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Small and inclusive

December 09, 2019 1:23:11 am

New approach to granting licences to small finance and payment banks is welcome, will make sector more competitive

Don’t cry for onions

December 09, 2019 1:28:25 am

Avoid knee-jerk reactions to temporary shortage-induced price spikes. Government must focus on deeper problems

Forty years ago, December 9, 1979: Sanjay factor

December 09, 2019 1:31:00 am

December 9, 1979: Three of the remaining four party candidates from Delhi, whose names were announced on December 8, are understood to be nominees of Mrs Gandhi’s son.

December 7, 1979, Forty Years Ago: Nagpur violence

December 06, 2019 11:35:10 pm

December 7, 1979, Forty Years Ago: George Fernandes denied reports that he was likely to join the Janata Party. He described a Calcutta report attributed to Jagjivan Ram as “Just so much unadulterated nonsense”.

Crime as punishment

December 07, 2019 8:22:23 am

Killing of Hyderabad rape accused by police, voices of support for it in political class, point to a brutalisation that must worry all.

Taking it personally

December 07, 2019 6:54:42 am

While Personal Data Protection Bill strikes a balance between privacy and security, one provision does disservice to its objective.

Citizen Kundera

December 07, 2019 6:56:48 am

Milan Kundera did not need his Czech citizenship restored. It was an act of contrition for an era of exclusion

Exit of the Goose

December 06, 2019 1:57:36 am

With natural pace and deep reservoirs of determination and unflappability, Bob Willis forged a terrific if unsung career

No cut in time

December 06, 2019 1:54:45 am

MPC opts for status quo, citing inflation concerns. But with growth slowing sharply, it should have continued to ease

Two-nation Citizen

December 06, 2019 10:18:35 am

Citizenship Bill violates basic structure of Constitution, very foundation of the Republic. Highest court should take note

December 6, 1979, Forty Years Ago: Cong-Lok Dal Split

December 06, 2019 1:45:19 am

December 6, 1979, Forty Years Ago: The uneasy alliance between the Congress and the Lok Dal virtually came apart following breakdown of negotiations over seat adjustments in Uttar Pradesh, The Indian Express reported.

December 5, 1979, Forty Years Ago: Nuclear Parity

December 05, 2019 12:37:41 am

Prime Minister Charan Singh said in Delhi that the nuclear nonproliferation policy should be applied uniformly to all nations without any discrimination, The Indian Express reported.

Go to Kailaasa

December 05, 2019 12:54:05 am

Nithyananda’s newly-announced ‘greatest Hindu nation’ offers an option — and a retort

Sena on test

December 05, 2019 12:48:03 am

In reviewing projects initiated by its predecessor, Sena-led Maharashtra government must adhere to due process.

Slowdown pain

December 05, 2019 12:48:21 am

With states facing GST revenue shortfalls, Centre needs to find a way of compensating them

Cant! Wont!

December 04, 2019 2:34:04 am

Acknowledging that the world doesnt give a tinkers cuss, the Apostrophe Protection Society has downed it’s shutter’s

A turning point

December 04, 2019 2:30:10 am

Tariff hikes are not sufficient for telecom sector’s sustainability. Government must re-examine its approach

The abdication

December 04, 2019 2:23:48 am

Legislators’ call for mob-like justice for sexual assault is a symptom of their own failure — to frame problem, find answers

December 4, 1979, Forty Years Ago: Election nominations

December 04, 2019 2:18:04 am

December 4, 1979, Forty Years Ago: Prime Minister Charan Singh and Mrs Indira Gandhi were among the first to enter the poll arena as nominations opened in 542 parliamentary constituencies for the seventh general election, The Indian Express reported.