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Apple, whose initial public offering was in December 1980, is the first US company to reach that milestone. (Photo: Pexels)

$1-trillion Apple proof of a world transformed

The tech company started by Steve Jobs and others in 1976 to make personal computers hit the jackpot with the iPhone in...

4 Aug 2018 7:01 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Graft law raises queries

The old law had given extraordinary powers to the CBI.

3 Aug 2018 7:10 AM IST

United States buys close to a fifth of Indias goods and services exports and its trade deficit has widened from $13 billion in 2006 to $31 billion in 2016.

Washington shows greater trust in India

It can now import without seeking licences around 90 per cent of the defence equipment and sophisticated technologies...

3 Aug 2018 7:07 AM IST

The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday kept the key policy rate unchanged at 6 per cent for the fourth consecutive time.

A blow to the aam aadmi

The Reserve Bank has dealt a knockout blow to the poor and the middle class who will see their EMIs on home, car or...

2 Aug 2018 7:30 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee.

Tempers must cool over Assam's NRC

To say India is for Indians has a ring of logic with which most people would agree.

2 Aug 2018 7:23 AM IST

Counsel assisting the inquiry Angus Stewart said the commission had been contacted by 111 people about incidents of child sexual abuse within the ADF -- and 50 of these involved either Leeuwin or Balcombe.(Photo: Pixabay)

Laws to protect children must be gender-neutral

It's the responsibility of the government and society to protect everyone, especially children be they female, male or...

1 Aug 2018 7:23 AM IST

Over 10 years after the death of a Dalit worker following custodial torture, the State Human Rights Commission has directed former inspector, a woman SI and a head constable of Dindugal district to pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to his wife.

Warning to all errant cops

In independent India, guilty policemen haven't usually been punished as severely as in this case.

1 Aug 2018 7:08 AM IST

It was a night of horror for Sunil (24) and his 23-year-old female colleague Sapna (name changed) when they were brutally assaulted by two bike-borne men first, and later a group of 10 men who, besides assaulting Sunil and groping Sapna, tried to rape her. (Representational image)

Tough law to deter child rape welcome

It's our view that jail for life with no parole would be punishment stringent enough to warn off anyone contemplating...

1 Aug 2018 7:00 AM IST

People wait to check their names on the final draft of the National Register of Citizens after it was released, at an NRC Seva Kendra in Nagaon, Assam on Monday. (Photo:PTI)

Assam: A new flashpoint

With Monday's publication of the draft National Register of Citizens in Assam, the state is said to be very tense .

31 July 2018 7:08 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Politico-bizmen links must be transparent

No one can have a complaint if governments are truly even-handed in dealing with private industry and allow overall...

31 July 2018 6:55 AM IST

Marathas are now seeking a quota, much like Andhra Pradeshs Kappus, Haryanas Jats and Gujarats Patidars did. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Draw the line on quotas

The Maharashtra government seems ready to give in to the demand and will call a special Assembly session on it.

30 July 2018 1:49 AM IST

Ties with Pak: Start to put it on track again

The messaging here is that New Delhi will be perfectly at ease doing business with the elected government after Mr Khan...

30 July 2018 1:47 AM IST