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The government has shown great optimism in going ahead with merging more PSBs. In the latest round — the third — 10 PSBs are to be merged into four large banks, which will reduce the total number of state-run banks in the country to 12....

In a stinging criticism of the governance of the Narendra Modi government on Sunday, former prime minister Manmohan Singh raised several pertinent points and serious matters affecting the nation and sought immediate course corrections. The issues he raise must be seen beyond the usual sphere...

US President Donald Trump has backed off from his earlier proposal to mediate on the Kashmir issue. He expressed confidence in Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who assured the US president on the sidelines of the G7 Summit at Biarritz, France, that India will be able...

Fire is destroying the Amazon jungle in Brazil. The jungle, according to some findings, produces about 20 per cent of the world’s oxygen. Although agriculture by the slash-and-burn technique has been in practice in that region of Brazil, the National Institute for Space Research (INPE)...

India is faced with a serious liquidity crisis, which will have a major adverse bearing on economic growth. The alert comes from none other than Niti Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar, who stated past week that this is an unprecedented situation and that the nation...

Ghasiram Panda The National Education Policy of 1986, which called for special emphasis on removing disparities and equalising educational opportunities, was a milestone in India’s education—policy-making. The Rights of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, popularly known as RTE Act, enacted in 2009, took...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s announcement to allow free travel for women in public transport buses in the capital from October smacks of a politically wily move. Kejriwal knows pretty well that legal challenge would follow, as the Constitution does not allow governmental actions on...

Having taken some bold yet highly controversial steps in Kashmir, it was the need of time for the Modi government to lie low and allow tempers to cool down. But, the reverse seems to be happening, if defence minister Rajnath Singh’s statements in relation to...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Independence Day address to the nation Thursday, announced the decision to appoint a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). This officer, to be a five-star General, would become the single point of contact for the administration in defence matters. The...

Proof of innocence is the absence (or the elimination) of complainants. That appears to remain the mantra of powerful people accused of crimes, even heinous ones, in many an instance. The accident that the woman who alleged rape by Kuldeep Singh Sengar, the now-expelled and...