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Need to probe military’s abuse in places under AFSPA
September 9, 2015, 6:12 AM IST
The army will send six of its own — two officers and four jawans — to jail for life. These men had killed six youths of Machil, Kupwara, in Jammu & Kashmir, in cold blood,…
September 9, 2015, 6:12 AM IST
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China’s pain is the world’s, India’s too
September 9, 2015, 6:08 AM IST
It is welcome that the prime minister consulted industry on India’s response to global turbulence. Such interactions should be structured, regular and more open-ended, instead of being devoted to an inane topic like how to…
September 9, 2015, 6:08 AM IST
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Women hold up half the sky: Heed Christine Lagarde on empowering women
September 8, 2015, 3:30 AM IST
Women hold up half the sky. And going by International Monetary Fund (IMF), it is not a moral or social argument — it is essentially an economic fact. Increased participation of women in the labour…
September 8, 2015, 3:30 AM IST
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Getting the act right at home: Message from G20 finance ministers is one of progress
September 8, 2015, 3:23 AM IST
The message from the G20 finance ministers’ and central bank governors’ Ankara meet is one of steady progress in the assorted, mutually interlinked ways in which the governments of the world are trying to coordinate…
September 8, 2015, 3:23 AM IST
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High time to finish mapping of forest areas to be kept out of mining and industrial activities
September 7, 2015, 3:54 AM IST
The mapping of forest areas that must be kept out of bounds for mining and industrial activities has been in the making for nearly five years now. The environment ministry needs to complete this exercise…
September 7, 2015, 3:54 AM IST
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OROP welcome for now, but make soldiers part of National Pension System
September 7, 2015, 3:48 AM IST
It is welcome that the government has taken a decision on the controversial question of one rank, one pension (Orop), instead of letting the matter fester. Effectively, in the new scheme, the pensions of older…
September 7, 2015, 3:48 AM IST
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Why criticism over BJP’s participation in RSS conclave is misplaced
September 5, 2015, 4:31 AM IST
The eyeball rolling and criticism that have accompanied the participation of ministers in the RSS conclave, or Samanvay Baithak, is misplaced. That the RSS, which is the parent body of the Sangh Parivar, and a…
September 5, 2015, 4:31 AM IST
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European Union needs to accept migration is intrinsic to Homo sapiens
September 5, 2015, 4:13 AM IST
What news stories and numbers could not do, one photograph of a three-year-old Syrian toddler washed up on a beach in Turkey did. It shook the European Union from its apathy about folk who perish…
September 5, 2015, 4:13 AM IST
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The RBI must shed its CPI obsession
September 4, 2015, 6:19 AM IST
The spectre of deflation, or falling prices, is haunting India, says chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian. It all depends on which price index you go by. The wholesale price index shows falling prices. The GDP…
September 4, 2015, 6:19 AM IST
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How India’s higher education has turned elitist
September 4, 2015, 6:12 AM IST
University teachers certainly command salaries at a steep discount to what they would earn if their skills are deployed in industry. Therefore, it is tempting to welcome the news that some private universities in India…
September 4, 2015, 6:12 AM IST
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Why Hamid Ansari’s demand to end insecurity among minorities is right
September 3, 2015, 6:52 AM IST
Vice-president Hamid Ansari has drawn flak from Hindutva outfits for his call to empower Indian Muslims for India’s progress, but is spot on. The state must address the causes of insecurity, deprivation and exclusion, he…
September 3, 2015, 6:52 AM IST
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Shared political economy is the key to better labour relations
September 3, 2015, 6:45 AM IST
The nationwide strike called by 10 central trade unions did not quite bring the nation to a halt, but affected work in several sectors of the economy in different parts of the country. To that…
September 3, 2015, 6:45 AM IST
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Why government should institute a bankruptcy code, besides lower rates
September 2, 2015, 6:44 AM IST
Growth in the first quarter of the current fiscal has been 7 per cent, lower than expected. Economy-wide price rise, net of taxes and subsidies, was zero. The healthy spurt in indirect tax collections this…
September 2, 2015, 6:44 AM IST
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Indrani Mukerjea case: How to avoid bad journalism
September 2, 2015, 6:32 AM IST
Dreadful, that’s the word. Print, online and television reportage on the Indrani Mukerjea case has been as inexhaustible as infantile and insensitive. Thankfully, some voices have begun to protest, rightly pointing to evidence of sexism,…
September 2, 2015, 6:32 AM IST
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Kannada scholar MM Kalbargi’s murder shows breakdown of democratic values
September 1, 2015, 5:53 AM IST
The murder of Kannada scholar and academic MM Kalbargi is an outrage. If the killing had been prompted by robbery or a squabble that degenerated into violence, that would have marked a breakdown of law…
September 1, 2015, 5:53 AM IST
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Lessons to learn from the Land Bill fiasco
September 1, 2015, 5:47 AM IST
The government has decided to let its Ordinance, which diluted clauses of the UPA regime’s 2013 land acquisition Act, to lapse. The opposition claims it as a victory over the government. The alliance fighting the…
September 1, 2015, 5:47 AM IST
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Why the Jan Dhan Yojana will not hurt banks in any form
August 31, 2015, 6:43 AM IST
SBI chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya wants the government to spare banks any financial burden arising from government schemes such as Jan Dhan Yojana. She deserves credit for finding the courage to flag the problems faced by…
August 31, 2015, 6:43 AM IST
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OROP should be granted only if the beneficiaries join National Pension Scheme
August 31, 2015, 6:40 AM IST
The demand for one rank, one pension (Orop) is high in emotive content and also in the potential to blow a hole through government finances, as all civil and paramilitary employees demand parity. Orop can…
August 31, 2015, 6:40 AM IST
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India needs efficient project management rather than more projects
August 29, 2015, 5:58 AM IST
Reportedly, 38% of some 970 investment plans worth Rs 10 lakh crore announced during 2014-15 are being implemented. Sure, over one-third have taken off, but two-thirds of the projects announced are yet to see the…
August 29, 2015, 5:58 AM IST
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Why the smart cities programme is not so new afterall
August 29, 2015, 5:55 AM IST
The Smart Cities programme is both exciting and disappointing. It is exciting because urban development gets new encouragement and visibility, with some well-defined parameters of change. It disappoints for two reasons. The foremost reason to…
August 29, 2015, 5:55 AM IST
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