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People wait for cash withdrawals outside a Yes Bank branch in Ahmedabad on Friday. (Photo: AP)

Govt, RBI must resolve mess in banking sector

The RBI's sudden regulatory action on Yes Bank leaves many questions unanswered.

7 March 2020 7:06 AM IST

Senior Indian Police Service officer Param Bir Singh was on Saturday appointed Director General of the Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau. (File Photo)

Thana welcome desks'? End cop-neta nexus

Someone did the maths and figured at any given time, 194 Mumbai constables will be busy smiling and offering water to...

7 March 2020 7:05 AM IST

A families leaves riot-affected Karawal Nagar in northeast Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

After Delhi burns, there is despair, but also hope

Journalists reporting the violence in northeast Delhi have been explicitly asked whether they were Hindu or Muslim.

6 March 2020 6:46 AM IST

BJP leader Kapil Mishra

An occasion for apologists of Partition to rethink view

The BJP's landslide victory in last year's Lok Sabha elections was undoubtedly a motivating factor.

6 March 2020 6:20 AM IST

Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

Cryptocurrency law needed

India, whose people remit more than $80 billion a year, could save a lot with this technology.

6 March 2020 6:18 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (ANI photo)

Pleas against all hate speech must be heard

The intervention was necessitated after a series of events and contradictory orders from the Delhi HC left the...

6 March 2020 6:15 AM IST

Taking control of yourself, gaining clarity on what you truly want and need to accomplish, is a calming, inspirational, and transformational experience.

Mystic Mantra: Stay rooted to up your inner calm

This is the foundational touchstone for having faith in oneself and one's own voyage through life.

6 March 2020 2:47 AM IST

My thoughts are with the loved ones of those who have died in Quebec during this heat wave, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Twitter, urging everyone to make sure they protected themselves and their families. (Representational Image)

Can the state of Telangana take on the heat stress this year?

Another set of workers who are particularly affected are around coal mines and thermal power plants.

6 March 2020 2:45 AM IST

At the start of 2019, the United States, Russia, Britain, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea had a total of some 13,865 nuclear weapons, according to estimates in a new report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). (Representational Image)

NPT at 50: Past imperfect, future uncertain

In exchange for countries' pledges not to develop nukes, the US in exchange would hand over its own nuclear weapons.

6 March 2020 2:43 AM IST

While Chidambaram is out on bail in the INX Media corruption case being probed by the CBI, the summons was issued to the bureaucrats and other accused after the court took cognizance of the charge sheet filed by the agency last month. (Photo: Representational | ANI)

Needed, an even-handed procedure for holding trials

The judges, in our legal system, enjoy wide latitude of discretion.

5 March 2020 2:24 AM IST

Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)

Taliban accord won't be easy to implement

Around 5,000 Taliban prisoners will be released immediately; like the 1,000 held by the Taliban.

5 March 2020 2:14 AM IST

The coronavirus is a family of viruses that can cause a range of illnesses in humans including common cold and more severe forms like SARS and MERS, which are life threatening.

How to destroy coronavirus

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal assured the public that there were sufficient N95 masks at hand.

5 March 2020 2:12 AM IST