Acceptance of failure must accompany all risk-taking and entrepreneurship. It is generally absent in India.

Statistics confirm that the criminal justice system is inefficient, and prejudiced against minorities and poor.

A conservation strategy that ignores the interests of cultivators and rearers, and relies on religious taboo, is dangerous.

Since the Zurich raid, the US Department of Justice has indicted 14 current and former Fifa officials and associates on charges of “rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted” corruption.

Since assuming power last year, this government has sent mixed signals on its commitment to protect India’s ecological interests.

Kamaraj was Congress president when Nehru died and was instrumental in choosing Lal Bahadur Shastri as Nehru’s successor and, later, Indira Gandhi as PM.

The NSA-level talks India and Pakistan agreed to hold in September were called off because New Delhi balked at the prospect of a meeting between Kashmiri separatists and the Pakistani PM’s special envoy, Sartaj Aziz.

Long gone are the vestiges of the Cold War-era shunning of India by West Germany, which, as a faithful US ally, saw India as a Soviet satellite.

Mohammad Akhlaq’s death is a tragedy. It exemplified the depths of the barbarity that lurks behind the veneer of our civilisation.

A look at the front page of The Indian Express, published on October 2, Forty Years Ago.

Despite significant implementation hurdles, that the PM has made Swachh Bharat a political priority could yet energise the citizenry into taking ownership of the clean-up and drive behavioural change.

Paltry disclosures underline that addressing black money will require a more comprehensive approach by government

Lynching a person merely on suspicion is absolutely wrong, the antithesis of all that India stands for and all that Hinduism preaches.

To make his point, in a departure from recent habit, he attended the UN General Assembly and held a meeting with US President Barack Obama to explain his plans.

RBI raising limits for foreign investors holding government bonds is more significant than the rate cut.

Reduction in natural gas prices is in line with the global trend, affirms move towards market-determined fuel prices.

Concerns over data security and privacy in the programme must be addressed.

The mob that killed Mohammad Akhlaq drew force from a perceived pattern of intolerance and impunity.

A look at the front page of The Indian Express, published on October 1, Forty Years Ago.

But Delhi will have to step up its game to create a conducive business environment.

When you look into the void, the world takes you seriously as a space power.

Now that the RBI has finally cut rates, government must ensure monetary transmission is not impeded.

For PM Modi, access is top priority. But neutrality advocates needn’t despair.

In an unequal society, exclusions from the democratic process based on social indicators reflect elitist bias.