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Reserve Bank of India

Pitfalls of taking on RBI

This is a pointer to the pitfalls in case the government at any time in the future decides to take on the RBI.

18 Nov 2018 12:00 AM IST

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has written to Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, complaining about Gujarat government firm GSPC.

States rebel against alleged misuse of CBI

The Prime Minister and his top BJP colleagues need to address this if the fruits of democracy are not to elude us.

18 Nov 2018 12:00 AM IST

German Chancellor and candidate of the Christian Democratic Union for the upcoming election Angela Merkel delivers a speech in Dortmund. (Photo: AP)

Revisiting India's World War I role

Neither Britain nor India has come to any conclusions about the colonial relationship.

17 Nov 2018 7:24 AM IST

Sikhism, being a practical religion, denounces renunciation and believes in householders way of salvation. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

Litfest & more: Musings from an Aussie outpost

There were several warm and fuzzy moments during my interaction with readers at the multi-venue Adelaide Festival Centre...

17 Nov 2018 7:23 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Modi in Maldives: Time for relook at China BRI

India should judge Chinese projects in its maritime neighbourhood by smarter red lines, which cannot mean a zero Chinese...

17 Nov 2018 7:08 AM IST

T.M. Krishna (Photo: ANI)

Carnatic maestro & trolls

Mercifully, the AAP government in Delhi has offered Mr Krishna an alternative venue on the same date in the nation's...

17 Nov 2018 7:07 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi further said that the government has taken several measures for improving the ease of doing business in the country. (Photo: PTI)

Govt must do more to implement its schemes

Credit growth is only just picking up, with banks burdened by stressed assets and afraid to lend for fear of increasing...

17 Nov 2018 12:01 AM IST

Always remember that successful and happy people are not those who get the best of everything in life, but are the ones who make the best of everything they get in life. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: The will to change

We humans too need to go through a similar process of change if we want to enjoy our life on a constant basis.

16 Nov 2018 12:08 AM IST

Priests perform Shila Pujan of stones for construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya. (Photo: PTI/File)

Changing place names: Fashioning potent weapons of mass distraction

The renaming and the Ram temple issue appeals to the common religious identity of the OBCs and dalits.

16 Nov 2018 12:05 AM IST

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan visits the Prophets Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia (Photo: AP)

Imran Khan is on shaky ground with the Chinese

Few of our ministers of information have been as forthcoming as the late Altaf Gauhar, once the mouthpiece of President...

16 Nov 2018 12:05 AM IST

Rafale fighter (Photo: File)

False info, false testimony in Rafale dogfight

The Modi govt has begun to pay French vendor Dassault 7.85 billion euros for 36 Rafale jets, or an average-per-fighter...

16 Nov 2018 12:05 AM IST

President Donald Trump speaks before signing a USD 716 billion defense policy bill named for Senator John McCain Monday, in Fort Drum, New York on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Cheer in Trump's Diwali too

The White House was also a bit tardy, the festival lit up 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue a whole week late.

16 Nov 2018 12:05 AM IST