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The industrial growth measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for 2017-18 too decelerated to 4.3 per cent from 4.6 per cent in the previous fiscal. The IIP had grown by 4.4 per cent in March 2017.

Economy: Good and bad news

Some relief may come if there's a normal monsoon, but oil prices, dependent on the whims of oil producing countries,...

14 Jun 2018 2:16 AM IST

President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during their meet on Sentosa Island, Singapore. (Photo: AP)

A triumph of faith over fact as history is made

A denuclearised North Korea should be welcome to India for two reasons.

14 Jun 2018 2:16 AM IST

Cubas former president and revolutionary icon Fidel Castro. (Photo: AP)

'Ortega-free' future looks unlikely in Nicaragua

Pent-up resentments related to other various issues kept emotions on the boil.

14 Jun 2018 2:16 AM IST

NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer Amitabh Kant

Age Debate: 'Lateral entry' to end IAS raj?

The lateral entry of professionals will make the Indian bureaucracy better, more efficient.

14 Jun 2018 2:16 AM IST

The European Union data protection laws will cover large tech companies like Google, Twitter and Facebook that use personal data as an advertising goldmine, as well as firms like banks and also public bodies. (Photo: Pixabay)

Why guarding privacy, protecting your data is becoming vital in our...

No one quite knows when the Srikrishna Committee will present its final report to the government, but it could be pretty...

14 Jun 2018 2:15 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Suicide or sanyas

As a sanyasin, one has to learn the art of meditating and creating distance from the mind that is suicidal.

14 Jun 2018 2:15 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Seek the sacred in sport

Sport demands that one strives utmost to defeat or outsmart one's opponents.

13 Jun 2018 1:33 AM IST

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Money machine flows from Noida in UP

The CAG has sought details of all the board meetings that had taken place in Noida since 1976 and has started its audit.

13 Jun 2018 1:31 AM IST

Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan

Lahore is main battleground, but Karachi holds the key

The PML(N) may have been a creation of the establishment but it became more than a sum of its parts.

13 Jun 2018 1:27 AM IST

Pakistan violated ceasefire in Keri and Digwar areas of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: PTI/File)

What next in Kashmir? Tough choices for govt

The separatists and the terror groups, a little surprised by the government initiative, also couldn't reorganise...

13 Jun 2018 1:26 AM IST

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Reforming the bureaucracy

The Centre's lateral hiring at the joint secretary level may be a much-needed reform of the bureaucracy.

13 Jun 2018 1:23 AM IST

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (Photo: AFP)

Why India, Pak can't do a Trump-Kim on J&K

South Korea may be a US ally, but it is not the United States, represented by the man who shook hands with Mr Kim...

13 Jun 2018 12:57 AM IST