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US President Joe Biden with Vice President Kamala Harris (L) signs a a Made in America Executive Order, to increase the amount of federal spending that goes to American companies in the South Court Auditorium at the White House on January 25, 2021 in Washington, DC. (JIM Watson / AFP)

Mohan Guruswamy | Biden's real challenge is to fix America's finances

The American crisis began unfolding when Richard Nixon disengaged the US dollar from the gold standard

27 Jan 2021 7:23 AM IST

If the BJP had studied the traditions of the celebration of Netaji Jayanti in West Bengal over the decades, it would have discovered the facts and stopped itself from inventing a fiction. (Photo:PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Battle for Bengal: BJP to face hidden pitfalls

Steering between the simplistic and the messy complexities of identity politics in West Bengal, the BJP is travelling...

26 Jan 2021 12:05 AM IST

The India growth story is over and has been over for a few years now. You can make all the speeches that you want, you cannot argue against 39 straight months of slowing down. (Photo: Reuters)

Aakar Patel | Growth is just not picking up, but no end to ...

We have entered the 13th consecutive quarter of economic slowdown in India

26 Jan 2021 12:05 AM IST

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das arrive for the RBI central board of directors in a customary post-budget meeting, in New Delhi on Saturday. PTI photo

Chandrajit Banerjee | Reviving growth: Government needs to do a fine...

The fiscal situation is now under stress driven by a shortfall in revenue collections due to a fall in GDP induced by...

25 Jan 2021 9:07 AM IST

President Joe Biden signs his first executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP)

Sanjaya Baru | Trump to Biden: Modi's US ties in need of reset

How Mr Modi intends to redefine and rework his approach to the new America of Mr Biden and Ms Harris remains to be seen

25 Jan 2021 7:28 AM IST

Congress party MP Mallikarjun Kharge speaks in the Lok Sabha in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

Anita Katyal | Kharge or Sharma: Who will succeed Azad in LS?

Despite the Congress party's poor bench strength, the veteran leader managed to get under the government's skin on...

24 Jan 2021 7:47 AM IST

US President Donald Trump walks over to speak with the press after arriving on Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown. (AP)

Shreya Sen-Handley | Trump, and the art of leaving

But was it also Trump's bid to trash Washington and American democracy, if he could no longer preside over it

24 Jan 2021 7:29 AM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Resist new usurpers of Hindu's eternal legacy

Hindus have been used to being Hindus in a self-assured way without being told that there is a higher 'authority' that...

24 Jan 2021 7:13 AM IST

Income Tax Department cautions people against phishing e-mails promising refund. (PTI Photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | Hoax on TV anchor is a wake-up call on fake offers

Gentle reader, Ms Razdan is not the only one to have fallen for fake offers which arrive through the Internet

23 Jan 2021 12:07 AM IST

A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a person at a Hospital in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. India started inoculating health workers Saturday in what is likely the worlds largest COVID-19 vaccination campaign, joining the ranks of wealthier nations where the effort is already well underway. (AP)

Shobhaa De | Vaccine hai to hum hai: Get ready for the vaxxie!

Come on Bollywood pull out a few cool 'vaxxie' looks. Airport looks are so 2020!

23 Jan 2021 12:05 AM IST

A file photo of the doctors from Osmania General Hospital who were vaccinated ( Image Source: DC Image)

Transparency needed to remove all vaccine fears

Frankly, it's not just bizarre but deplorable to frame differences over the efficacy of Covaxin as issues of national...

22 Jan 2021 6:36 AM IST

Peace at home, constitutionalism, rule of law and respect for human rights is a precondition to any genuine partnership abroad with major democracies recovering from the right-wing onslaught on their institutions. (Photo:AP)

K.C. Singh | India, world must gear up as Biden era begins

While India would be happy with the tone and tenor on China, though what the new China containment strategy will be is...

21 Jan 2021 4:53 AM IST