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…
Lasted Commentary
What India-UK pact means for Goa
On July 15, 2026, the India-United Kingdom Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) entered into force. Signed in London on…
The paradox of automation
“Humanity is striding into the futuristic landscape of automation, where innovation, invention and creation are transitioning from manual tasks to…
Call for bureaucratic accountability
The district police chief of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh has triggered widespread Dalit protests after he was recorded beating up…
Iran dragging US into long war
Tehran is determined to show Washington that it is in control and will not back down. It is willing to…
Konkani: Goa’s true voice
Languages survive because they are spoken at home, taught in schools, and passed on to posterity. No narrative can erase…
Uphill task of proving citizenship
The Ministry of External Affairs recently clarified that an Indian passport is a travel document and not a proof of…
Highs and lows of AI boom
Caught in the crosscurrents of progress and peril, the global economy today is at the crossroads with the separation between…
MSMEs at receiving end of tax system
June 27 marked National MSME Day, bringing a wave of lavish tributes canonising small businesses as the ‘backbone’ of employment,…