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Dharmakirti Joshi

Sunday Interview: The Budget is not based on crazy assumptions, but on...

India has been missing the 3% target for quite some time and setting unrealistic targets and not achieving them dents...

4 Feb 2018 12:31 AM IST

Meditation is the only method to sharpen the intellect or buddhi.

Mystic Mantra: Spiritual changemakers

Spiritual insights and values can and must be brought to bear upon the problems of the world.

3 Feb 2018 12:43 AM IST

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Cabbages & Kings: How some schools in Britain are busy radicalising...

Ms Khan's appointment has already drawn, even before announcing any policy, the antagonism of the Labour Party.

3 Feb 2018 12:40 AM IST

Union Budget 2018 was presented in Parliament by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Thinking Allowed: Baffling Budget - Public health for private wealth?

The health insurance scheme for the poorest Indians in this year's Budget is a bit like this.

3 Feb 2018 12:36 AM IST

The possibility of the government skidding on the fiscal deficit front is hardly good news at the close of a turbulent year that saw demonetisation and a hurried introduction of a flawed Goods and Services Tax ravage the economy, particularly the cash-dependent rural economy.

FM walks the talk, honestly and judiciously, but very diffidently...

The biggest relief is that there has been no substantive deviation from the path of fiscal discipline.

2 Feb 2018 4:10 AM IST

Christians celebrate it as the 50th day after Easter Sunday, when Christ rose from the dead and promised his disciples the gift of the Spirit .

Mystic Mantra: Worship the lights

One of the important features of the liturgical celebration of today's feast in churches is a candle light procession.

2 Feb 2018 4:03 AM IST

The much hyped Universal Basic Income (UBI) touted as the mother of all welfare schemes to be introduced in the country fails to find any mention in the budget speech of Finance Minister Arun Jaitely on Wednesday.

Budget 2018-19: More sleight of hand

An analysis of Budget breakups since 1999 shows that proportions of most heads just do not change.

2 Feb 2018 3:58 AM IST

Finance minister Arun Jaitley

A blockbuster budget for rural India

1 crore houses will be built under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana in rural areas.

2 Feb 2018 3:36 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, on Thursday, tabled the Union Budget 2018 in the Parliament. (Photo: ANI)

Budget is a bit taxing for corporates

True to the expectations, the budget turned out to be a bonanza for rural India.

2 Feb 2018 3:21 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, on Thursday, tabled the Union Budget 2018 in the Parliament. (Photo: ANI)

Accounting Illusions in Budget

As far as budgets go, it is a passable budget as it seeks to balance political and fiscal balance.

2 Feb 2018 3:20 AM IST

The much hyped Universal Basic Income (UBI) touted as the mother of all welfare schemes to be introduced in the country fails to find any mention in the budget speech of Finance Minister Arun Jaitely on Wednesday.

A good Budget with a socialist touch

Mr Jaitley has managed to balance populist demands, the need to support economic growth and PM Modi's focus on fiscal...

2 Feb 2018 3:12 AM IST

In the case of manufacturing, this is because there is no government investment and the private sector has no money to invest.

Economic Survey glosses over the problems that lie ahead for India

The main drivers of growth manufacturing and agriculture are both in the doldrums.

1 Feb 2018 3:23 AM IST