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Raghuram Rajan had cautioned the government that short-term costs of a radical ban of high-value currency notes would outweigh the long-term benefits. (Photo: AP) (Photo: PTI)

Address rising inequality

The govt has done well to raid the onion traders in Maharashtra who were hoarding this item and creating an artificial...

17 Sept 2017 12:08 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, celebrates what was said to be the test launch of an intermediate range Hwasong-12 missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea. (Photo: AP)

Join hands to avert a nuclear showdown

The countries nearest to the missile threat like South Korea and Japan are feeling the heat.

17 Sept 2017 12:08 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Japanese PM Shinzo Abe at the India-Japan Annual Summit at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. (Photo: PTI)

India, Japan: Changing dynamics in Asia

These are overt signs of the regional and international political environment being unsettled.

16 Sept 2017 3:16 AM IST

Activists take part in a protest rally against the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh at India Gate. (Photo: AFP)

Act decisively against hate

It is the primary duty of the state to protect the lives of all individuals, be they of any political persuasion.

16 Sept 2017 3:15 AM IST

Home Minister Rajnath Singh said there will be a solution soon on Doklam standoff. (Photo: PTI)

Rajnath's signals welcome

This is the first time that a top Modi government figure has said something on the subject.

15 Sept 2017 1:51 AM IST

Annually, Rs 2,500 crore of fuel is bought at petrol pumps and now a part of it being talked of being home delivered.

Pay more for fuel as economy in a mess

The reason isn't far to seek. India's tax component in a litre of fuel is one of the world's highest.

15 Sept 2017 1:51 AM IST

Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)

Making divorces easier

The court made just an enabling provision by which the said period can be waived off, not a blanket order scrapping it...

14 Sept 2017 2:08 AM IST

We want a new India where a poor can take his/her child for treatment and return back happily, Rahul Gandhi said. (Photo: PTI/File)

Rahul's candid talk: Why BJP sees red

The first doesn't wash since the present Prime Minister, times without number, has hit out at his political rivals when...

14 Sept 2017 2:08 AM IST

Swami Vivekananda

Lessons from Swamiji

At the 1893 Parliament of World Religions in Chicago, Swami Vivekananda was practically received as a rock star for the...

13 Sept 2017 12:26 AM IST

Sasikala ouster good for clean TN politics

Sasikala, who picked up a claim to fame for backroom manoeuvring, became the party's self-appointed leader on her...

13 Sept 2017 12:26 AM IST

A police team arrives to investigate the murder of a Class 2 student at Ryan International School in Gurgaon on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Protecting our children

The SC is seized of the Gurgaon school murder and one hopes guidelines will soon be drafted to raise security levels in...

12 Sept 2017 12:22 AM IST

Finance minister Arun Jaitley at the 21st GST Council meet in Hyderabad on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Glitches over GST need fixing swiftly

The govt must be commended for reacting quickly in appointing a panel to look into the issues flagged by various...

12 Sept 2017 12:22 AM IST