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Shobhaa De | Clear Message To Jarange: Don’t Mess With MumbaiColumnists
Shobhaa De | Clear Message To Jarange: Don’t Mess With Mumbai

Till Jarange pitched his tent, announced a hunger-strike while his loyal army took over tracts of South Mumbai,...

5 Sept 2025 11:31 PM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Hindu Rashtra & RSS: Where’s The Pushback?Columnists
Shikha Mukerjee | Hindu Rashtra & RSS: Where’s The Pushback?

As the self-evident truth, the RSS could carry on with the pretence that the Hindu Rashtra would be governed in...

4 Sept 2025 9:58 PM IST

Bhopinder Singh | Trump Betrayal On Tariffs Puts Delhi In A Fix; Triggers SCO, China PivotColumnists
Bhopinder Singh | Trump Betrayal On Tariffs Puts Delhi In A Fix;...

The brave talk of “we will not bow down (to the US)” or “swadeshi” is the flavour of the season

4 Sept 2025 9:38 PM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | GST 2.0: A Major Reform or Sops for Hard-Pressed?Columnists
Sanjeev Ahluwalia | GST 2.0: A Major Reform or Sops for Hard-Pressed?

GST 2.0 must optimise across the three primary objectives: of reducing the incidence of tax on consumers; increasing its...

4 Sept 2025 11:17 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Lateral Entry: A Reform Lost in TranslationColumnists
Dilip Cherian | Lateral Entry: A Reform Lost in Translation

Even for those who did make it in, the experiment was underwhelming. Experts hired for their domain knowledge found...

4 Sept 2025 10:56 AM IST

K.C. Singh | Trump Effect: Will Modi’s Xi-Putin Outreach Work?Columnists
K.C. Singh | Trump Effect: Will Modi’s Xi-Putin Outreach Work?

Following Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught, India has modified that stand and accepted the Chinese argument to not let...

2 Sept 2025 9:43 PM IST

John J. Kennedy | Will HECI Reform Higher Education In India, Or Simply Rejig Status Quo?Columnists
John J. Kennedy | Will HECI Reform Higher Education In India, Or...

The historical reality of duplicated regulators -- UGC for non-technical institutions, AICTE for technical colleges, and...

2 Sept 2025 9:34 PM IST

Patralekha Chatterjee | Swadeshi 2.0: India’s Sentiments & StrategyColumnists
Patralekha Chatterjee | Swadeshi 2.0: India’s Sentiments & Strategy

Experts say MSMEs need support, skills, and global links

2 Sept 2025 1:19 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Modi’s ‘Personal’ Diplomacy Hasn’t Worked… Can We Fix the Problem?Columnists
Aakar Patel | Modi’s ‘Personal’ Diplomacy Hasn’t Worked… Can We Fix...

Close ties and grand gestures didn’t protect India’s interests

2 Sept 2025 12:47 AM IST

Sunil Gatade | Can Modi Find ‘New Ideas’ To Give BJP Momentum?Columnists
Sunil Gatade | Can Modi Find ‘New Ideas’ To Give BJP Momentum?

Ideas make a man, and here Narendra Modi is not moving an inch beyond his oft-repeated card of communal polarisation....

31 Aug 2025 9:26 PM IST

Chandrajit Banerjee | What We Should Do To Make India More Competitive: A Reform RoadmapColumnists
Chandrajit Banerjee | What We Should Do To Make India More...

The recently released CII report on “Policies for a Competitive India” lays down more than 250 actionable...

31 Aug 2025 9:13 PM IST

Pavan K. Varma | PM’s Ghuspetiya Outrage: Isn’t It Too Little, Too Late?Columnists
Pavan K. Varma | PM’s Ghuspetiya Outrage: Isn’t It Too Little, Too...

The Election Commission of India (EC) made a general statement that there are “large numbers of people from Nepal,...

30 Aug 2025 9:38 PM IST

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