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The most significant cause for the decline of growth is the decline in capital investment. (Representational Image/ DC File)

Mohan Guruswamy | The loss of momentum in India's economic growth

The Indian economy, which has been in distress for most of the last decade, is now seriously stricken

28 Dec 2021 2:26 AM IST

The pandemic will itself continue, but we can hope that it does not do the damage that it did either in 2020 or in 2021. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Aakar Patel | As 2022 looms, we can only hope for some easing of pain

Perhaps we should begin from the place that has become frozen in time: Kashmir

28 Dec 2021 1:44 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the inauguration of Kashi Vishwanath Dham, in Varanasi, Monday, Dec 13, 2021. (DC File Image)

Saeed Naqvi | Kashi Corridor: Would Ghalib, Ray & Bismillah recognise...

All rivers have a lore for people settled on their banks and beyond, but the Ganga is different because it is special to...

27 Dec 2021 3:34 AM IST

Cover image of Pico Iyers book, The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere. (Twitter)

Sanjaya Baru | As 2021 draws to a close, it's a time for reflection

The Art of Stillness was, therefore, the right book to read

27 Dec 2021 2:17 AM IST

BJP National President J.P. Nadda with former union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal speaks during BJPs Vijay Sankalp Yatra in Haridwar, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. (PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | Time to teach a lesson to Haridwar's hatemongers

Such a dangerous and revolting display of religious hatred cannot be passed off as a one-off incident

26 Dec 2021 10:33 AM IST

So, what does 2022, the Year of the Tiger, promise?

Shreya Sen-Handley | Steve, Chom-chom, other name games people play

At birth we're given hopeful names by our generally well-intentioned parents, with which we develop a love-hate...

26 Dec 2021 3:08 AM IST

Congress leader and former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat after meeting with party leader Rahul Gandhi, in New Delhi, Friday, Dec. 24, 2021 (PTI)

Anita Katyal | Will Harish do an Amarinder? Will Yogi stand from...

Theories about Rawat's mysterious future plans have become a subject of animated discussion in the poll-bound hill state

26 Dec 2021 2:39 AM IST

Shobhaa De | 2021 was better than 2020! Will 2022 sizzle & crackle?

Europe shuts down, New Year's parties are cancelled across the globe, we in India are less despondent and generally...

25 Dec 2021 2:40 AM IST

Globalisation should mean the timely export of anti-Covid vaccines to countries and could even mean the suspension of patents for these and other medicines from which multinational Western firms make billions of dollars. (AFP file photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | It's exploitation, not compassion: Globalisation II &...

Global compassion is far behind the global instinct to exploit. Will it ever catch up? Inshallah!

25 Dec 2021 2:29 AM IST

The Covid-19 pandemic which inspired the new normal of work from home also questions an individual-centric world. (DC file photo)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | As bells toll for 2021, an end is also a beginning

At present, for around 37 per cent of jobs in developed countries and 10 per cent in developing countries, working from...

24 Dec 2021 12:43 AM IST

This image provided by Pfizer in October 2021 shows the companys COVID-19 Paxlovid pills. U.S. health regulators on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021 authorized the first pill against COVID-19, a Pfizer drug that Americans will be able to take at home to head off the worst effects of the virus. (Pfizer via AP)

Chandrakant Lahariya | FDA approval of Covid pill a sign of hope for...

The US Food and Drugs Administration approved an oral Covid-19 drug Paxlovid. Molnupiravir, too, received emergency...

24 Dec 2021 12:27 AM IST

Prime Minister Modi, with his love for technology, is enthused to bring everything into digital order, and all that he wants is to keep a close eye on every citizen. (Representational Photo: PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Aadhaar's use and misuse: Govt spreads its...

The Modi government is misusing this gap in the definition of Aadhaar to extend the power of the State to identify and...

22 Dec 2021 11:52 PM IST