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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

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

GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product.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

V.G. SiddharthaOpinion
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
Who can speak, about what issues & where!

The issues at stake go beyond one editorial, one journal, one state or even one country.

22 Aug 2019 1:52 AM IST

Their departure coincided with a major crackdown by the Indian government, including the arrival of tens of thousands more troops in Kashmir, the detention of hundreds of local leaders and activists, the severing of phone and internet links. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
World has lost all interest in Kashmir; war not an option

This is now something that the Pakistani society needs to understand also.

21 Aug 2019 1:06 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
For eco revival, policies need to be 'predictable'

Even the worst enemy of Modi has to acknowledge that he is a master creator of narratives.

21 Aug 2019 1:02 AM IST

A family waits for food assistance to be distributed in Thonyor, Leer County, one of the areas in which famine has been declared, in South Sudan. (Photo: AP)Opinion
Global famine is on the way: World faces its biggest crisis

Modern food production has its issues as well, especially when it comes to meat.

20 Aug 2019 8:15 AM IST

The quickness with which Indian right-wingers and Pakistans hardliners bring in the nuclear option into the barbed exchanges between the two countries reveals that the leaders of these two countries behave like leaders of banana republics. (Representational Image/ Pixabay)Opinion
India-Pak wrangling on N-weapons dangerous

It is true that the Indian missile air, land and water programme has the aim of nuclear-tipped weaponry. But it is not...

20 Aug 2019 8:12 AM IST

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