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India has the potential to innovate on the lines of Silicon Valley but it needs to do more for expanding the innovation ecosystem as it aspires to become a middle income country, World Bank India head Junaid Kamal Ahmad said today.

Why competitive federalism' could help to boost India's eco rankings

Most of the time countries with low ranks are criticised at domestic as well as international levels.

5 Dec 2018 12:49 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

Quiet steps by India, Pak needed

A dispute such as Kashmir may have to become irrelevant before it can be resolved.

5 Dec 2018 12:48 AM IST

Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur

Why Kartarpur Sahib initiative may go sour

It was Navjot Singh Sidhu's presence at the Pakistani ceremony which really became contentious.

5 Dec 2018 12:48 AM IST

Memories of a gentler era

Bill Clinton, offers an example of true greatness in bipartisanship, and has a fairytale ring at these times.

5 Dec 2018 12:48 AM IST

There have been some arrests, but the terms of reference of the inquiry ordered are crucial. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Crack down on goons in UP, give slain cop justice

When SHO Singh was seriously injured by stones flying about him, he was carried to his vehicle by policemen who sought...

5 Dec 2018 12:48 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Learn from Vishnu

Every avatar of Vishnu gave the gyan of the period.

4 Dec 2018 1:37 AM IST

UK must accept it's no longer a world power

Internationally, the loss will be of a model that inspired a fractured and warring world to seek cohesion.

4 Dec 2018 1:37 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russian President Vladimir Putin and China President Xi Jinping during a meeting in the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires on Saturday. (Photo: AFP)

India still on margins in G-20's power play

Bilateral and trilateral meetings of leaders invited more attention than the summit speeches.

4 Dec 2018 1:37 AM IST

Andr©s Manuel L³pez Obrador (Photo: AP)

A left turn in Mexico

Among the major tasks facing AMLO is to end the marginalisation of such poor communities.

4 Dec 2018 1:37 AM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi with party leaders Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia offering prayers at Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain.

Modi and Rahul lock horns over Hinduism

This is a venture to mobilise the mass of Hindu voters in the name of religion in order to further the BJP's electoral...

4 Dec 2018 1:36 AM IST

Women who are speaking out today are doing so only after having negotiated the hierarchies of power and who have achieved some level of inner confidence to speak.

#MeToo: Reform the Act for workplaces

The Act deals only with situations where the complainant and perpetrator work in the same organisation.

3 Dec 2018 3:19 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Navy needs better ships to deter Pak, China

American, Russian, French and UK SSBNs, have SLBMs with range upto 10,000 km.

3 Dec 2018 12:05 AM IST