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Budget makes a beginning in fixing economy’s plumbing. Implementation is keySubscriber Only

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

Economic Survey shows what India gets right — and developed nations get wrong — about climate changeSubscriber Only

July 23, 2024 11:26 IST

Chapter 13 of the Economic Survey addresses what developed nations often refuse to acknowledge and what India has always advocated — accepted climate-suitable pathways need to account for a variety of approaches with optimality at their core

US election after Biden: Is Kamala Harris up to the Donald Trump challenge?

July 22, 2024 18:09 IST

Trump’s agenda is socially and politically the antithesis of the liberal values that were promoted domestically, since the 1960s, and which, in theory, the US also pushed abroad. Harris or any other Democratic candidate will face an uphill but not impossible task

Banks and companies can now fund India’s next growth cycleSubscriber Only

July 22, 2024 10:07 IST

The growth-finance wherewithal is at its decadal best. Relentless execution, strong credit discipline and income spurs for demand growth are crucial.

Quota protests in Bangladesh: Government’s grim test

July 22, 2024 07:55 IST

They speak of simmering discontents. Sheikh Hasina government should use reprieve given by court to apply healing touch.

July 22, 1984, Forty Years Ago: Opposition to confront Congress on actions in J&K, Punjab, SikkimSubscriber Only

July 22, 2024 07:42 IST

July 22, 1984, Forty Years Ago: For the second time since Army action last month, the Bhakra main line canal was breached.

This budget should bring agricultural research into focus

July 22, 2024 07:28 IST

Indian agriculture is today facing challenges different from the Green Revolution period. It’s about more output from less nutrients, water and labour, while simultaneously coping with climate change and extreme weather events.

Vandita Mishra writes: Why the Opposition must take its House-work more seriouslySubscriber Only

July 21, 2024 22:15 IST

Parliament is a critical showcase for an Opposition with a new-found confidence

Is Ozempic really the miracle weight loss drug we’ve been waiting for?

July 21, 2024 17:50 IST

Weight loss and gain depend on your own agency and motivation to commit to balancing your own life. Such drugs, which are undoubtedly a panacea for those with morbid obesity, are creating a flawed measure of health

Bangladesh’s quota-system protests: Unrest highlights deep-rooted political divides

July 22, 2024 10:05 IST

Student-led demonstrations against the Sheikh Hasina government’s quota system reveal enduring tensions between liberation narratives and calls for equality

I was scared by violence in 2020 US elections. This time, I hope ballot beats bullet

July 21, 2024 14:00 IST

In the days and weeks leading up to the 2020 elections, there was fear of unrest and violence in the wake of the election’s outcome. I had never imagined things would ever come to such a pass

Dhoti in a Bengaluru mall, jobs for locals: Can Kannada compete with capitalism?

July 21, 2024 19:06 IST

Has the battle already been lost? Can the citizens of Karnataka, local and migrant, give up being ‘cosmopolitan’? This will require not only the will of the state, but also the support of the bourgeoisie.

P Chidambaram on Budget: Look for things that you may not find

July 24, 2024 09:46 IST

Neglect, bordering on derision, of these issues caused the disastrous slide in the number of seats won by the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections of 2024. The BJP is not repentant. Nor, going by public statements, is it willing to reconsider its model: crony capitalist, trickle-down, capital biased and protectionist…

Tavleen Singh writes: Leaders must listenSubscriber Only

July 21, 2024 18:38 IST

Modi may have managed to become prime minister for a ‘historic’ third time, as he likes to tell people on his foreign travels, but he must know that things have changed for him. A little introspection will go a long way.

Watching the American polls, one debate at a time

July 21, 2024 10:05 IST

We cannot say for sure what the future holds, as we prepare for the next couple of months to decide the fate of this messy economy that is in the hands of leaders with bureaucrats who are hated by the Republican vote bank and an autocratic leader with the impulse control of a toddler.

Alice Munro, her silence and ours

July 21, 2024 10:07 IST

Women aren’t supposed to make that choice, especially mothers. But Munro’s women have told us all along to look, look beyond. Her women were never perfect moms, wives, daughters, or girlfriends, just people carrying on the best they knew how, with what little they had.

A find, a conundrum & naming of a BhojshalaSubscriber Only

July 21, 2024 14:12 IST

The Bhojshala Temple-cum-Kamal Maula mosque complex in the district has been at the centre of a dispute dating back to the demolition of Babri Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya in 1992.

Badminton champ Pullela Gopichand on his spiritual journey with Sri Sri Ravi ShankarSubscriber Only

July 21, 2024 22:58 IST

On Guru Purnima, it’s time to remember the teacher who takes the supreme responsibility for everything about you, in this life and beyond, without asking for anything in return.

Banning of PTI is a ‘revenge-oriented political move’

July 20, 2024 20:47 IST

The view from Pakistan: Anti-government protests in Bangladesh; terrorist attack in Bannu; and a massacre in Gaza

IndiaAI Mission: How the government can realise its goal of AI without a digital divide

July 20, 2024 16:32 IST

Compute is far more complex than just the hardware; it involves local data centers, cloud adoption, and building software required to build and manage AI systems. As a part of the PPP philosophy, India would be well served to take a holistic view of compute