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Budget makes a beginning in fixing economy’s plumbing. Implementation is keySubscriber Only
By: Sajjid Z. Chinoy
With fiscal space exhausted, demand will have to come from structurally lifting consumption and exports growth. In turn, the fate of private consumption is inextricably linked to quality employment
Neglect of agriculture R&D in budget risks India's food security and growth
By: Ashok Gulati
In prioritising welfare over research, budget fails to nurture farm sector
Budget 2024: Modi 3.0, an economy in search of a planSubscriber Only
By: Rohit Lamba
Beyond a scheme here and a freebie there, government seems to lack consistency to push fundamental structural changes
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: After Manipur, our self-serving moralitySubscriber Only
July 22, 2023 19:51 IST
The video of the assault on women shakes us to the core. But our reactions — and the PM’s — do not address the atrocity
Express View on wrestling selection controversies: Losing the grip
July 22, 2023 07:34 IST
For the sake of match fitness and their own conditioning and preparedness, a single trial closer to the Asian Games would make perfect sense
BJP’s Uniform Civil Code push: A political tool to polarise people for 2024 electionSubscriber Only
July 21, 2023 18:29 IST
The prime minister is making it seem like the implementation of the UCC is a simple exercise. The last Law Commission’s report makes it clear that’s not the case
President Wickremesinghe in India: A ready answer to the Tamil questionSubscriber Only
July 21, 2023 16:48 IST
New Delhi has long believed that implementation of the 13th Amendment to Sri Lanka’s constitution – which guarantees some devolution of powers to Tamil regions – will go a long way in addressing ethnic tensions. Currently, India has some leverage on the issue
The horrors of violence in Manipur: Internet ban has backfired, and access to arms is easySubscriber Only
July 21, 2023 12:33 IST
Without access to the internet to verify facts, the ground has been rife with rumours, hate-mongering, and fake news
Derek O’Brien writes: I-N-D-I-A is a big ideaSubscriber Only
July 22, 2023 18:48 IST
It communicates concepts such as development, patriotism and democracy in a simple and memorable way. With tagline Jeetega Bharat, Opposition has a powerful campaign in the making
French Ambassador on Milan Kundera: His fiction is philosophySubscriber Only
July 21, 2023 22:45 IST
Kundera’s goal was to lend new credibility to the genre by infusing it with themes revolving around one’s past, memory and amnesia, nostalgia and self-ridicule
Teesta Setalvad bail matter: Supreme Court rescues rule of lawSubscriber Only
July 21, 2023 09:12 IST
There is an attempt to discredit her by hinting that she was bestowed Padma Shri and became a member of the Planning Commission through her connections. One fails to understand the relevance of the observations to the grant or rejection of bail
Express View on Ayushman Bharat: A health warning
July 21, 2023 08:15 IST
Investigation in implementation of scheme points to need to plug loopholes, give a human touch
July 21, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Teesta River Share
July 21, 2023 06:44 IST
India and Bangladesh agreed on ad hoc sharing of the Teesta waters. Under the new arrangements, Bangladesh will get 36 per cent and India 39 per cent of the flows while the remaining 25 per cent will remain unallocated.
Express View: Dog and man
July 21, 2023 08:15 IST
Shaddock survived three months stranded at sea. Bella may have had something to do with that
Express View on Manipur sexual assault: Nation’s shame
July 21, 2023 08:15 IST
It takes a video of sexual assault of women in Manipur for silences to break. Guilty must face full force of law, and for heading a government that sat on the FIR, Chief Minister needs to go
Irom Sharmila speaks: I cried, I feel helpless… the attitude in Manipur is women are the state’s propertySubscriber Only
July 21, 2023 16:08 IST
With their act of humiliating others and sexual assault, what were the perpetrators trying to achieve?
Who is accountable in Manipur? The answer can provide justice to mob assault survivorsSubscriber Only
July 21, 2023 19:22 IST
Essentially, we’re witnessing fresh partitions and associated armed ethnic mobilisation in Northeast India with support from states-within-the-Union. Such systems of violence, themselves a by-product of India’s majoritarian turn
China backing Russia, NATO looking East: Why Indo-Pacific is at centre of global orderSubscriber Only
July 20, 2023 11:30 IST
The rules-based international order established after World War II currently stands on shaky ground. For NATO, acting East requires careful consideration and abundant caution.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Delhi: Sri Lanka and India, five things to doSubscriber Only
July 20, 2023 10:18 IST
Their relationship is a winning proposition for the region, and offers potential security through trade across the Indo-Pacific
Government’s Data Protection Bill is worried about privacy tooSubscriber Only
July 20, 2023 10:16 IST
It is imperative to strike a balance between confidentiality, integrity and availability of data and information. The Bill aims to do that
When El Nino and the monsoon meet in India: Rain checks for our timesSubscriber Only
July 20, 2023 10:18 IST
India needs to identify monsoon variability-related impacts, map associated hazards
Sanjay Srivastava writes: Parliament, now, is a gated communitySubscriber Only
July 20, 2023 18:55 IST
Parliament continues to be a citadel, largely unconnected to the society it is meant to represent — sitting on top, rather than alongside it. The new Parliament House too does not speak the language of democratic symbolism
Express View on grain prices: War and wheat
July 20, 2023 07:00 IST
For India, the threats to food inflation are likely to be more from domestic than global factors
July 20, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Andhra CM’s Speech
July 20, 2023 06:47 IST
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N T Rama Rao lodged a protest with PM Indira Gandhi against the manner in which All India Radio denied him the broadcast of a speech on the strike by state government employees.
Express View on Commonwealth Games: A struggle to stay relevant
July 20, 2023 06:45 IST
The erstwhile Empire Games, with 71 countries that don’t include China, the US, Russia and most of sporting Europe, are struggling to shrug off the label of being outdated
Express View on NDA meet: My coalition vs yours
July 20, 2023 06:40 IST
BJP’s attempt to energise its alliance in the face of consolidation in the Opposition camp is telling. It won’t be easy
Suhas Palshikar writes: For Opposition, building INDIA will require politics, not arithmeticSubscriber Only
July 20, 2023 10:19 IST
While the BJP would want to bank on a pan-Indian face and platform, the Opposition should know that even today, state-level contests make and unmake national politics. Therefore, it will be necessary to bring on board parties that have kept away from the current unity efforts
Amarnath Yatra and ecological harm: The need to educate pilgrimsSubscriber Only
July 19, 2023 19:25 IST
The pilgrimage generates a large amount of waste that is often disposed of on the sides of the trekking
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