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Can India Solve The Air Pollution Problem?

Mundane as it may seem, this is in some ways a metaphor for the challenges facing the nation, argue Arvind Subramanian and Devesh Kapur in their new book, A Sixth Of Humanity. IMAGE: India Gate......

'Venezuela's Current Leaders Gave Maduro As A Trophy To Trump'

'Trump had done a deal with the current regime minus Maduro. The current regime is giving Trump entry into Venezuelan oil. They are obeying him and doing whatever he says.' 'They are happy because......

Asim Munir's Power Surge Splits Pakistan Military

Creating a powerful new chief of defence forces has split the Pakistan military into four competing factions, points out Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at RA&W. IMAGE: Pakistani Army......

Stalin Can Win 2026 Poll If...

...the DMK chief minister's campaign -- which includes criticism of the BJP's 'pro-Hindutva, anti-Tamil, anti-federal' policies and building on his own government's social welfare programmes......

India And Pakistan Enter A Dangerous Era

'India for its survival has to change its doctrine from no first use to a pre-emptive attack in case of any hostile move by Pakistan,' recommends Colonel Anil A Athale (retd). Kindly note the......

How RBI Governor Fared In The First Year

Sanjay Malhotra has made structural changes to banking regulation to bring down costs and increase efficiency. Plus, he kicked off a benign interest regime. But there are challenges ahead. IMAGE:......

India needs to generate 78.5 lakh jobs in non-farm sector annually till 2030: Survey

The Indian economy needs to generate an average of nearly 78.5 lakh jobs annually until 2030 in the non-farm sector to cater to the rising workforce, according to the Economic Survey for 2023-24.......

Houthi attacks on Russian oil tankers complicate things for Indian refiners

The unexpected missile attack on a second India-bound ship carrying Russian crude, just three weeks after the first, has complicated matters for domestic refiners. Image: Houthi military......

Government addresses the Achilles heel of fiscal management

This government has stayed the course on unglamorous reforms and tax proposals, feels Rathin Roy In the run-up to the Budget, there had been a debate on the desirability of sticking to......

'I Never Took My Career Seriously'

'I didn't like doing jhatak-mataks.''I would subconsciously start feeling, 'Oh my God, my makeup man and my driver will be watching this.'' IMAGE: Moushumi Chatterjee in Ghar Parivar.......

Why Australia's top stars are not travelling to Pakistan!

IMAGE: Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood will skip Australia's T20 warm-up matches against Pakistan starting later this month. Photograph: Tingshu Wang/Reuters Australia's Pat Cummins will be kept on......

Hazlewood 'on track' to start T20 World Cup

IMAGE: Josh Hazlewood availability from the start will be a big boost for Australia, who are fretting over the composition of their pace attack. Photograph: ANI Photo Australia fast bowler Josh......

Fit-again Hazlewood set for return as IPL and T20 WC beckon

IMAGE: Josh Hazlewood, who was ruled out of the Ashes due to injury, will begin comeback with the Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League. Photograph: BCCI Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has......

Australia sweat as Hazlewood suffers another injury

IMAGE: Cricket Australia said that Josh Hazlewood had reported Achilles soreness, delaying his rehabilitation. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters Australia paceman Josh Hazlewood's hopes of......

Cummins picked for T20 World Cup despite injury concern

Australia named injured fast bowlers Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood and big-hitter Tim David in their provisional squad for the Twenty20 World Cup in February-March, while expanding their spin......