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Prime Minister Narendra Modi further said that the government has taken several measures for improving the ease of doing business in the country. (Photo: PTI)

Govt must do more to implement its schemes

Credit growth is only just picking up, with banks burdened by stressed assets and afraid to lend for fear of increasing...

17 Nov 2018 12:01 AM IST

President Donald Trump speaks before signing a USD 716 billion defense policy bill named for Senator John McCain Monday, in Fort Drum, New York on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Cheer in Trump's Diwali too

The White House was also a bit tardy, the festival lit up 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue a whole week late.

16 Nov 2018 12:05 AM IST

Govt shares Rafale price details with the SC, makes public timeline of negotiations that preceded the deal in a bid to dispel doubts about alleged wrongdoing.(Representational image)

Rafale deal probe looks unavoidable

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, as may be expected of the leader of the main Opposition party, has alleged high-order...

16 Nov 2018 12:00 AM IST

Jawaharlal Nehru (Photo PTI)

Nehru: Remembering a giant

There were more Muslims in India than in the newly-created Pakistan, and they needed a sense of security.

15 Nov 2018 12:05 AM IST

Maithripala Sirisena said he had ordered Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera to revoke his decision last week to overturn the 1979 law prohibiting the sale of any type of alcohol to women. (Photo: AP)

Challenge to democracy in Lanka power struggle

Far from clearing the way, the short House session has only exacerbated the unprecedented constitutional crisis gripping...

15 Nov 2018 12:00 AM IST

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Ulfa rising, act swiftly

Together, these measures have come as a godsend to extremist sentiment across Assam, and in the wider Northeast.

14 Nov 2018 4:15 AM IST

Next generation of fake news will be empowered by Artificial Intelligence and be far more sophisticated, and even more disastrous.

Fake news is winning the war against facts

Extensive research by the BBC World Service has thrown light on what India has known for a while as an incipient problem...

14 Nov 2018 3:50 AM IST

Gali Janardhan Reddy

Fresh blow to BJP in Karnataka

The party has tried hard, and failed, to rid itself of the corruption tag brought on by Mr Reddy and former Karnataka CM...

13 Nov 2018 1:17 AM IST

CRPF personnel help an elderly voter to reach a polling station in Sukma district. (Photo: PTI)

In Naxal belt, faith in democracy lives on

In India's Naxal heartland, a major exercise in democracy came through reasonably well on Monday, with people shedding...

13 Nov 2018 1:12 AM IST

Riding the Tipu tiger

In the recent Ramanagara bypoll, the JD(S) couldn't have won without the Congress' 35,000 Muslims.

12 Nov 2018 12:02 AM IST

BJP President Amit Shah speaks at a press conference in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

Manifestoes hit a new low in Assembly polls

In Chhattisgarh, the manifesto of the challenger Congress Party promises farm loan waivers and rice at Rs 1 per kilo.

12 Nov 2018 12:00 AM IST

Banning of letters of undertaking (LoUs) and letters of comfort (LoCs) by the RBI as trade finance instruments is likely to reduce financial flexibility of importers, a Fitch group company said on Wednesday.

India's NBFCs need funds

Most NBFCs are facing a drought-like situation as far as funding is concerned.

11 Nov 2018 12:03 AM IST