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President Donald Trump returned home from the Group of Seven Summit held in the French city of Biarritz from August 24 to 26. (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

Kashmir: A temporary respite from meddling

Clearly, India had to announce a roadmap for addressing America's trade-related concerns.

28 Aug 2019 1:16 AM IST

Opinion

Give dalits education & jobs, and forget quotas

The dalit situation is an aspect of caste, and caste-based crimes have registered a 25 per cent rise since 2016.

27 Aug 2019 12:00 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Photo: File)

Opinion

Signs of pragmatism in steps to boost economy

The Modi government's eagerness to increase tax collections could have made sense if the economy was doing well.

26 Aug 2019 12:00 AM IST

Children walk past concertina wire during restrictions following the abrogation of the provisions of Article 370 in Srinagar on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

After Art 370 scrapping, the Shimla pact is virtually 'dead'

They are an integral part of the decision taken in 2014 to bar all talks with Pakistan on the Kashmir dispute.

26 Aug 2019 12:00 AM IST

Opinion

Discrediting dissent is a disservice to India

Ladakh has been hived away from it; J&K is truncated now.

25 Aug 2019 12:00 AM IST

Senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram leaves after being produced in a CBI court in the INX Media case in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Opinion

Deja vu in arrest of Chidambaram, Bansal BJP's new blue-eyed boy

Jyotiradtiya Scindia, who lost his Guna seat in the last Lok Sabha election, is said to be eyeing a seat in the Rajya...

25 Aug 2019 12:00 AM IST

Opinion

India's economy is now riding a roller-coaster

The problem is that no political economy sensitive plan to implement these reforms has emerged.

24 Aug 2019 12:00 AM IST

Opinion

Ease of running a business: What Siddhartha forces us to reflect on

Siddhartha wanted to be a wealth creatorâ€, as do thousands of entrepreneurs who open startups in India every year.

23 Aug 2019 1:31 AM IST

Amazon has told companies to make packaging for thousands of larger products more compact and easier to open by August 1. (Photo: ANI)

Opinion

Amazon in Hyderabad: Growth lessons for all

For several years now, Hyderabad has created icons for the country in movies, in sports, in businesses.

23 Aug 2019 1:26 AM IST

$Asserting that Kashmir is \a bilateral issue\ between India and Pakistan, Rahmani said her country believes Pakistans motive and insistence to purposely tie Afghanistan to the Kashmir issue is a deliberate attempt to prolong the violence happening on Afghan soil. (Photo: PTI)$ Opinion