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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is set to register three separate cases to probe the alleged irregularities in certain contracts awarded by the Delhi governments Public Works Department (PWD).

Dilip Cherian | ED Extensions and the Curious Case of IPS Tenure...

Top officers get special deals, public fights, and unfair rules in India's government offices

23 April 2025 8:19 PM IST

Pradeep S. Mehta | India’s ‘Circular Economy’: It’s An Old Concept For a New World

Pradeep S. Mehta | India’s ‘Circular Economy’: It’s An Old Concept For...

Sustainability wasn’t strategy, it is a way of life. It was sanskar (culture) -- part of how we were raised to think and...

23 April 2025 12:31 AM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will New Pontiff Continue Pope Francis’ Glasnost?

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will New Pontiff Continue Pope Francis’...

Even as he adopted the name of Francis after St. Francis of Assisi, he showed his commitment to the Franciscan vows of...

23 April 2025 12:29 AM IST

Aakar Patel | China’s GDP Will Outstrip US Soon: Tariff War Last Bid To Check Beijing?

Aakar Patel | China’s GDP Will Outstrip US Soon: Tariff War Last Bid...

In the 18th century, the two largest global economies were China and India. This was a function of a world without many...

22 April 2025 12:25 AM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Chronicle of a strategic retreat: Waqf Act shift

Shikha Mukerjee | Chronicle of a strategic retreat: Waqf Act shift

The hitch was a gap between the letter and the spirit of promises and laws that was revealed when the Supreme Court...

22 April 2025 12:14 AM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Fix Glitches In UPI Fast: National Symbol At Risk

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Fix Glitches In UPI Fast: National Symbol At Risk

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) manages the UPI platform. It is a non-profit company under Section 8...

20 April 2025 11:39 PM IST

Suman Sahai | Second Gene Bank May Establish India As a Global Leader in Biodiversity Sector

Suman Sahai | Second Gene Bank May Establish India As a Global Leader...

Most Gene Banks are refrigerated chambers where seeds can be stored and kept viable for long periods of time for use...

20 April 2025 11:35 PM IST

Manish Tewari | Stop US-China trade war, manage interdependence

Manish Tewari | Stop US-China trade war, manage interdependence

The latest tariff hike is rooted in structural tensions that have long haunted the US-China trade relationship. In 2018,...

20 April 2025 12:39 AM IST

Shreya Sen-Handley | A Parent’s Work Is Never Done

Shreya Sen-Handley | A Parent’s Work Is Never Done

They were, after all, an intrinsic part of me, and after two harrowing deliveries, they remained mentally and physically...

20 April 2025 12:37 AM IST

Shobhaa De | Woh Raabert Vadra Wali Chakkar… Ab Kya Hoga?

Shobhaa De | Woh Raabert Vadra Wali Chakkar… Ab Kya Hoga?

Described variously as a businessman and entrepreneur, Robert has expressed his frustration at being summoned by the ED,...

18 April 2025 11:51 PM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Is Nurse Guilty or Innocent? Cause Célèbre UK Justice Test | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Is Nurse Guilty or Innocent? Cause Célèbre UK...

The evidence that convicted her was mostly that of medical experts and some inferences from notes in her personal diary

18 April 2025 11:45 PM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Trump’s Targeting of China is ‘Course Correction’ by US

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Trump’s Targeting of China is ‘Course...

The fast-changing decisions by POTUS have left the whole of Asia shaken -- and particularly India and China. One recalls...

17 April 2025 11:45 PM IST