Left, Right & Centre

How has the note ban affected India's growth? Niti Aayog's Bibek Debroy tells us there is no "magic wand" for the economy, on a day the economic survey admits that growth has slowed down.

Donald Trump is getting ready to sign an executive order to crack down on the H1B visas, a move that will hurt Indian IT companies badly. A new bill has also been introduced in the US House of Representatives sending India IT stocks crashing today. Should the Indian government lodge a strong protest?

US President Donald Trump has defended his travel ban saying that it has nothing to do with religion but the backlash has only grown with more protests is US cities and even fellow Republicans criticising it. Now reports say Indians could be hit. With the Trump administration planning to cut down key visas, techies and students in particular will be hit. Are Indians' jobs under threat?

It was initially described as rhetoric in the run up to the US elections but there was an underlying unease and then the new US president made his position totally unambiguous. 'Buy American, Hire American' was newly elected President's inauguration pledge. That even earlier this month two US Congressmen reintroduced a bill to curb the use of H-1B visas. We ask NASSCOM President R Chandrashekhar on what it means for IT firms in India.

Meghalaya Governor V Shanmuganathan stepped down after close to 90 staff members at the Governor house wrote a letter to PM Narendra Modi bringing serious allegations including sexual misconduct. The centre has accepted his resignation. The staff say they don't want to come on camera but off record told us they believe it is a moral victory. But women rights group who took to the streets of Shillong asking for his removal say a resignation is not enough.

As yet another activist in Chhattisgarh's battered Bastar region is hounded, there are reports that those questioning alleged heavy-handedness by security forces are getting abusive replies via SMS from the region's top cop, IG SRP Kalluri. Is the state intimidating activists, journalists and lawyers in the region by labelling them 'Naxals' and 'anti-nationals'?

As India celebrates its 68th Republic Day, have we, as citizens, upheld the country's constitutional values? We debate on Left, Right and Centre.

From the BJP's Vinay Katiyar to the JDU's Sharad Yadav - it has been a field day for sexist comments. But is it enough to apologise, which neither neta is doing, or do parties need to take action to show that they're serious about sexism?

The Akali Dal's Harsimrat Kaur Badal has hit out at alliance partner BJP for making dynasty an issue in the elections. Speaking to NDTV, Ms Badal, who is the wife of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal and the daughter-in-law of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, said, "If the family member comes with a track record of having delivered on his promises, of having worked hard, it is the choice of the people, why hold the dynasty to fault?"

Punjab Congress Chief and the party's unofficial face of the Punjab elections Amarinder Singh credited Priyanka Gandhi with another big deal this election season: landing Navjot Singh Sidhu. "She is a very perceptible, very wonderful young lady. Priyanka was the one who got Sidhu and Pargat Singh into the Congress," he said. Amarinder Singh, who has said this will be his last election, also said he wanted Priyanka Gandhi to campaign in Punjab. "I think she is more into working for her mother and brother's seat in UP at the moment. I wish she could have come. It would have helped us," he said.