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The ride has been rough for Ms Sitharaman. Despite her best efforts, and visible results on the fiscal front, both investment and consumption remain subdued due to persistent modest expectations about the near term.

Sanjaya Baru | Restoring confidence is key to economic growth

It is not at all surprising that Ms Sitharaman chose to be so bold as to claim credit for the sentiment on Dalal Street

9 Aug 2021 3:09 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the virtual launch of Customized Crash Course programme for Covid 19 Frontline workers, in New Delhi. (PTI)

Anita Katyal | Talks with Didi costly for Cong seniors; Kailash falls...

Once a favourite of home minister Amit Shah, BJP's national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya appears to have...

8 Aug 2021 2:47 AM IST

Tax authorities raids Chinese entities for money laundering. (PTI Photo)

Pavan K Varma | Look, honey, how they shrank your savings!

In a situation where incomes have either steeply declined, or are static, price rise has hit like a whip lash

8 Aug 2021 2:23 AM IST

Yes, I thought, smiling back. They do no harm, and often expose themselves.

Shashi Warrier | The bureaucrat's other deceptions...

There was something about him that commanded my respect, so I did as he said

8 Aug 2021 1:23 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AFP)

Shobhaa De | Putin is everywhere How super sexy is new' Russia?

Putin's 'New Russia' is sexy, glamourous, flashy and trashy!

7 Aug 2021 10:41 AM IST

Amazon has updated the Alexa app on iOS so that users can access the voice assistant right from their home screens via a new widget. (Photo: PTI)

Creepy feelings as tech advances: Will Alexa listen in & tell the CIA?

The brain is a muscle which harbours memories and thoughts

7 Aug 2021 10:33 AM IST

L. Ravichander | Trafficking bill gender-neutral, but does not...

Slavery still exists... now it applies only to women and its name is prostitution. Victor Hugo

6 Aug 2021 1:40 AM IST

A nurse administers the COVID-19 vaccine to the frontline workers after the virtual launch of the COVID-19 vaccination. (Photo: PTI)

Karan Thapar | What Kerala did right and where India went wrong

The subject that we know a lot about, albeit one-sidedly, is the Covid-19 situation in Kerala

6 Aug 2021 1:31 AM IST

claims NSO IT minister has said some of the countries listed in the Pegasus expose as its clients are incorrect. Representational Image (Twitter)

Mohan Guruswamy | Who's behind Pegasus and why it's no big deal

The only difference between them and NSO is that the Israeli company is a white-black operation

5 Aug 2021 1:58 AM IST

A health worker prepares to inoculates a man with a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus. (Photo: AFP)

Plodding pace, supply glitches hit India's drive to vaccinate all

What is curious about these figures is that of vaccines in the pipeline and vaccines available

5 Aug 2021 1:02 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the virtual launch of Customized Crash Course programme for Covid 19 Frontline workers, in New Delhi. (PTI)

KC Singh | As external threats on rise, Modi needs peace at home

What PM Modi needs to realise is that when the external environment degrades, domestic politics must adjust if it can't...

4 Aug 2021 1:32 AM IST

Migrants from Jaipur arrive by Shramik Special train at Danapur junction, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus (PTI)

Dilip Cherian | Telangana DM thinks out of box, creates jobs for...

The CBDT chairman and members have been appointed on seniority basis in the IRS civil list with the approval of the ACC

4 Aug 2021 1:30 AM IST