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GST – termed as a ‘good and simple tax’ by Prime Minister Narendra Modi when it was implemented with much fanfare three months back – has just undergone a course correction to remove certain teething troubles. Though marketed by the government as a ‘good tax’, certain issues during the 100 […]
Once again, someone with a gun has turned an American playground into a killing field. Once again a man — and it’s almost always a man — has committed what by now is the most American of acts, in this case wielding fully automatic military-style firearms to mow down a […]
The Sardar Sarovar Dam has finally become a reality nearly 56 years after its foundation was laid. It was mired in controversies and faced stiff opposition from affected villagers. Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the plaque at Kevadia in Gujarat, thereby dedicating the mega project to the nation amidst chanting […]
India’s Railways serves the vital function of providing travel access to millions, and, as Mahatma Gandhi wrote in his article ‘Third Class in Indian Railways’, have the responsibility of making it equitable and comfortable. It must also be safe. In the 64-year period from 1950 to 2016, passenger and freight […]
At least 60 children, many of them encephalitis patients, died in a Gorakhpur hospital recently, 30 of them over a span of just 48 hours. Shocking reports described a shortage of oxygen supply to intensive care units in the state-run Baba Raghav Das Medical College Hospital where the children were […]
Seen as a diplomatic victory for India, the United States has added the Hizbul Mujahideen to its blacklist of nearly 60 terrorist organizations close on the heels of designating Syed Salahuddin , the group’s chief based in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, a “global terrorist”. The US State Department said Hizbul Mujahideen has […]
North Korea appears to be in a self-destruct mode. The isolated country recently fired what appeared to be several land-to-ship missiles off its east coast — the latest in a fast-paced series of missile tests defying world pressure to rein in its weapons programme. India joined the global community in […]
India’s sporting landscape has started to change for the better as people are taking up sports as full-time career with remarkable improvement in on-field performance. During earlier decades there was an environment in which sports was not pursued as a career. Now this thinking has started to change. Soon the […]
The arrival of monsoon along India’s southern shores, with a meteorological forecast for rainfall that would almost match the normal average, has brought cheers to the farming community, more so with fears of the impact of El Nino receding. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) is now less apprehensive about the […]
Emmanuel Macron’s big win in the French presidential election is being seen as a triumph for a strong and united Europe with the EU nations breathing a sigh of relief. Macron had championed European unity and his election as French president is expected to go a long way in strengthening […]
