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Modi says ‘Team India’, but he is intolerant towards non-NDA chief ministers

The ‘Team India’ concept has not worked as much as PM Modi expected, and the NITI Aayog itself is a ‘work in progress.’

To boost black money promise, Modi must start lobbying for India to lead FATF

India could use the platform of FATF to share its experience in dealing with hawalas/hundis and other forms of informal banking.

Forget Congress-mukt Bharat, is BJP planning an ally-mukt party for 2019?

The BJP is ambitious and wants to expand while the allies are suspicious of it.

I’m not the one who changed: How one of Modi’s biggest champions turned critic

Rupa Subramanya says the space for independent voices such as her’s, who refuse to take partisan sides, is vanishing.

Airtel’s passive-aggressive, angst-ridden response misses the main point about bigotry

Airtel should know that in times like these, neutrality is a conscious choice of allowing tacit support to bigots.

Arvind was not a spokesman, but an adviser who had to think several steps ahead

He elevated the quality of the analysis and the presentation of ideas for public deliberation in his four 'Economic Surveys', says finance minister Jaitley.

Controversial Jairam Ramesh has skills, but some in Congress don’t want him to run 2019 war room

Jairam Ramesh is known as someone who has had many lives. The technocrat from IIT has come unscathed from several controversies.

Facebook’s acquisition of every possible digital ad space shows weakness

Facebook's six years lessons as a public company has made it incredibly adept at making money by finding new places to stick ads and tailoring them to specific needs. 

Appointment of judges to higher courts governed by instrument lacking democratic scrutiny

A more widespread discussion on the Memorandum of Procedure is necessary because the process of appointment needs an overhaul.

AAP government calls off dharna, agitationist Kejriwal has few arrows left in his quiver

At the heart of Kejriwal’s revival of politics of agitation is his political untouchability with respect to the Congress.

On Camera

Punjab’s anti-sacrilege law doesn’t guarantee justice. What more needs to be done

The AAP govt has extracted more political capital from sacrilege accountability than any of its predecessors. It now has the opportunity — and the obligation — to match that rhetoric with performance in court.

Oil supply fell by 10 million barrels per day in March. IEA raises alarm over largest disruption ever

IEA projects sharp reversal from its earlier expectations, with global demand for oil in 2026 turning negative. Hormuz disruptions have pushed crude prices to $130 per barrel.

Aerospace, defence overtake pharma to form chunk of Telangana’s exports. Next stop: aero-engine capital

At over Rs 32,000 crore in FY 26, defence and aerospace account for over a third of the state’s exports, beating pharma for the first time since 2014.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.