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What ails the Bretton Woods institutions

India, Oct. 29 -- I have attended nearly every International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Annual Meeting since 1991, when they had an iconic place in the economic calendar. It was a great congre... Read More


Jaishankar's plainspeak against US doublespeak

India, Oct. 29 -- External affairs minister S Jaishankar's flagging of India's concerns, such as increasing constriction of energy trade and access to markets at the East Asia Summit in Malaysia, came... Read More


Whose America is it? In US, Indians face the heat

India, Oct. 29 -- In the wake of Trump's H-1B visa crackdown, a troubling backlash against the Indian American community is gaining momentum. What began as anonymous grumbling online has now spilled i... Read More


In Bihar, voters are not fixated on caste alone

India, Oct. 29 -- Is caste the prism through which the 2025 Bihar assembly polls are to be interpreted? The more I travelled in the state this election season, it became clear that any narrow focus on... Read More


Noose tightens around taintedMLAs in UP; 14 out in 13.5 years

LUCKNOW, Oct. 29 -- The noose apparently tightening around legislators with criminal antecedents has seen an increasing number of Uttar Pradesh MLAs lose their assembly membership after convictions ca... Read More


Army conducts flag-hoisting rehearsal at Ram temple

Ayodhya, Oct. 29 -- Soldiers of the Indian Army in Ayodhya conducted the flag-hoisting rehearsal at the Ram temple. The Ram Mandir Construction Committee chairman, Nripendra Mishra, said that the trus... Read More


Murder of ex-HCBA chief's kin: Woman, son held

PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 29 -- In a shocking twist to the murder of the nephew of a former president of the Allahabad High Court Bar Association, police have revealed that a mother-son duo, both related to the... Read More


12 more sec schools to be upgraded under PM Shri

LUCKNOW, Oct. 29 -- Twelve more state government secondary schools will be transformed into PM Shri, a scheme funded by the government of India for 2025-26. So far, 145 schools have been covered, and ... Read More


Minister fetes trainees who aced CITS exam

LUCKNOW, Oct. 29 -- Sixteen trainees of the Regional Staff Training and Research Centre here in Aliganj, who secured first place in the All-India Craft Instructor Training Scheme (CITS) Examination 20... Read More


Joint commissioner flags GSTevasion due to shortage of staff

LUCKNOW, Oct. 29 -- A joint commissioner of the state tax department and former president of UP Commercial Tax Officials Association has flagged growing tax evasion in the state due to the "acute unde... Read More