Commentary
A decade after demonetisation
Ten years ago, Indians were asked to surrender the use of their own money with only four hours’ notice. It was a shock and awe operation. At 8 pm on…
Pothole plunge
A dog cools down in a water-filled crater on a Paroda road. The state continues…
Pitch for sustainable growth in Goa
It has been a case of rampant degradation and destruction of the state’s environment which…
Give hope a chance Â
As New Year kicks in, government and people must resolve to improve happiness index There…
EDM death: Report points to mix of drugs, alcohol
Panaji: The preliminary report into the death of Delhi youth, who died in a hospital…
Lasted Commentary
Goa’s deepening drug crisis
From campus student tragedies to fragmented narco-cartels, a surge in synthetic narcotics is pushing Goa’s youth toward a Punjab-like crisis…
Ayodhya row: A crisis of trust
The temple controversy exposes the heavy cost of a results-driven system, proving that a breakdown in governance and values ultimately…
Citizenship rules need clarity
With thousands of Goans having lost Indian citizenship after acquiring Portuguese passports, the MEA’s clarification has now revived questions over…
Agonies of twilight years
Report says older people are increasingly bearing the impact of climate change, with heatwaves, floods and droughts adding to perils…
Counting the cost of freebies
Indian politics today is plagued by an uncomfortable arithmetic. On one side is the expanding culture of pre-election freebies: expensive,…
Mistakes that sealed Starmer’s fate
Approach of UK’s outgoing Prime Minister was serious but technocratic, showing no interest in ideas or principles. This left it…
Defections redefine Indian politics
The images tell a story that would once have embarrassed Indian politicians. In Delhi, Trinamool Congress MPs preparing to switch…
India’s changing job scenario
Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran has done a great service by saying something many parents, students and policymakers do…