Commentary
UPI fees threaten digital shift
New MDR charges could undermine digital payments, burden merchants and users, and weaken India’s shift away from cash despite the system’s remarkable nationwide success The mandarins in the finance ministry…
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SIR: Advani, Jaishankar, others get notices over ‘discrepancies’
Foreign secy Misri, Election Commissioner Sandhu also issued notices New Delhi: Former deputy prime minister…
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…
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Warnings from Venezuela crisis
The January 3 US military operation in Venezuela seizing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro…
How AI is rewriting Bengaluru story
For three decades, India’s information technology (IT) story and Bengaluru’s have relied on a simple equation: the global demand for…
Prayer for nation’s rise in 2026
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; where knowledge is free, where the world has…
Growth in age of reforms in pieces
Government must take appropriate measures to spur private sector investment. This is India’s moment to capitalise on the demography and…
High command culture in BJP
No two words have been as overused (rather misused) in the political lexicon quite like ‘High Command’. Conceptually the idea…
Mumbai to Ahmedabad by bullet train
Very soon, India will have its first bullet train, the Mumbai to Ahmedabad, high speed rail, which promises to redraw…
New face of terrorism in India
The recent shockwaves caused by the Red Fort bomb blast have exposed the unsettling vulnerabilities of densely populated urban centres.…
Assent to bills and separation of powers
It is difficult to say with certainty whether, through gubernatorial system, the founding fathers intended to ensure that the state…