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The policy aims to achieve USD 300 billion (over Rs 20 lakh crore) worth of textile exports by 2024-25 and create an additional 35 million jobs.

Onus on State to look after workers: Look at Bangladesh

According to analysts, Bangladeshi garment workers get below poverty level wages.

12 Jun 2019 1:03 AM IST

Nirmala Sitharaman spoke on the on-going efforts of Indian Government to counter tax avoidance & evasion, finance ministry tweeted.

Bring back credibility to the Union Budget

Sustainable magic requires that the magician remain credible.

12 Jun 2019 1:03 AM IST

Spains Rafael Nadal returns a ball in his Mexican Tennis Open round one match against Germanys Mischa Zverev in Acapulco, Mexico on Tuesday. (Photo: AP)

Nadal's feat of clay

The temperament of talented players in the distaff side seems so fragile that two Slams in a row.

12 Jun 2019 1:02 AM IST

The rape cases in Kathua, Unnao and Surat sparked nationwide outrage following which pressure mounted on the Centre to amend laws. (Photo: PTI)

Justice for Kathua, but some fears still remain

Interested individuals and groups with strong political backing tend to whip up communal frenzy.

12 Jun 2019 1:02 AM IST

This summer, KAYAK looked through its data and identified the top trending destinations that are family-friendly, such as Houston, Boston, Los Angeles, Melbourne and Toronto. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra - Family harmony: The most important aspect of life

Complete family harmony is the key to happiness, prosperity and success.

11 Jun 2019 1:34 AM IST

Jawaharlal Nehru

Liberal & secular India: An idea that misread history?

To turn this unequal society, whose very basis was found on exclusiveness, into an inclusive one was an outlandish...

11 Jun 2019 1:34 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Can Modi go where no one has gone before...?

Modi's sharp new foreign policy team haven't let the grass grow under their feet in bringing Sri Lanka into play either.

11 Jun 2019 1:34 AM IST

Researchers also found that genetic variants associated with lower empathy are also associated with higher risk for autism. (Photo: Pixabay)

The science of tinkering with our genes is a tricky slope

There are other possibilities being studied as well, such as introducing traits from the animal kingdom into humanity.

11 Jun 2019 1:33 AM IST

External affairs minister S. Jaishankar addresses a meet in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

For Modi, Jaishankar is like Nixon's Kissinger

There was the sincere intent to strengthen the Saarc.

11 Jun 2019 1:33 AM IST

Girish Karnad was among the most vocal critics of hardline Hindutva whose security was beefed up following the killing of Gauri Lankesh in September 2017. (Photo: File)

Farewell to a colossus

Girish Karnad was a man who stood up for what he believed in.

11 Jun 2019 1:33 AM IST

West Bengal CM and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee reacts as she leaves after casting vote at a polling booth in Kolkata on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Is West Bengal heading for President's Rule?

The BJP has got wind in its sails after winning 18 of the state's 42 parliamentary seats, demoralising the state's...

11 Jun 2019 1:33 AM IST

More Indian children are in school today than ever before, but the quality of public schools has sunk to abysmally low levels, as government schools have become the reserve of children at the very bottom of Indias social ladder.

Grades matter, but so do basketball tryouts and rock climbing

Most of us fall for this velvet-rope syndrome, which warns us that a club is as desirable as the quality of the people...

10 Jun 2019 1:16 AM IST