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Corrections & Clarifications - May 4, 2019
>>An Election-2019 page story titled “Bahraich reveals communal and political faultlines of U.P.” (May 3, 2019) erroneously said the OBCs and
With collections hitting a record high, the next step should be to simplify the tax regime
Spanish steps: on Spain’s general election
Election results give Pedro Sanchez an opportunity to deepen centre-left politics
What the candidature of Pragya Singh Thakur reveals about the BJP’s election campaign
An image makeover of the Belt and Road Initiative
India’s attitude has to be set in the larger picture of the relationship with China
Letters to the Editor - May 4, 2019
A rap on the knuckles It is a shame that the Supreme Court has to direct the Election Commission to do its job (“Decide on Modi, Amit Shah ‘hate spee
A new fault line in post-war Sri Lanka
After 10 years of a fragile peace, the deadly bombings on April 21 have blighted the eastern lagoon landscape of the island nation, pitting religious com
Workplace disaster survival plans
Does your workplace have provisions for surviving after a disaster. I’m talking about a real natural or man-made disaster. Not your computer crashing! Most homeowners h
Encryption can secure the right to privacy
An alternative to data localisation is bilateral and multilateral data-sharing agreements
After ‘colo’ order, what next for NSE?
It’s time the country’s largest exchange spring-cleaned its internal processes and moved ahead
This refers to the editorial ‘Back door entry’ (May 3). While measures for the resolution of bad assets under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC
The Centre needs to act urgently to revive this strategically important PSU
The manager of a farmhouse was shouting at the gardener. His concern was strange. He wanted apples in one particular section of the land where lemonades were sprouting. T
Moroccan Sahara Issue: Ethnicity should not be the only basis of nationhood
This past week, the UN Security Council voted to extend the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Moroccan Sahara – called MINURSO – for another six months. I
Why Javed Akhtar is wrong in clubbing ghunghat with burqa
Veteran poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar stirred up a hornet’s nest on Thursday by his remark demanding the ban on ‘ghunghat’ too if ‘burqa’ is outlawed by the Ce
Why the strong Indian presence at the Biennale is good news for contemporary art lovers
All over bar the shouting, it’s Modi on again
Rahul Gandhi is being hauled to the Supreme Court for regrets and apologies for his distasteful Chowkidar Chor Hai slogan. Priyanka Gandhi delights in hearing the same sl
IPL’s lesson is that fundamentals and skill remain indispensable
The current edition of IPL has almost reached the semi-final stage. Among the highlights of the current edition is an emergent trend that may have seemed counterintuitive
Why Elections 2019 is a lot like watching Bigg Boss
Global health: A philosophical narrative in real time
Fond recollection of historical times, serves to remind us that healthcare is integral to human survival. The problem of hubris & special interests stops the speedy
May 3, 1979, Forty Years Ago: Bomb Confirmed
Monsoon vs nonsoon: Forecasts about how much it will rain could decide who’ll reign after Polls 2019
The Big Boss and his Aide-in-Chief trying to figure out the effect that pre-monsoon predictions can have on the outcome of the ongoing elections. Big Boss: Well, Aidebhai
Gagandeep Kang, from Faridabad’s Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, is the first Indian woman to be made fellow of the Royal Society of London. She
Elephant in the room: Next administration must have single-minded focus: Revive private investment
With less than a month before election results are announced, the inevitable question is what should the next administration’s economic priorities be? It’s easy to ra
Azhar banned: But India must prepare for a long haul to deal with Pakistan-sponsored terrorism
In a diplomatic victory for India, China finally vacated its technical hold on the listing of Jaish-e-Muhammed chief Masood Azhar at the UN Security Council’s 1267 sanc
According to vedanta, life is bliss
By Aditi Shrivastava “The philosophy of life is this: Life is not a struggle, not a tension. Life is bliss. It is eternal wisdom, eternal existence,” His Holiness Mah
Babu’s day out: A Karnataka civil servant shows how an upright bureaucracy can make a big difference
A tehsildar in Karnataka’s Shivamogga district went undercover as a labourer to work at a stone quarry and check for irregularities, then returned to raid the place. Th
BJP is attempting to use citizenship issue to woo Namasudra community in Bengal
Listing of Masood Azhar can open a new phase in India-China relations
Equating restriction on highway in Kashmir with Centre’s excess is illogical
Making every vote count: Time for a change in manner we elect our MPs, MLAs?
Lost lives: on Gadchiroli naxal attack
India must meet the Maoist challenge in a holistic manner
A global label: on designating Masood Azhar as global terrorist
With Masood Azhar listed as a terrorist, India must work to ensure the mandated sanctions
The graphic that accompanied “Safety, pollution top issues among women voters, says survey” (Feb. 24, 2019), erroneously stated that the total numbe
In Sri Lanka, the challenge is to turn national mourning into a call for coexistence and democracy
Parley: Is India doing enough to combat climate change?
The challenges in tackling a problem that requires a global collective effort
The gender ladder to socio-economic transformation
More than a ‘more jobs’ approach, addressing structural issues which keep women away from the workforce is a must
Letters to the Editor - May 3, 2019
Azhar listingThe UN Security Council has finally designated Masood Azhar as a global terrorist and it is a symbolic win for India (Page 1, “UN Securi
Keeping her out of the Varanasi contest has sent the message that the only challenger to the BJP is the gathbandhan
Reconnecting with a messenger’s messenger in Bihar
Pushpraj has many causes to fight for but few platforms to articulate them
What happens when two candidates in a constituency poll the same number of votes? According to Section 102 of the Representation of the People Act, if
CAS’ decision has divided the sporting and scientific community
SHG schemes fail or succeed on market linkages
Cracking the NSE colocation controversy
SEBI’s probe may not have revealed a multi-billion rupee scam, but it has exposed serious flaws in exchange processes
