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Cauvery dispute: Malthusian scarcity
7 Oct 2016 2:20 AM ISTThe Cauvery dispute is more than a simple unwillingness on the part of the states to follow the allocations prescribed. In many ways, the periodic...
‘My work keeps me going’
6 Oct 2016 3:03 AM ISTYou often talk of women empowerment, but there is only one woman in the state Cabinet.Everything follows its own course. Political appointments are...
Morale boost for Indian economy
6 Oct 2016 2:58 AM ISTThe Modi Government looks set to improve upon its mixed record in growth and reform thus far, as the economy enters the crucial second half of fiscal...
Some real losers in the din of Indo-Pak war drums
6 Oct 2016 2:55 AM ISTShaila died in a Karachi hospital on the day when the army camp in Uri was attacked. Threatening war drums kept her brother, Nazim, a dear cousin of...
Mutilated, moth-eaten Pakistan
6 Oct 2016 2:50 AM ISTThe headline is inspired by the famous words of the founder of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah. In 1944, as the world war neared its end,...
Understanding a historian’s sophistry
5 Oct 2016 2:54 AM ISTOn October 17, 2015, one article in the Calcutta-based newspaper The Telegraph left me dejected. The article, titled “Whichever party wins, Bihar...
Centre under financial pressure
5 Oct 2016 2:48 AM ISTIf the Union government’s direct tax collection showed a 24 percent jump and indirect tax by 30 percent in just first four months of the current...
Unmasking cotton imposters
5 Oct 2016 2:15 AM ISTOn August 22, textile major Welspun India witnessed a big crash on Dalal Street. Its US-based client, Target Corporation, announced it was terminating...
Climate math and forgotten sums
5 Oct 2016 2:11 AM ISTA brilliant and amusing mathematician of our times, Joseph Keller, was known for his playful indulgence in mathematical explanations of everyday...
Ensuring South Asian economic integration
4 Oct 2016 3:16 AM ISTQuestions can be raised about India’s decision to boycott the SAARC summit scheduled at Islamabad in November this year. This is the first time that...
Small regulated loans can change lives
4 Oct 2016 3:12 AM ISTUntil two years ago, more than four out of ten adults in India did not have a bank account—a marker that tellingly mirrored the need for financial...
‘Surgical strikes’ will reap Modi rich political benefits
4 Oct 2016 3:05 AM ISTDuring the Kargil conflict in 1999, India did not cross the Line of Control (LoC). If it has behaved differently, this time, the reason is that...
A Republic in Ruins
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EVMs to have colour photos of candidates
17 Sept 2025 6:46 PM ISTSBI completes divestment of 13.18% stake in Yes Bank Limited (YBL) to...
17 Sept 2025 6:44 PM ISTED arrests ex-Andaman MP, 2 others in co-op bank 'fraud' case
17 Sept 2025 6:40 PM ISTIIMs Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Calcutta among world's top 100...
17 Sept 2025 6:38 PM ISTSIT recovers skeletons near Banglegudda forest in Dharmasthala
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