The Times of India

Prime Minister Modi and his partymen wax eloquent about the need to tackle and end terrorism. But what exactly is terrorism? The dictionary definition is “the unlawful use of violence and in timidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of […]

Forget the Bush-Manmohan Singh vision of a nuclear power renaissance. Recent developments -cheap solar power plus the bankruptcy of Westinghouse -call for a total overhaul of nuclear plans that now look obsolete, dangerous and ultra-costly . I say this as

Forget the Bush-Manmohan Singh vision of a nuclear power renaissance. Recent developments -cheap solar power plus the bankruptcy of Westinghouse -call for a total overhaul of nuclear plans that now look obsolete, dangerous and ultra-costly . I say this as

To call Air India the national carrier, and so justify running it at losses that would make Vijay Mallya\’s Kingfisher blush, is a tragi-comedy that must end. Indigo is the top domestic carrier hare of around 40%, followed by with

To call Air India the national carrier, and so justify running it at losses that would make Vijay Mallya\’s Kingfisher blush, is a tragi-comedy that must end. Indigo is the top domestic carrier hare of around 40%, followed by with

The courts are hearing petitions against the government\’s expansion of schemes for which Aadhaar linkage is mandatory .Civil rights activists complain of privacy erosion, large-scale leakage of Aadhaar data, and violation of Supreme Court ar. Some fear, rightly , that

The latest solar power auction has yielded an electricity price of just Rs 3.15unit, down from Rs 5 two years ago. This seems competitive with coal-based thermal power. The government has raised its solar capacity target to 40GW by 2020

Modi the economic developer has been upended by Modi the populist. The farm loan waiver and other measures announced in Uttar Pradesh last week amounted to an emphatic change in BJP . Given scarce government finances, the policy direction. Given

Dear Narendra Modi, You swept to victory in the Uttar Pradesh election promising good governance and economic progress for all — “sabka saath, sabka vikas.” But Chief Minister Adityanath’s first act was to crack down on abattoirs and meat processors.

Mayawati says rigged electronic voting machines (EVMs) caused her massive defeat in the UP election. The Election Commission says EVMs are tamper-proof. A new Brookings research study by Shamika Ravi, Sisir Debnath and Mudit Kapoor goes much further. It shows