As Swami Vivekananda rightly said, a hundred people wholeheartedly doing a job is better than a thousand doing the same job half-heartedly

Letters: Well-being is important

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The track record of MGNREGS shows that it suffers from shortcomings such as tardy payment of wages, lack of decentralisation and a myopic focus on employment generation data

Letters: Drawbacks of MGNREGS

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is understood to be banking on the new equations following favourable results in both the Assembly polls and the Rajya Sabha nominations

Letters: Verify math on GST

Indian ad agencies are learning the art of story-telling

Rich haul at Cannes

Time to fix remaining airwave usage issues

Plentiful spectrum

The birth of EU was seen as a symbol of a unified Europe, which for most part of its history was torn apart by war and cultural differences

Letters: A worrying precedent

However, the chief curiosity is about who the government will appoint as the RBI governor to succeed Raghuram Rajan, who leaves office on September 4

Letters: Ball in government's court

At a recent conference on insurance, the chief executive of an insurance company found a "poetic" way to explain the plight of customers

Poetry in insurance failure

Back in 1992, Soros famously made a billion dollars by betting against the pound, which caused Britain to withdraw from the European Exchange Rate Management

Soros' sorrow

When asked the name of their country and its capital, their answers were "Bangladesh" and "Dhaka" respectively

Now, education shame for Bengal

The birth of Skype 11 years ago has led the way as this small country of 1.3 million has become a world leader in technology

Letters: Encourage innovation

The EU will be in shock as no country has ever left it since Article 50 was in place

Letters: Tough road ahead

India is dependent for its development on Western models and support, with nations such as the US and the UK leading in doing business with us

Letters: Trade ties with UK

On Sunday, before delivering the keynote address at the US Conference of Mayors in Indianapolis, the Dalai Lama met the American singer

Dim view on kindness

The middle-rung Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership is busy limiting the "damage" to the party and government by its Rajya Sabha member Subramanian Swamy's incessant attacks on finance ministry bureaucrats

Mum on Swamy, officially

Manjhi was made the chief minister by Nitish Kumar after the drubbing Janata Dal (United), JD(U), got in the last Lok Sabha elections

Surprise visit

An early intervention by PM would have been more useful

Curbing indiscipline

The prospect of a sustained global crisis looms large

The world after Brexit

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The pound plummeted by over 11 per cent as votes were being counted - its worst fall since the infamous Black Friday in 1985

StatsGuru: Explaining how Brexit affects India

XI Jinping: The other frequent flier

Only India's Narendra Modi competes with him for the number of international locations visited by a major head of state

Is it possible to get an add-on international credit card for my daughter, who will be going abroad for higher studies ? What are the  options? Yes, it is possible to get an add-on international credit card for your daughter on the basis the internationally accepted credit card issued by your existing bank. Once you complete the Know Your Customer requirement for your daughter, post the bank will issue the card. In fact, with the advent of Chip and Pin technology, the transactions have become far more safe and secure. Alternatively, you can also give your daughter an internationally enabled debit card or a prepaid forex card. These are much better options compared to cash.Can I take a home loan to build a house on a plot in my mother's name? Or should we take a joint loan? Since she is retired, can she get a loan? If the plot is in your mother's name, you should apply for the loan with your mother as a co-borrower, as all property owners are required to be part of the loan structure. H

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