Rs 50k crore a year: reason Modi backed Aadhaar

July 5 was the day of reckoning for the unique identification authority of India (UIDAI). Its director-general and mission director Vijay Madan was to make a presentation before Narendra Modi, as part of the ongoing series of briefings all departments and s...more

 

Dalit under-nutrition sets off debate on affirmative action

With the Rajya Sabha TV into its second rerun of the Samvidhan serial and the constitutional debates on affirmative action and Dr BR Ambedkar’s resolute stand playing out in our living rooms, it is goo...more

Party economics — in black and white

One of prime minister Narendra Modi’s first decisions, to set up a special investigating team (SIT) to probe the matter of black money stashed abroad, reopens some of the biggest questions fo...more

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Rated 2nd best, Chennai airport’s got some catching up to do

The Chennai airport, also known as the Anna International airport has been rated the second best for its quality of service.   ...More

>> About good ol’ us: pompous and pampered

>> How to wreck a career with great praise

>> Congress has two choices: revive or act like an NGO

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“We are revolutionising the way (industry) clearances are given”

Several big investment projects got stuck in the decision-making lull in the last two years of the UPA administration...More

>> "IT can help STCs achieve 50-60 percent operational efficiency"

>> “Request FM to raise allocation for health”

>> “Impoverishing so many people cannot be justified”

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Tango of Mango: an Orwellian tragi-comedy called AAP

The second political revolution – that of the Aam Aadmi Party, or AAP – in the history of democratic Indi...More

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>> Dilip Kumar: An actor of record

>> Of Infosys and the medium of message at workplace

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Human development: steps needed to protect gains

Staggering rates of poverty and high inequality threaten the gains in human development in South Asia. To protect the...More

>> India's Electronics Sector: Policies, Practices and Lessons from China

>> Poor roads in Mumbai continue to be a concern: Report

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Why everyone should stop reacting to BJP leader’s dig at Sania

Everyone, as is usual in this age of 24x7 TV news and social media overdrive, has said what had t...More

 

Why Somali pirates have New Delhi babus worried over security of Indian coastline

Captain Phillips, a recent Hollywood film about Somalian piracy, elicited enthusiastic response f...More

 

Education in country's heaven - the hell we care!

Government of India’s flagship programme for universalisation of education has constantly b...More