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Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das

RBI cut: EMI may not fall

The rate cut is a blessing to the Narendra Modi government with the elections just a week away.

5 April 2019 12:01 AM IST

Asked if she would be open to an alliance with Congress and National Conference, Mehbooba Mufti said, We had never thought we would ally with the BJP. Now, an alliance with the Congress and NC depends on the need of the hour. (Photo: ANI)

J&K controversies are dragged into campaign

If Mr Shah's party is trying to win an election through sharp-edged statements on Kashmir, so is the PDP leader.

5 April 2019 12:00 AM IST

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday directed all payment system operators in India to store data within the country.

NPAs: A good step, but

Many defaulters argued their default was predicated on the frequent changes in government policy or the regulators'...

4 April 2019 12:01 AM IST

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, former PM Manmohan Singh and former Union minister P. Chidambaram release the partys manifesto for the upcoming general elections in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: G.N. JHA)

Congress' charter is a forward-looking one

The Congress promises to raise health spending to three per cent of GDP.

4 April 2019 12:00 AM IST

Facebook is also extending researchers and developers programmatic access to Ad Library API, which was previously in closed beta.

Facebook in reform mode

The Congress must clean up its online act if it's to convince people it can rise above propagandist politics.

3 April 2019 1:41 AM IST

The sources said, Election Commission would also ask law ministry to take call on its demand to extend constitutional protection to 2 election commissioners on lines of CEC. (Photo: File)

As battle heats up, EC faces greater scrutiny

In this respect, the present CEC, shall we say, still has some way to go in reaching the standards set by those two of...

3 April 2019 1:41 AM IST

Isros PSLV-C45 carrying Emisat and 28 other satellites lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota. (Photo: PTI)

Isro lords it over space

Manned missions have been done before, and their utility value in the 2020s is somewhat questionable.

2 April 2019 12:38 AM IST

TRS working president K.T. Rama Rao

Can 3rd Front really get to choose a PM?

For a variety of reasons to do with the inclination of the principal backers of such governments, these experiments have...

2 April 2019 12:25 AM IST

Now, as India has established itself as major space power through the A-SAT test, the time is opportune for India to take a global initiative like developing an International SSA Alliance.

Space debris is tricky

There are millions of pieces of debris floating in space providing sci-fi screenwriters with scare scenarios for carry...

1 April 2019 12:01 AM IST

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said waiving farm loans is a small step towards addressing agriculture distress and a new green revolution is needed to resolve the problem. (Photo: Twitter | @INCIndia)

Contesting second seat a smart move by Rahul

Gandhi won Amethi by well over one lakh votes in 2014 at the height of the Narendra Modi wave, although this was a big...

1 April 2019 12:00 AM IST

Hardik Patel ruling raises brows

In contrast, the case against Mr Patel is for championing a sociopolitical movement.

31 March 2019 12:00 AM IST

Under the new system, EVMs will have name, photo and election symbol of a candidate in that order.

Has poll commission been strictly neutral?

The panel has also been served a contempt notice by the top court for not following its order on candidates declaring...

31 March 2019 12:00 AM IST