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The logical and only consistent long-term way of eliminating black money in any sphere is to promote transparency and coaxing citizens to move away from cash (to e-cash)

To tackle safety the railways must invest in new technology in several areas. This includes improved systems for ultrasonic detection of flaws in rails, rail side equipment for detecting wheel defects, introducing an effective anti-collision device, upgrading signalling systems and quickly introducing new coaching stock with anti-climbing features which can avoid the terrible loss of life that took place in this accident

The NFU policy is just right for India as it ensures security for the nation and does not detract it from its march towards better prosperity for its masses

There is an overwhelming degree of faith in the perceived integrity and vision of Modi. The ‘Modi hawa’ of 2014 may not be as strong but has not dissipated entirely either. If the scheme was seen as just another government programme, there may well have been more cynicism.

While millions of people are queuing in front of ATMs across the country to withdraw their hard-earned money, an ex-BJP member is spending crores of rupees on his daughter’s wedding

The cash chaos following the demonetisation move by the Narendra Modi government is perhaps the most economically and socially disruptive act of State the world has seen since the Cultural Revolution in China.

If Donald Trump is serious about tackling inequality, he must rewrite the rules yet again, in a way that serves all of society, not just people like him. If he actually wants to help those who have been left behind, he must go beyond the ideological battles of the past

Indian Railways is rapidly slipping into a financial morass and terminal debt trap. To avert the impending tragedy, it’s time to think anew

All those who are protesting against the Bill are the same ones who have remained indifferent to the rampant corrupt network in the state administration that issued identity documents to illegal settlers

Tokyo and New Delhi began moving closer even before the global financial crisis of 2008, roughly when China became the geopolitical migraine it is today. Abe, in particular, has had a vision of India going back a decade.

The decrease in stone-pelting and a decline in violence should be seized by both the state and central government to put in place some measures to mitigate the sufferings of the people of the Valley who have been reeling from curfews and shortages for months on end since the killing of militant Burhan Wani and the violence which followed

The controversial officer in charge of Bastar’s insurgency-ridden six districts threatened HT’s Raipur-based reporter for having the temerity to question him over academic Nandini Sundar’s alleged involvement in a recent murder in the region.

The registration of grave charges of murder and criminal conspiracy against respected academics and human rights defenders Nandini Sundar of Delhi University and Archana Prasad of JNU, and Sanjay Parate (Chhattisgarh CPI (M) state secretary), among others, is the latest chapter in a long ignoble saga of open police bullying of journalists, rights workers and dissenters in the troubled Bastar region.

It is unclear that the likely impact on the black economy would justify the costs that the economy would have to pay.

Donald Trump’s victory underlines the fact that right-wing populism is now a credible political strategy. His win could further boost such forces grappling with the downside of globalisation elsewhere. The next phase of nationalist churning is bound to be in Europe. How the Right will fare there may depend on how trump starts out as president