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Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman would perhaps explain that the Modi government did not move the amendment to the retrospective tax amendment as it wanted it to be proved how wrong the Mukherjee move was in terms of legality. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Retro tax scrapping will not lead to spurt...

Everyone felt that it was curtains at last for what is considered Pranab Mukherjee's policy folly as finance minister in...

10 Aug 2021 2:18 AM IST

Its not fully depleted, but its hard to escape the feeling that solving the problems of 2020 and 2021 will require something special which at the moment is not on view. (AFP)

Aakar Patel | Does Modi govt know what to do to tackle 2020 & 2021...

The most significant aspects of this period were the nationwide lockdown

10 Aug 2021 2:07 AM IST

With the shrinking footprint of the United States in the region and the relentless advance of the Taliban, the real Quad in connectivity which looms on the horizon is between a Taliban-dominated Afghanistan, an expansionist China, a hostile Pakistan and Uzbekistan --the only country that is friendly to India in this group. Image from the conference Central and South Asia: Regional Connectivity. Challenges and Opportunities. (Twitter)

Skand Tayal | Central Asia's bid for access to sea may see new Quad...

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev invited Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan as his...

9 Aug 2021 3:40 AM IST

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