Editorial
Budget revisited
FM’s announcements signal government’s willingness to respond to ground reality. But long-term impact remains to be seen.
One-sided bout
Opposition protests on abrogation of Article 370 frame the incoherence within its own ranks.
Failure to boom
The gun salute at Jagannath Mishra’s cremation was a damp squib, and he went silent into that night.
August 24, 1979, Forty Years Ago: Punish The President
The Reserve Bank of India has announced several measures to achieve the objective of controlling the increase in bank credit with a view to combating inflationary trends in the economy.
Stateless in Assam
State government needs to frame a plan to address the fears of those excluded from the NRC
The biscuit crumbles
Food for thought: Never before have Marie and Parle G served as markers of an economic slowdown
Forty Years Ago, August 23, 1979: Lok Sabha Dissolved
The Indian Express' front page on August 23, 1979
Contain the crisis
Government must create the framework for a quick and orderly resolution of financial firms
Only due process
Case against P Chidambaram must proceed strictly according to the law, and must be seen to do so too
Privacy rights, wrongs
In hearing clutch of petitions concerning Aadhaar and social media, Supreme Court must be guided by its own ruling
Man vs Time
Jagannath Mishra was the last stalwart from a time when Bihar could conceive of an upper-caste Congressman as CM
August 22, 1979, Forty Years Ago: Fresh Elections
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on August 22, 1979.
Forty Years Ago, August 21, 1979: Charan Govt Resigns
The Indian Express' front page on August 21, 1979
Music of the soul
Composer Khayyam’s oeuvre is a rare combination of originality and versatility
Uncertainty ahead
Despite an imminent US-Taliban ‘peace agreement’, no light is visible at the end of the long Afghan tunnel
Spending limits
Centre needs to re-evaluate its expenditure priorities. States should have the autonomy to decide on theirs
Forty Years Ago: August 20, 1979
The resignations of the Janata ministers were handed over to the chief minister, Parkash Singh Badal, by the state Janata president, Yagya Dutt Sharma this afternoon.
This isn’t cricket
The relentless jeering of Steve Smith showed a mirror to the dark underside of the game
A new playbook
Defence Minister’s remarks on no-first-use signal to Pak, China, that old rules constraining India in Kashmir don’t hold
Wrong calls
Phone tapping controversy in Karnataka reveals absence of checks and balances in state’s political and police systems
