)

AA Edit | GST: A win for states

That the change in stance will ensure better rates and easy administration of the process is only part of the deal

17 Oct 2020 10:07 AM IST

Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and President of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti poses for a photograph with senior party leaders, at her residence in Srinagar, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. Union Territory administration revoked the Public Safety Act charges against Mufti, more than a year after she was detained following the abrogation of the special status of the erstwhile state. (PTI)

AA Edit | If PDP, others cohere, Centre will be afraid

If the Kashmir parties stick together in the foreseeable future, the BJP's pursuit could prove Sisyphean

17 Oct 2020 10:02 AM IST

The Egyptian queen is be played by Gal Gadot, an Israeli star of Greek lineage. Her ethnicity has caused what the clich© appropriately calls a Twitter storm. (AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Multi-ethnic casting rows nothing new, just look back

Last week a new film on Cleopatra was announced and the Egyptian queen is to be played by Gal Gadot, leading to a...

17 Oct 2020 9:54 AM IST

Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan. (PTI File)

Shobhaa De | Bollywood joins forces, but for what exactly?

While every industry is well within its rights to seek redressal, it is important to ask what exactly has miffed...

17 Oct 2020 9:39 AM IST

Indian Army soldiers stand guard near Nastachun pass, also known as Sadhana pass, about 8 Km from the Line of Control (LOC) in the district of Kupwara. (AFP)

AA Edit | Hate squad's dangerous agenda

So frightening has the monster of social media grown that it is causing concern about the cohesiveness of our Armed...

16 Oct 2020 11:05 AM IST

Locals take a dip in the musi water as some are looking for their belongings after the floods near the Chaderghat bridge which is completely devastated after the heavy floods. (Image: Deepak Deshpande)

AA Edit | Rainy spotlight on bad urban planning

The way the rain fury threw life out of gear in the Telangana capital leaves some disquieting questions about our urban...

16 Oct 2020 10:41 AM IST

Army vehicles move towards eastern Ladakh amid the prolonged India-China stand off, in Leh. (PTI)

Skand Tayal | India weighs options as it faces Chinese intransigence

The seventh round of the corps commander-level talks between India and China has not led to any notable advance on the...

16 Oct 2020 10:06 AM IST

Videograb from the controversial Tanishq ad.

Karan Thapar | The beauty of oneness': Has today's India lost it?

The advertisement trolls excoriated celebrated the love of a Muslim mother-in-law for her Hindu daughter-in-law

16 Oct 2020 9:51 AM IST

Parliamentarians participate in a debate in the Lok Sabha today. (PTI)

Shruti Lakhtakia |A new mantra? Seek, and you shall find; ask, it will...

The value of Question Hour, as an institution that offers the opportunity to question the government and to demand...

15 Oct 2020 7:26 PM IST

Videograb from the controversial Tanishq ad.

AA Edit | An unfortunate climbdown

This particular type of Hindutva 'cancel culture' badly hurts the image of the country and its soft power around the...

15 Oct 2020 10:31 AM IST

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari denied reports that he is in self-isolation. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Koshyari's conduct beyond the pale

Instead of a cautious approach, Koshyari has chosen to be sarcastic in his letter and ask whether the CM has turned...

15 Oct 2020 10:10 AM IST

Professors Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson, winners of the 2020 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats. (Image: Twitter/@Stanford)

Mohan Guruswamy | Auction theory' Nobel: But do people benefit?

Of all Nobel Prize disciplines, it is probably Economics after Medicine that touches the everyday life of mankind

15 Oct 2020 9:56 AM IST