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Identifying illegal migrants through NRC process will be cumbersome, costs far outweigh benefits

January 3, 2020 11:55:20 am

The most significant cost will be the hardship and suffering caused to genuine Indian citizens without adequate documentary proof of their citizenship.

Who’s afraid of a song?

January 3, 2020 12:05:45 am

IIT-Kanpur needs to embrace students who protested CAA by singing Faiz poem, not probe them

A revenue gap

January 3, 2020 5:03:37 pm

With revenues falling well short of expectations, the Centre may have to cut back on spending in order to meet the fiscal deficit target.

CAA-NRC and its misleading historical context

January 2, 2020 1:49:37 pm

In the historical context, we are justified in helping the persecuted minorities in the three countries but why do we have to mess with the spirit of our Constitution by bringing in religious identity for citizenship?

Azaadi is a dangerous word

January 3, 2020 1:02:56 pm

Our language is tainted and crippled by being pressed into the service of inhumanity.

Swachh Bharat Mission has thrown up six guiding principles, which can be applied to any large transformation scheme

January 2, 2020 12:31:31 pm

A prime minister in the 1980s had famously said that of every rupee spent by the government, only 15 paise reached the intended beneficiaries. This statement symbolised the skew in emphasis on “policy” in favour of “implementation”.

We were better off: Debates used to be about ideas, ideologies. It’s a tawdry discussion now

January 2, 2020 12:29:45 pm

What is going on these days seems tawdry in comparison. Will the Brexit debate be remembered 10 years hence when people discuss democracy? Or the impeachment of President Trump? And what about our own numerous enumerations, our inclusions and exclusions, national registers and citizenship bills, desi and immigrant?

A tall plan

January 3, 2020 6:50:31 am

The financial system remains choked. And a broad-based pick up in growth is unlikely in the near term. Reviving the investment cycle requires more than just ambitious targets.

Heed the pushback

January 2, 2020 12:23:38 am

Centre must respond to the Kerala assembly resolution on CAA with sensitivity and care.

The Kohli era

January 2, 2020 12:19:17 am

Unpredictable and self-aware, Virat continues to push the envelope.

Strategic S&T ties between countries are the only way to address climate change

January 2, 2020 12:21:51 pm

It is evident that international collaborations in S&T innovation is not merely cosmetic. Today, it is a necessity. No nation alone has the capacity, infrastructure and human resources to address the massive challenges that the earth and mankind faces, threatening our very existence.

Forty Years Ago, January 2, 1980: Lok Sabha results

January 2, 2020 12:15:07 am

The Janata has gained in certain states since the nomination by the Congress-I of Sanjay Gandhi and some familiar Emergency faces for the forthcoming elections.

Indian Railways needs restructuring and modernisation, efforts since 2014 are bearing fruit

January 2, 2020 12:19:12 pm

Departmentalism is worse than it was in the 1950s. And much worse than it was in 1905, when the Railway Board was formed. However, the Railway Board went through a major change in 1951. It was time for another change in 2019 and HR reform feeds into that.

Hope, Fear, Anger: Will this be the decade we finally come to terms with our reality?

January 1, 2020 1:54:29 pm

In 2019, it was not just people versus government, but one definition of people jostling against another.

Women, Adivasis and Dalits will power India’s growth story

January 1, 2020 9:34:25 am

Women are not the only ones we discriminate against. Brahmanical leadership in thought will be changed to take advantage of the large Adivasi and Dalit population as another great asset for growth.

Happy New Year

January 1, 2020 12:55:26 am

A year which began with people electing a government with a large mandate ended with some of them talking back to it.

Reset and play

January 1, 2020 12:50:35 am

NITI Aayog’s SDG report sheds light on uneven progress in states, suggests roadmap for intervention.

Ideas abide

January 1, 2020 12:44:51 am

Trump and Obama are tied in a race. Neither liberals nor conservatives can claim full victory.

Forty Years Ago, January 1, 1980: Crucial battle in UP

January 1, 2020 12:41:28 am

UP, the home state of Prime Minister Charan Singh and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi — both of whom are locked in a grim battle — may also decide who would be the next PM because of the number of parliamentarians the state sends to the Lok Sabha.

Hearing those unlike us is essential for the health of our society and nation

January 1, 2020 9:40:47 am

Let us reach out to a citizen of our country who is “not like us”. Let’s listen to who she or he really is. Let’s start a national listening movement. And lead the world to an International Listening Day.