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When will India qualify for the World cup?

The World Cup has shown that neither wealth nor size of population matters in producing quality football teams.

Kylian Mbappe’s sterling performance against Argentina gave the World Cup the push it badly needed. (Photo: AFP)

Excellence comes with a price

The World Cup in Russia has offered a chastening lesson for Asian and African teams, with none of them qualifying for the quarter-finals.

08 Jul 2018 1:05 AM

Irrespective of its current crisis, Dubai has developed a sustainable model under which the city flourishes when its neighbourhood is doing well.

Gulf dream is over, but Dubai holds out

Dubai has been going through a rough patch as slackening consumer demand broke the back of retail trade, the mainstay of the emirate’s economy.

02 Jul 2018 5:23 AM

Though Dubai depends less on oil income, fluctuations in crude oil prices have affected all sectors of its economy. The slowdown took its toll on the small and unorganised sectors in the form of unpaid outstanding dues for companies, unpaid wages for workers and large scale job losses.

Debunking a ghost town story

A new six-month visa will be introduced for job-seekers who overstayed their visa but wish to work in the country.

02 Jul 2018 5:12 AM

Lack of clarity in GST law as to the applicability of provisions and complex return filing procedures were the major problems.

Bumpy roads delay GST’s promise

One of the major pull factors for the tax net was the input tax credit, but the bigger trigger was capturing of the data in a seamless manner.

01 Jul 2018 7:07 AM

It was initially contemplated that because of the inherent construct of the GST, states that are net consumers will be greatly benefited over manufacturing states.

Consumption-led states get an advantage

It appears that the GST has brought in a competitive edge for consumption-led states.

01 Jul 2018 7:00 AM

Exemptions given to industries are not allowed under GST and the GST Council has left it to the discretion of the states.

Ease of doing business to be key for states

One of the advantages of the GST regime is the elimination of multiple taxes.

01 Jul 2018 6:54 AM

The official didn’t respond to a question on the impact on state revenues if liquor is included in GST as there’s no such proposal or demand.

States reluctant to include fuel, liquor

Liquor, LPG, natural gas, aviation turbine fuel (ATF), petrol and diesel are exempt from GST.

01 Jul 2018 6:50 AM

The problems started right from how the GST rates should be apportioned between the Centre and the states.

GST marks federal nature of Indian Constitution

The powers of the Centre and the states were clearly demarcated.

01 Jul 2018 12:01 AM

United States President Donald Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this year in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

Trump’s tariff war

Several countries have either threatened to retaliate or have retaliated against the targeting of their imports by the United States.

24 Jun 2018 6:53 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AFP)

Trade war and India

Taking cue from the US, India can also strive to restart many of its fading industries which slowed down due to the huge inflow of Chinese imports.

24 Jun 2018 6:45 AM

The words ‘We Indians’ are drilled into the minds to check divisiveness.

Constitutional lessons

We have TV anchors shouting hoarse declaring everyone who does not agree with them as anti-nationals.

19 Jun 2018 5:48 AM

The law and the Constitution are not simple constructs that everyone would understand easily. (Representational image)

It’s tough to teach

The more productive effort would be to make our public servants understand the law and the Constitution.

19 Jun 2018 5:32 AM

The Constitution is our basic document but this vital element of our nation is not taught in schools or colleges except in courses in political science and in law at the university level. (Representational image)

Let’s teach our children fundamental rights. And duties

Education for democracy and in democracy are absolutely essential for the success of a democratic experiment.

19 Jun 2018 5:22 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)

Lateral Entry: An Elixir for a moth eaten system

The primary focus of the civil services created by the British Raj was on law and order and revenue collection.

17 Jun 2018 6:44 AM

Modi’s gamble leaves bureaucrats, Opposition seething

Dalits are particularly wary of quota rules being ignored in the lateral entry scheme.

17 Jun 2018 12:25 AM

Its poll plan, rests with wresting the support base of Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamul in West Bengal and Naveen Patnaik's Biju Janata Dal in Odisha, penetrating 130 Lok Sabha seats in southern states and consolidating strongholds in traditional areas in the cow belt.

When battle for 2019 gets dirty and dangerous

The BJP intends to project Modi as “Mahabharata’s Abhimanyu, trapped in enemy’s chakravyuh fought valiantly.”

10 Jun 2018 6:29 AM

32-year-old Dulal Kumar, who went missing on Friday, was found hanging by a pole in Dabha village of Purulia's Balarampur. (Facebook | Screengrab | Kailash Vijayvargiya)

From the killing fields of Purulia

The Trinamool Congress supporters however blamed the criminal gangs crossing over to the district from Jharkhand for the murder.

10 Jun 2018 12:43 AM

Former Union Minister and BJP national spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain.

Trinamul Congress party has turned into a Taliban Congress party: Shahnawaz Hussain

TMC supremo and its leaders are scared of BJP's growing popularity and support in the state, says Shahnawaz Hussain.

10 Jun 2018 12:35 AM

Party less democracy, a concept toyed with by political leaders in the early years of our Republic is only a pipe dream.

Political party is public authority

Political parties are in fact the kingpins of the democratic system.

03 Jun 2018 12:46 AM

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