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India has, according to the governments own data, the lowest labour participation rate in South Asia and one of the lowest in the world. (Representational Image/ AP)

Aakar Patel | Why are voters not bothered about economy, absence of...

The curious thing is that the economy does not appear to be a relevant subject in India's political debate

8 Feb 2022 2:12 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan pose for a photo before their bilateral meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022. (AP)

K.C. Singh | To tackle Pak and China, India must divide & win

The question that arises is whether India too has a plan, beyond myth-making and reactive diplomacy

8 Feb 2022 1:26 AM IST

The defence economy has now entered a new era, with the opening up of defence manufacturing to domestic private enterprise. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Sanjaya Baru | More bang for the buck' in defence: New thinking vital

Defence is the one area where the Union government bears full responsibility for spending and delivering results on that...

7 Feb 2022 3:38 AM IST

A girl holds a sign during a protest against US military involvement with Russia over Ukraine during a rally in Times Square, New York, on February 5, 2022. (AFP)

Saeed Naqvi | Ukraine doesn't expect invasion; but Biden, Boris build...

The image of the Western alliance in lockstep, ready to go for Mr Putin's jugular, isn't borne out by the facts on the...

7 Feb 2022 2:16 AM IST

Sharon Lowen | Friendship in the time of Covid

From the time of our first lockdown, I felt no urge for long phone conversations with friends who were coping in...

6 Feb 2022 3:01 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks during a post-budget interaction with Confederation of Indian Industrys (CII) National Council, in New Delhi, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022. (PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | Budget ignores real threat in favour of speculative...

Unemployment is at a 48-year high and three crore graduates are jobless

6 Feb 2022 2:47 AM IST

Bharatiya Janata Partys MP from Gurdaspur, Sunny Deol. (PTI)

Anita Katyal | Modi's strategic indifference; why Deol not seen in...

Phone calls to his office elicit a stock reply that Deol is not keeping well

6 Feb 2022 2:14 AM IST

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut at Parliament, during the 2021 Budget Session, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

Shobhaa De | Wine is nice Raut and the Rubaiyyat go well together

My problem is not with wine being made available in supermarkets, it is with wine being described as a non-alcoholic...

5 Feb 2022 12:37 AM IST

In this file photo taken on November 10, 2020 Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) and Martin Reynolds, the Prime Ministers Principal Private Secretary (L), arrive back at Downing Street. (Photo:AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | No. 10 parties: BoJo is trying desperately to fend...

BoJo survives but the nails are being steadily banged into the coffin

5 Feb 2022 12:11 AM IST

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath with BJP MP Hema Malini during a public meeting in support of BJPs candidate Shrikant Sharma, ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, in Mathura, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. (PTI)

Anand K. Sahay | Modi, Yogi & UP election: High-stakes battle looms

Adityanath is plain bad news, and the praise heaped on him by the leader of the country is palpably false

4 Feb 2022 7:14 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Snobby Kerala babus ordered to remove flags on...

Even earlier, babus in Kerala had got into trouble for not putting registration number plates on official vehicles

3 Feb 2022 7:16 AM IST

Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman with Ministers of State for Finance Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad and Pankaj Chaudhary on her at Parliament for the presentation of the Union Budget 2022-23, in New Delhi. (PTI/Kamal Kishore)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Budget: Good intentions, but bit short on...

The expectation is that'growth' will come centre-stage from the next fiscal year as the pandemic becomes a bad memory

3 Feb 2022 7:09 AM IST