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National Security Adviser Ajit Doval at the Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing where he attended a BRICS NSA meet amidst Sikkim standoff.

China sets its eyes on Doklam and beyond

Thirty years of reform catapulted China to the second largest economy and wetted its sense of lebensraum.

30 July 2017 2:30 AM IST

Modi and the Bovine Republic

Modi and the Bovine Republic

If brand modi is to survive with its sheen intact, the Govt needs to resort to strong action; mere disapproval will not...

23 July 2017 7:34 AM IST

According to the Council for Leather Exports, the total number of people employed in the leather industry is around three million.

A mistake with costly implications

The new rules effectively make it impossible for farmers to sell livestock that is of no productive use to them.

23 July 2017 7:19 AM IST

Pilgrims, on the Baltal route, cross mountain trails on their way to the Amarnath cave shrine on the Baltal route. (Photo: PTI)

The yatra's journey

Nestled in the Himalayas in Kashmir, Amarnath, one of the holiest shrines for Hindus, has been at the centre of many...

16 July 2017 3:23 AM IST

Amarnath pilgrims who were injured in the terror attack being brought by an IAF plane at the airport in Surat. (Photo: PTI)

The Attack: No one has a convincing answer

Police still insists that the bus in which pilgrims were returning to Jammu was caught in crossfire between its men and...

16 July 2017 3:15 AM IST

The Chinese have been eyeing the Doka La plateau since any troops stationed there will be away from visible observation and beyond artillery range of Indian forces either based in North or north-east Sikkim.

When China pokes Indian bear

Bhutan is the only country in the Indian sub-continent that does not have formal diplomatic relations with China.

9 July 2017 3:13 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: PTI)

Ocean is solution to problem in mountains

India should respond to Chinese moves in the Himalayas and the subcontinent with counter-moves in the South China Sea...

9 July 2017 3:05 AM IST

Former prime minister Indira Gandhi with former French president Charles de Gaulle in Paris on March 25, 1966.

State visits then & now

Our Prime Minister Modi's proposal to exclude officials of the terrorism sponsoring nations from entering the G20...

9 July 2017 2:59 AM IST

Farmers protest by throwing tomatoes on National Highway-33 at Bundu near Ranchi for not getting a fair price for their produce. (Photo: PTI)

Loan waiver is no free lunch

The 3 stakeholders here are farmers, governments and banks. Each of them has to look at this scheme from different...

2 July 2017 4:19 AM IST

The winds of apathy sown over these four decades are being reaped now in the form of whirlwinds of protests by poor farmers, most of whom face extreme hardships.

Agriculture's 1991-moment

Agriculture has been ill-served by the indifference of the Establishment for the last at least 40 years.

2 July 2017 4:12 AM IST

Farmers dump potatoes on the road due to falling prices in Jalandhar. (Photo: PTI)

From Jai Kisan to die Kisan'

Each and every day presents uncertainty to the farmer, who succumbs to vagaries of the market.

2 July 2017 4:03 AM IST

The registration window for traders who failed to register for GST will open again on June 25.

GST will get states more than VAT

India is one of the last of the large countries to adopt the GST.

25 Jun 2017 3:30 AM IST