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Dr M S Swaminathan, who made India self-sufficient in food, passes away

M S Swaminathan, renowned agricultural scientist and a lifelong crusader against hunger who bet on sustainable farming passed away in Chennai on Thursday. He was 98 and is survived by three......

Manipur: A Distant Outpost Full Of Promise

A lesson we have not learnt from China is the urgent need to knit the vast country together to keep it from falling apart at the seams.While there is considerable dent in poverty, sadly, the North......

Can't live under Taliban: Afghan students in India

It has been sleepless nights and desperate efforts to contact their families back home for the thousands of Afghan students in educational institutions in various parts of India as they worry about......

Could India be heading for a short war with China?

'The numbers of troops on both sides are enormous.''They are about 50,000-60,000 soldiers facing each other in that sector -- that's about the total number of troops that both sides had in the 1962......

Modi's big opportunity in Bihar

Over the next five years, it will be Narendra not Nitish who will be under pressure to deliver vikas and atmanirbharta in Bihar, notes Kanika Datta. IMAGE: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with......

'ITC aspires to double its business in five years'

'While every year presents new challenges, it also provides opportunities for better growth and performance.' Photograph: Kind courtesy ITC/Instagram ITC emerged as the country's largest company......

Why Do Banks Hide Losses?

Believe it or not, the regulator is stretching its arm to identify stressed borrowers and gauge the 'distance to default' as a measure of a particular bank's fragility, reveals Tamal Bandyopadhyay.......

Heat wave hurting farmers' income as yields drop across several crops

Santosh Patkar of Devgadh Taluka Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra is a worried man these days. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Devgadh, which is known as the home to world famous Alphonso......

11 govt banks don't have a chairman!

The annual earnings of a non-executive chairman of a PSB is capped at Rs 10 lakh, inclusive of fees for attending board meetings.This is way below the compensation of the chairman of any private......

How resurrected DLF is planning its tryst with Mumbai

Being a predominant player with a track record spanning decades in the NCR market, DLF will have an advantage in monetising its inventory faster at a better price point. In mid-2020, when Kushal......

ED's notice to BCCI regarding IPL II fund transfer

The Enforcement Directorate has issued notice to the BCCI to explain transfer and routing of funds to the tune of Rs 1,600 crore in the conduct of the second season of Indian Premier League cricket......

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