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Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

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Unlike Gujarat, Modi's focus is now on ideology, not economy

It appears to me that this focus on trying whatever was possible to push the economy has gone missing now from the...

3 Feb 2020 1:35 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.

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China virus: A prelude to chem and bio warfare?

The declining populace of 130 million Russians are no match for China's upswinging economy of 1.4 billion people.

3 Feb 2020 1:32 AM IST

Team India pose after completing their 5-0 T20I series win over New Zealand at Bay Oval on Sunday. (Photo: AP)

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Indian supremacy

It is the quality and cleverness in the bowlers of both spin and pace that sets this Indian team apart.

3 Feb 2020 12:36 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (Photo: ANI)

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A make-do' Budget that adjusts to the slowdown

The Economic Survey of 2019-20, placed on the table of the LS on Jan 31, was arguing that there should be minimal state...

3 Feb 2020 12:19 AM IST

Former Union minister, Arif Mohammad Khan

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Arif was made Kerala gov just to spite Pinarayi govt

It is an exact replica of Article 78 which defines the Prime Minister's duties towards the President.

3 Feb 2020 12:16 AM IST

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman

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Budget lacks vision, a golden chance wasted

Another great disappointment in the Budget was the new income-tax regime.

3 Feb 2020 12:08 AM IST

The report also does well to emphasise that higher trade-to-GDP ratios are a signal of competitiveness and an entry point for coupling the Indian economy with the international economy, including through global value chains.

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FM's booster dose to rev up rural economy

Proposal for 112 medical colleges on Public-Private-Partnership basis would certainly help reduce the shortage of...

2 Feb 2020 7:13 AM IST

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It's a credible balancing act by a pragmatic FM

The Budget has adopted just the right approach for catalysing growth with social inclusion.

2 Feb 2020 6:43 AM IST

Indian economic growth has steadily slowed to a six-year low of 5.0 per cent in the April-June quarter from an 8.1 per cent peak in the January-March quarter of 2018.

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Budget 2020: India is cruising for a bruising

Unemployment is rising sharply, consumption, savings and investment are down and inflation is rearing its ugly head...

2 Feb 2020 6:39 AM IST

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Sitharaman Budget: Long in form, short in content

Indirect taxes involve a bigger population cohort considering that the consumer finally pays the GST. Thus, even a...

2 Feb 2020 6:36 AM IST

$US President Donald Trump plans to make a \major statement\ at the White House at 9 am EST (1300 GMT) on Sunday, White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said late on Saturday. (Photo: File)$ Opinion

New poster boys of an old vocabulary

You wouldn't think this innocuous cereal could sound offensive till it is shouted in your face.

2 Feb 2020 6:32 AM IST

Owners can create safe zones for their dogs to roam, monitor activity trends, let friends safely walk their dogs, manage multiple dogs.

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Of dogs of mayhem and passing dogs

The clamour of Fudge and Wonder barking at a passing dog woke me up just then, and I went back to watching cricket.

2 Feb 2020 1:42 AM IST