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Delhi Police, Goa govt face flak after they refer to I-Day as Republic Day

The circular urged officials 'to take needful action in light of the ensuing celebrations of Republic Day'

Letter to BS: Congress must encourage leaders to contest polls fearlessly

The forced consensus for the election of party posts stunts the emergence of quality leadership.

Letter to BS: Switching to vegan diet has become urgent need of the hour

Year after year, the United Nations has been advising that a sustainable future lay in avoiding industrial meat and consciously switching to vegan diets

Letter to BS: Banks may come out with more customer-friendly measures

As for deposits, when banks pare down the rate, it is only for fresh deposits. The old deposits attract the earlier rate.

Rising global uncertainty

India needs active policy intervention

Moving onshore

India needs modern tools to hedge currency risks

Amit Shah releases book on M Venkaiah Naidu's two years in office

The 257-page book has 232 photographs of Naidu's public engagements and a chapter on the "turnaround" in the functioning of the Rajya Sabha

Letter to BS: Withdrawal of J&K's special status is not a way to win trust

Winning the hearts and minds of Kashmiris alone will facilitate their integration into India

Letter to BS: Respect for nature will create a healthy and sound economy

We should stop playing with the naturally planned environment created for our benefit and adapt our lifestyle with it to avoid destruction in the long run

BJP may appoint Muralidhar Rao as party president in Telangana

Newly elected Nizamabad MP Arvind Dharmapuri has demanded publicly that Muralidhar Rao be made party president

Human-animal hybrids

The potential payoff for such research is enormous

In Pics: The new face of iconic Flora Fountain in Mumbai's Fort area

Up, close and personal with the newly-restored 155-year-old iconic Flora Fountain at Fort in south Mumbai

Rain lashes India, but skewed across regions: CRISIL's Drip index

Several states and crops grapple with deficient rains

Misleading fiscal deficit

CAG's view on Budget numbers has merit

The Huawei threat

The govt should take an objective decision

A course for priests: MP govt to set up an institute for temple management

Priests will learn the history of temples, their functioning, the art of performing rituals, their social and religious responsibilities, and so on

Letter to BS: Pak's act of expelling Bisaria may prove to be a self-goal

Further, its wild threats of taking this matter to the United Nations may not come to its immediate rescue as it has no locus standi to poke its nose in India's internal matters

Letter to BS: Reason for under performance of revenues is not evasion

The real reason for under performance is slowdown in the economy and fixing the target too high keeping fiscal deficit in view

In policy making, you have to take a call beyond numbers: Shaktikanta Das

Numbers are paramount, what our assessment of the incoming data is, and how we see the incoming data, Das said

Break with convention

There are limits to what monetary policy can achieve