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Exporters need all the help they can get to help close the trade deficit. (Representational image)

Exporters need support

A softening of oil prices has also eased the pressure on the Indian rupee.

3 Nov 2018 1:51 AM IST

Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda (Photo: File)

Mystic Mantra: Key to good leadership

A large majority of the workforce is not greatly motivated and are only interested in enhancing their salary and perks.

2 Nov 2018 6:24 AM IST

To improve ease of doing business, a new scheme of self-assessment-based duty-free procurement of inputs required for exports has been introduced.

Ease of doing biz: Get the right indexes right

In the real India, it still takes 156 days to get a building plan sanctioned, and 1,445 days in court to get a judicial...

2 Nov 2018 12:20 AM IST

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

Imran Khan's finest hour, but can he walk the talk?

Memories were also stoked of how the PTI used similar rhetoric and tactics against their own political opponents during...

2 Nov 2018 12:05 AM IST

Rafale fighter (Photo: File)

Rafale deal: Come clean

Perhaps it's too late to take the major Opposition leaders into confidence on the deal's broader aspects.

2 Nov 2018 12:05 AM IST

PM Modi dedicated the 597 feet or 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to the nation on his 143rd birth anniversary in Gujarats Narmada district. (Photo: Twitter | @narendramodi)

Why the Sangh needs to bank on Sardar's legacy

The issue of Patel not being conferred the Bharat Ratna is cited as proof of his undermining.

2 Nov 2018 12:05 AM IST

The RBI has asked Axis Banks board to re-consider the decision to re-appoint Shikha Sharma as its MD and CEO for a fourth term.

Govt-RBI tussle over use of huge reserves?

That India's finances are weak is a reality that is giving the jitters to the Modi government, with the general election...

2 Nov 2018 12:00 AM IST

Finally, GPS provides me journey-long insurance till I hear: Youve reached your destinationâ€!

Mystic Mantra: Get your GPS right

There's another GPS I love unconditional, absolutely free, universally accessible, invisibly omnipresent and eternally...

1 Nov 2018 6:47 AM IST

The poems title, Anthem for Doomed Youth, offers us another resonant expression. (Representational image)

Poetry & war: The monstrous anger of guns

The Latin quotation from Horace translates as: It is a sweet and honourable thing to die for one's country.

1 Nov 2018 6:46 AM IST

Moin Qureshi: The phantom in the CBI opera

A week is too long in politics, in the CBI's history it would be the longest and darkest without a doubt.

1 Nov 2018 12:30 AM IST

Indonesian police and SAR personel identify personal items of passengers of the ill-fated Lion Air flight JT 610 at the Jakarta port. (Photo: AFP)

Lessons from Indonesia

Efforts are on to trace the plane and recover its black box, with transponder pings raising hopes.

1 Nov 2018 12:05 AM IST

Sardar Patels Statue of Unity in Gujarats Narmada district is twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty in the US. Iron was collected from all over the country to build the statue. (Photo: @PMOIndia twitter via PTI)

Honour the Sardar, don't forget Indira

Every Indian knows of the stalwart contribution of Sardar Patel in integrating the erstwhile princely states into...

1 Nov 2018 12:00 AM IST