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Opinion

Another Subramanian and a new team

Chief economic adviser K.V. Subramanian at an event to launch the Economic Survey 2018-19. His Economic Survey is a very good first attempt. It has some imperfections, but that is natural. Every CEA is different; so will be his style and interests, and they will be reflected in the Survey.

Let us hope that the finance minister will listen to her chief economic advisor with a willingness to learn

By Ashok V. Desai

Business

McLeod didn’t hand over title deeds of the estates that were the collaterals.

McLeod faces NCLT test

By Sambit Saha

India

At JNU, a switch with trepidation

By Pheroze L. Vincent

India

Caste thugs defy court

By Piyush Srivastava

Sport

Umpires made error of judgement in the final: Taufel

By TT Bureau

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The fact that the highest court in the land should have to take notice of child rapes on its own is a revealing comment on the lackadaisical approach of the administrative and law enforcement bodies tasked with quick implementation of the law.

Opinion

Protecting children from sexual offences

By The Editorial Board
Nadeem Khan of UAH explained that a network of NGOs in 100 cities across India was being roped in so that advocates in these places would be able to immediately respond to victims of hate crimes.

India

Helpline on hate crimes

By Pheroze L. Vincent
FMCG TO POST DULL RESULTS: HUL expected to post lower volume growth; Godrej Consumer sees softer demand; Britannia, Dabur to post single-digit growth

Business

Slowdown cloud darkens

By Our Special Correspondent
Sumeet Samos, 26-yr-old Dalit rapper. The chapter which explores Dalit rap — a relatively unknown aspect of Dalit literature/music -- is particularly interesting

Books

Skimming the surface of Dalit literature

By Madhura Damle
Why does standard English impose a gender requirement on the third-person singular? And why do elite cultural institutions — universities, publishers and media outlets — still encourage all this gendering?

Opinion

The perfect pronoun: singular ‘they’

By Farhad Manjoo / New York Times News Service
Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, speaks in front of the concept design for the new £50 banknote featuring mathematician Alan Turing in Manchester on Monday.

World

Alan Turing will be new face of £50 note, says bank

By Amit Roy
Lashana Lynch and Daniel Craig

Entertainment

Move over Daniel Craig, Londoner Lashana Lynch is the new 007

By The Telegraph
Features
When Super 30 moves into a classroom environment with prolonged scenes between teacher and students, things must be made viewer-friendly through relatable problems
For Aditya Puri, the key lesson was that fintechs were not reinventing a bank, they were just riding on the platform of the banks with sophisticated apps
Kangana Ranaut
Comment
It used to be easier to speak truth to power. But the powerful have become terribly thin-skinned, taking umbrage at the most inconsequential insults and unleashing their might on those coming up with more damning questions against authority
Indian supporters celebrate after New Zealand's Martin Guptill (foreground) was dismissed by Jasprit Bumrah during the cricket World Cup semi-final match at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, on Tuesday, July 9, 2019
We’ve ventured where we needn’t have. We’ve regularly made misadventures of ill-thought ventures
Police outside the Legislative Council building in Hong Kong a day after it was stormed by protesters. The territory’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, has been under enormous pressure because of her mishandling of the situation and for championing the extradition bill earlier
An electronic voting machine (EVM). ‘Name-order effects’— the relationship between the position of a candidate’s name on the ballot and his/her electoral success — has been well-established in political science literature
The Economic Survey has claimed that data are a public commodity and, hence, people should benefit from large data sets.
The recent arrest of Rana Sanaullah, a senior leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), sent shivers down the spine of many. He was arrested in an alleged drug bust, and could face a death sentence. Even his political rivals admit that he may be many things but he is no drug lord.
CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury (extreme right) campaigning for Lok Sabha Election 2019 in West Bengal. Today there is little to distinguish the Left from others.
Tuberculosis, which claims more lives than any other infectious disease in India and around the world, has a strong correlation with poverty. Some patients have even sold off their land or incurred debts to continue their treatment
Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to Jawaharlal Nehru on his 55th death anniversary, at Shanti Vana in New Delhi on May 27, 2019. The Congress gained its ground from the national movement, with the majority of its supporters rooting for the charismatic leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi

Lessons from Mughal history

By Prakhar Singh

Subramanian Swamy does not enjoy the prime minister’s trust
Lee Road was renamed Satyajit Ray Dharani by Mamata Banerjee
The gaokao is seen as the only fair chance for students of rural or poor backgrounds to better their lives
Karl Marx and Mahatma Gandhi. Just as industrial capitalism produced its critique in Karl Marx’s utopian ideas, violence aggravated by modernity found its critique in Gandhi’s utopian idealism
In December 2018, the GST Council had reduced GST rates on 23 goods. Hence, it is unlikely that the government would reduce rates any further to boost compliance.
Chinese science fiction has emerged as an effective mode of dissent. Mainstream Indian science fiction has drawn upon mythological legends and settings, but is yet to witness its golden age

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How HDFC Bank took on the digital colossus

By Tamal Bandyopadhyay, an extract from his book HDFC Bank 2.0 -- From Dawn to Digital

The perfect pronoun: singular ‘they’

By Farhad Manjoo / New York Times News Service

Explore the visual, sensual and gustatory power of Kochi

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Asha, the police dog

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We used to be so poor that rice was a luxury: Nalini Bera

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