Opinion

The answer to everything is not 42; It’s legislation!

This sort of political escapism has become routine, even as problems multiply in number, scope and complexity

Tax regime

The Budget should aim to make the new tax regime more attractive for individuals

Let’s latch on to hyperloop rail

We should take a leaf out of China’s play book and invite foreign investors to develop commercial projects

The geo-politics of gas pipelines

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From the Viewsroom

Slate

All you wanted to know about Algo trading

All you wanted to know about conflict of interest

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Strategic Petroleum Reserves

Statistalk

The Cheat Sheet

Space internet is taking flight

Despite Kathua barbarity, death penalty is no deterrent

The politics and economics of horse-trading

Letters

Letters to the Editor dated January 26, 2022

This refers to ‘Coming, a Budget for consolidation’ (January 26). The Budget exercise is always a deft balancing act. Finance Ministers have to en

Letters to the Editor dated January 25, 2022

Apropos ‘Need for fiscal consolidation’ (January 25), it goes without saying that no economy can achieve its targeted growth unless its policies a

Letters to the Editor dated January 24, 2022

Letters to the Editor dated January 20, 2022

This refers to the article 'Product innovation, availability of retail finance to drive farm mechanisation' (January 20). It is quite true that in the

Letters to the Editor dated January 19, 2022

Letters to the Editor dated Jan 18, 2022

Punjab polls and farmers

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Books

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It’s time savers got their due

Savers earn a negative real rate of return. If low policy rates are here to stay, the Budget should step in with tax breaks

The touchstones of effective regulation

It must address market failures, should not have unintended consequences, and must not involve high costs

Telecom connections

The government must merge BSNL, BBNL and Vi

Battling cold waves

Long-term plans can arrest human, economic costs

Wrong call

If Vodafone Idea is to be rescued, raising government stake is the worst way to do it

Divestment challenges

The govt must tap the booming stock markets

Letters to the editor dated January 12, 2022

Banks must hit a ‘pause’ on retail loans

Recent trends show that excessive reliance on personal loans as risk diversifier and income generator does not bode well

Why tackling air pollution is a win, win

Commission for Air Quality Management must draw insights from the China and California models for setting benchmarks

India Inc.'s growth momentum driven by a select few

Towards a humane form of capitalism

Democracy must be re-injected into capitalism. Wealth must nourish the health of society

Fuelling GST reforms

Bringing petro products under GST’s ambit

Case for extension

ECLGS has kept small firms going amidst Covid. Its role should be expanded

Letters to the editor dated January 11, 2022

Animal Husbandry Livestock sector needs investment fodder

This will not only help meet the rising demand for livestock products, but will also foster inclusive growth

Preparing companies for climate change

Businesses will be impacted on various fronts. They will need the help of specialised agencies to assess the risks involved

Campaign curfew

Ban on rallies, road shows must continue through the elections, to avoid super-spreader events

Misleading picture of household wealth

Notwithstanding the Debt and Investment Surveys, India lacks an official source of data that allows for meaningful assessments of trends in distrib

Anti-virals and their risks: Know your Molnupiravir

Letters to the editor dated January 10, 2022

Building a better India with data science and machine learning

An army of DS and ML professionals in India can take a moon-shot at improving every socio-economic parameter in the country

Bonds Economic laws don’t always hold

Bond yields, food inflation, credit growth and rupee value don’t seem to be guided now by the forces of demand and supply

Clean energy How India can give a boost to biofuels

Rather than bank on crop residue and used oilseeds, the focus must shift to a few feedstock crops to produce biofuels

Optimism and reality

The NSO’s advance estimates have factored in faster growth in H2, which looks difficult amid a third wave

Migration is no longer a once-in-a-lifetime event

It will keep occurring until people find stability in this era of multiple global disequilibriums

Below the line

Some gaps in the Sterlite judgment

Madras HC could have mooted remedial steps for the Thoothukudi copper plant, instead of ruling out its reopening

Perspectives on a warmer India

A comprehensive anthology that covers all aspects of climate change, from impact to policy

Towards a fossil-free India

The data-rich book chalks out the challenges and opportunities in India’s renewables push

No jobs: It’s not all the Government’s fault

We have neither all the data nor the means to collect all the data pertaining to employment in all sectors

Nothing seditious about Amulya’s remarks

Is an Indian who says ‘long live Pakistan’ any less Indian than an Indian who doesn’t say so? Why adopt Pakistan’s illiberalism?

Saying goodbye to Nuclear Suppliers Group

Even if India doesn’t make it into this elite club, it matters little

Not signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty has cost India dear

Apart from losing out on much larger access to clean and cheap nuclear power, it has forced Pakistan to build its own nukes and, thereby, render our c

Chips Ahoy!

The EV race looks set to be a high voltage thriller with brands that have no history of car-making entering the fray. Will access to cells and chips b

Chip shortage: Buyers go for new Creta variants with lesser features

Buyers opt for the Creta models with lower number of semiconductors to avoid the long waiting period

Alt energy How dirty coal power is taking a beating

Coal is certainly on its way out with 326 GW of coal-fired power plants scrapped since 2015, and no announcements of new plants

4 things to do after filing your tax returns

Are you sitting back relaxed, having beaten the December 31 deadline to file income tax returns? Wait, there’s more to do!

Index Outlook: Will Sensex and Nifty 50 see a strong turnaround?

Inability to break the crucial resistances keeps alive the broader bearish view

Bullion Cues: Bulls gaining momentum

While gold is yet to break out, silver cracks a key resistance

Auroville: An utopian search for a better world

Akash Kapur’s ‘Better to Have Gone’ traces what happens when we believe deeply in a quest and give up everything in its pursuit

Lady doctors and the rocky path to healing

A handbook on India’s first women doctors holds up a mirror to the social and political realities of the 19th and early 20th century

Conquering Everest: A compelling account of how an impossible dream was achieved

Jim Davidson dwells in detail on the failure to make it in the first attempt and the harrowing return to physically and emotionally draining climb up