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Mamata’s bulldozers may backfire. Kolkata’s problem is poor infrastructure, not hawkers

The solutions to Kolkata’s problems are civic infrastructure, jobs, education, and housing, not merely hawker-free pavements. Mamata is learning the wrong lessons from TMC’s history.

India’s bilateral ties with China, Nepal, 4 other neighbours haven’t deteriorated, says MEA

MoS for External Affairs V Muraleedharan was responding to a written question on India's bilateral ties with neighbours by Trinamool Congress member Sougata Ray in the Lok Sabha.

James Bond, defence deal and the govt — Not a spy movie but Rafale debate in Lok Sabha

Finance minister Arun Jaitley quoted a James Bond movie during the Rafale debate in Parliament, but was mocked by an MP for getting it wrong.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.