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In its last meeting, the RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee voted unanimously to keep the benchmark repo rate unchanged at 5.25 per cent. The tone of the policy was more dovish than many…
By Sohail Khan · 22 Aug
The ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is proving to be a textbook example of how the Indian state keeps destabilising citizens’ lives. Earlier this week, this newspaper reported that…
By Sohail Khan · 22 Aug
In March 2017, in these pages, I argued that there was no justification for a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on mobile payments, and that a less-cash India depended on keeping them free…
By Sohail Khan · 22 Aug
In a landmark judgment that brings the curtains down on a legal debate spanning multiple decades, a nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court delivered a fractured verdict on what constitutes an…
By Sohail Khan · 22 Aug
About 5 million central government employees will draw their salaries from October 1986 under the revised schedule announced by the Finance Minister. The ministry has laid down an interim timetable to ensure…
By Sohail Khan · 22 Aug
Protein has definitely become the buzzword lately, and like everyone else, Nisha Aggarwal is also trying to get enough of it. Sharing what a typical day looks like for her, Aggarwal took…
By Sohail Khan · 22 Aug
Dussehra is on October 20 and Diwali on November 8. But sugar is already tasting bitter, well before the festival season. According to the department of consumer affairs, the all-India modal retail…
By Sohail Khan · 22 Aug
The Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2025-26 report highlights notable progress in India’s school education system, covering 1.47 million schools, 240 million students, and 10.2 million teachers. Progress has…
By Sohail Khan · 21 Aug
Despite the diplomatic difficulties in United States-India relations due to mounting sanctions, it is increasingly clear that Washington needs regional powers such as New Delhi to support common global interests and values.…
By Sohail Khan · 21 Aug
India appears to be normalising the technical ability to subject political gatherings to searchable biometric surveillance without first having settled, through legislation and judicial oversight, the circumstances in which the state may…
By Sohail Khan · 21 Aug