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
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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Taliban rule triggers resistance
Five years after returning to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban’s rule remains as ultra-extremist as ever. Acting in the name…
Preparing for AI-assisted war
“You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.” Modern conflicts have changed shape; the wars…
The deceptive climate rankings
EPI-2026 ranks European countries as the world’s best environmental performers with the bottom ranks occupied almost exclusively by countries from…
India’s paradox of progress at 79
On August 15, 1947, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru delivered his immortal “Tryst with Destiny” speech to inaugurate a free India –…
Welfare or freebies: Drawing the line
Goa must balance targeted social welfare with fiscal health by using the ‘3-A framework’ to reject risky electoral freebies ahead…
E20: Separating facts from rumour
India’s ambitious transition to E20 fuel, petrol blended with 20% ethanol, has recently become the subject of intense public debate.…
AI race carries promise and peril
The battle is between the proprietary rights represented by American tech firms, which keep their technology guarded and protected, and…
Ending paper leak menace
The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Act, 2026, was introduced after widespread protests over the NEET-UG paper leak…