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January 31, 2017

TOP STORY   White House plans to tighten the screws on H-1B visa: report Spouses of H-1B visa holders could lose their permit to work, says a draft copy of an executive order. Read more » Hafiz Saeed placed under house arrest Read more » More Articles »

EDITOR'S PICK   The Hindu survey: what people want from Budget 2017 Most of the responses were centred around the demonetisation of Rs.1,000 and old Rs. 500 notes and its fallout. Read more » Modern civilisation root cause of challenges today, says Buddhist scholar Samdong Rinpoche was speaking on ‘The Buddha, the Mahatma and Ethics in a Material World’. Read more » More Articles »

OPINION   The hidden agenda of benevolence The growing chorus for a universal basic income is a ruse to eliminate or roll back significantly the public distribution system and signature welfare programmes Read more » Don’t speak, don’t tell The RBI’s continuance of the cash withdrawal limits, along with the thrust on digital banking, is aimed at averting the possibility of a bank run Read more » Can Trump reset ties with Russia? With Russia’s bargaining capacity much higher now, it will demand greater compromises from the U.S. for a potential détente Read more » More Articles »

NATIONAL   SC refuses govt. plea to stop hearing on judicial vacancies We cannot run away from our own cause, the Chief Justice told the Attorney General Read more » Five rescued soldiers succumb Read more » More Articles »

INTERNATIONAL   My priority is to protect U.S.: Trump President says his travel ban is not about religion but about terror and ‘keeping our country safe’ Read more » Masaya Nakamura, ‘Father of Pac-Man,’ passes away Japanese arcade pioneer founded in 1955, video game company Namco that was behind the hit creature-gobbling game. Read more » More Articles »

BUSINESS   Clues from the previous post-demonetisation Union Budget of 1978 Sluggish private investment was an issue that Finance Minister Patel too had to grapple with Read more » From Feb. 1, SB account holders can withdraw ₹24,000 from ATMs in one go All limits on cash withdrawals from current accounts removed with immediate effect Read more » More Articles »

SPORTS   My role in BCCI is that of a night-watchman: Vinod Rai “The game deserves it (good governance), the players deserve it and public at large, who are so fond of the game.” Read more » Panel to supervise BCCI has its task cut out The four-member Committee of Administrators have to get the BCCI to fall in line with the terms of the Justice Lodha Committee report and the Supreme Court judgement Read more » More Articles »

SOCIETY   Memories of Maattu Pongal Read more » Builder of dreams Two decades after he first moved here, architect Benny Kuriakose continues to design enduring spaces that outlast trends Read more »