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Countries must master the art of policy exit too!

India, April 20 -- Over the past decade, economic policymaking across the world has been defined by one overriding imperative: crisis management. Governments and central banks have lurched from one em... Read More


Beyond cover and counts: India's forests need better metrics

India, April 20 -- While the recent move to open up forest plantations to private participation has triggered debate, it also offers a timely opportunity to revisit a more fundamental concern: how Ind... Read More


Surprise stop by PM Modi on poll trail

India, April 20 -- Making an unscheduled stop during his campaign tour in West Bengal on Sunday, PM Narendra Modi savoured a puffed rice snack at Jhargram. Bystanders and the vendor were surprised wh... Read More


Iran pulls out of talks as Trump threatens strikes

India, April 20 -- In a sharp escalation of rhetoric ahead of a looming ceasefire deadline, Iran has refused to join the second round of negotiations, accusing Washington of making "excessive demands"... Read More


Dinesh Trivedi to head India's Dhaka mission

India, April 20 -- The Union Government has reportedly chosen senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Dinesh Trivedi as India's next High Commissioner to Bangladesh. Although the Ministry of Exter... Read More


Capital increases green levy on commercial vehicles

India, April 20 -- In a move aimed at curbing pollution caused by transit vehicles passing through the Capital, commercial vehicles entering Delhi will have to cough up more money as the Municipal Cor... Read More


Explosion at firecracker unit in Tamil Nadu kills 18, several critical

India, April 20 -- At least 18 people were charred to death, and six others sustained grievous injuries following a massive explosion at a private firecracker manufacturing unit near here, police said... Read More


Dirty dozen defaulters behind over Rs 5 lakh crore banking hole

India, April 20 -- For the past one month, The Pioneer reported a series on large defaulters of 11 PSU Banks and the three major private banks, based on the January and February filings of the banks t... Read More


A 30-year curse revived: Behind the defeat of the women's reservation bill, 2026

India, April 20 -- The Women's Reservation Bill (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam) was defeated in the Lok Sabha on April 17, 2026. The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, which sought to operation... Read More


SC issues pan-India directions for road safety

India, April 20 -- Observing that expressways must not become corridors of peril due to administrative lethargy or infrastructural gaps, the Supreme Court has issued a slew of pan-India guidelines for... Read More