Nitish Kumar Has The Opportunity Of A Lifetime To Change Bihar

If he cannot do it this term by using his bureaucracy and experts from different fields, it will be a tragedy, asserts Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at an election meeting......

Remember Smart Cities? What Happened?

Among the cities that have fully implemented their projects are Agra, Varanasi, Madurai, Coimbatore, Udaipur, Pune, Surat and Vadodara IMAGE: A scene from Varanasi, which Prime Minister Narendra......

SC reserves verdict on termination of 2 women judicial officers

A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and N Kotiswar Singh heard submissions from senior lawyers Indira Jaising and R Basant, appearing for the terminated women officers, besides amicus curiae and......

Budget Prepares For Rise In Cancer Cases

Do we have enough trained oncologists and medical professionals in India to man these over 4,500 beds in the public sector? IMAGE: Union Home Minister Amit A Shah at the Shri Mahavir Health and......

The Illusion Of India's 8% Growth

The key question is how much of the latest growth record represents recovery from the 2020-2021 downturn, and what is the sustainable growth rate now, asks T N Ninan. Photograph: Francis......

UPI Goes Global, Fintech Hits A Wall

'When you think of cross-border payments, the first things that come to mind are risk, compliance, taxation, speed, and cost.' Kindly note that this illustration generated using ChatGPT has only......

India's energy sector battles taxes, global turmoil

India’s brittle energy security is inextricably linked to two opposing paradigms — fossil fuels, and the transition to green energy. Photograph: Reuters The first powers the present; the......

Next-Gen GST a step towards single tax slab

The proposed ‘Next Gen GST' with sweeping reforms, lower tax rates, and just two slabs, aims to boost the economy amid tariff threats and set the stage for a single tax rate regime by the time......