Fifteen most–read expertspeak posts this year.
There is no freedom struggle in Kashmir, but a war foisted on us all these years with ground rules laid down by the Pakistan Army.
The government needs to urgently revisit the opaque and draconian cattle trade rules.
The liberal global view prevailing in the world system has now been busted.
The main topics that drew attention of the two leaders at the India-Japan Bilateral Summit.
Both Qatar and the Saudi-led GCC members will need to find a common ground for their grievances, but a long-drawn diplomatic rift of such nature has more adverse effects for Qatar than the others. Read more ►
If technology and data analytics has delivered results around demonetisation and direct taxes, the GST goes one step ahead on the GST and indirect taxes front. Read more ►
Performance of the GST Council needs to be evaluated on five parameters — consumption, production, inflationary pressures, compliances and tax buoyancy. Read more ►
There's a reason why India is an outlier among emerging economies in having generous maternity leave benefits.
Contract farming is best suited to special types of crops and not all farming activities. In China, only specific agricultural produce is under contract farming. Read more ►
While digitalisation has proceeded, cash has not become unimportant.
In strategic, political, security, defence and economic terms, relations between India and the US will continue their upward trajectory. Read more ►
It is important to reflect on the implications of a counterforce strategy — it is now the central issue in the Indian nuclear debate. Read more ►
Military confrontation between India and China on Doklam is showing little sign of abating — China is not in any mood to moderate its words.
Never before in Nepal was so much of shortage of Indian currency as it happened after demonetisation.
Major global powers like Russia and China and regional powers like Iran are now ready to embrace the Taliban — in their own interest, but ostensibly for peace in Afghanistan.
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