What You Can Now Expect Every Election

A freebie once granted can hardly be discontinued. All that can happen is to substitute it with a bigger freebie, notes A K Bhattacharya. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi presents a cheque to......

The Spy Who Became A Farmer

'I couldn't have asked for a better retired life.''Of course, it would have been better if I made some profit out of farming!' IMAGE: P K Hormis Tharakan, former chief, RA&W. All photographs: Kind......

AAP, BJP Slug Fest Over Delhi Health Model

AAP projects its affordable 'health model' as a success story. The BJP calls it a hoax. IMAGE: A Mohalla clinic in New Delhi. Photograph: ANI Photo   The efficacy of Delhi's 'health model'......

The Peeli-Peelis of Kolkata

As Kolkata marches towards modernity, it is hard to imagine its streets without these cabs, notes Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd). IMAGE: Kolkata's famous Ambassador taxis. Photograph: Debadyuti......

Auto component makers to gain from new 4-wheeler electric vehicle policy

The new four-wheeler (4W) electric vehicle (EV) policy may spur the entry of global majors. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters The manufacturing policy cuts Customs duty to 15 per cent, given a......

Cabinet okays 32,500 cr for Railways' multi-tracking projects

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved seven multi-tracking projects of Indian Railways at an estimated cost of around Rs 32,500 crore, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw......

How FAME scheme changes impact electric vehicle fortunes in India

New Delhi’s timing couldn’t have been worse, both for India’s fledgling electric vehicle (EV) sector and prospective electric bike buyers. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters......

Job Quotas In Private Sector?

Rather than a blind reproduction of the government template, a more productive way of enforcing affirmative action in the private sector could be to emulate an American model, suggests Kanika......

Did Union minister influence AIFF elections?

'When you have the best as one of the options and you don't exercise it, obviously their judgement is poor and it's not a good day for Indian football' 'I know the popular sentiment in India is for......