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DIPANKAR BHATTACHARYA looks at people and professions

By the way

Dipankar Bhattacharya looks at people and professions

By the way

Dipankar Bhattacharya looks at people and professions

By the way

Dipankar Bhattacharya looks at people and professions

By the way

DIPANKAR BHATTACHARYA looks at people and professions

By the way

Dipankar Bhattacharya looks at people and professions

columns

Busting the myth of rupee over-valuation

Lokeshwarri SK

The Real Effective Exchange Rate of the rupee in the new series is no longer at odds with the reality

Biden’s left turn...

Rajkamal Rao

... And why the Indian disapora is irked

Cold Alaska, frosty US-China relations

C Gopinath

US President Biden’s approach to China is more in sync with Trump’s than Obama’s

Lessons from the Suez Canal blockage

A thorough risk analysis and mitigation in complex networks is of utmost importance to avoid such mishaps

Back from the cold

A US-Iran detente and lifting of sanctions will greatly benefit India

Picking the right banks for privatisation

Market cap, PE ratio and capital adequacy are some factors that can be used to zero in on sell-off candidates

It gets worse each summer

Water nightmares are back, but are the right lessons being learnt?

Lalan’s soldiers at Plassey

Some voices of dissent to Bengal’s communal-driven elections

A goodwill trip

The PM’s Bangladesh visit was strong on optics and nobody minded

All you wanted to know about... Non-Fungible Tokens

Connected with the cryptocurrency boom, Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are the latest multi-million-dollar internet ...

All you wanted to know about Suez block

Desert storms are usually localised events. They are not something that Indians have had to worry about, except ...

All you need to know about perpetual bond controversy

A circular from SEBI on perpetual bonds in the second week of March set off tensions between the Finance ...

statistalk

Statistalk: Long-term EM vs DM investment returns

How equity markets have fared this year

PMAY Progress

The rise of SPACs

Investment choices of women

How the OTT landscape is set to change in India

Why did the Central government bring in new rules for OTT content?The government said it has been receiving ...

Taxing interest on PF contributions— Soaking the salaried ...

Is the government playing ‘Robin hood’ by taxing interest earned on employees’ contribution to provident ...

Standing Orders: Rules defining employment conditions

The Government is getting ready to implement labour reforms. For this, the four labour codes — Wages, ...

letters

Letters to the editor dated April 9, 2021

Vaccine stocksWith reference to news report ‘Maharashtra says vaccine stocks at critically low level’, it seems that politics is being played over this sensitive and critical issue.The Modi government is saying that States such as Maharashtra and Delhi, who are asking for more vaccines, have not utilised their existing quota while the latter are saying that they need more. This is no time for petty politics.The Centre must leave aside political differences with Opposition ruled States and be more magnanimous in giving vaccines. It is high time that the age limit for vaccination is lowered and all this talk of need and want must be put aside.Lockdown is not a solution anymore. We can not allow lockdown to take place across the State of Maharashtra like last year from present night curfew.So aggressive vaccination is the only way forward.Bal GovindNoidaMigrant worker exodusThe exodus of migrant workers from cities such as Mumbai has started due to fear of shrinking job opportunities in the wake of second wave of Covid. Many of the workers are casual labourers and construction workers. Going by past experience the government must intervene quickly to create jobs and prevent another ...

Letters to the editor dated April 08, 2021

Train travel amidst second waveThe Railways, is all set to resume services of Shatabdi Express, Duronto Express, and Humsafar trains from April 10 and ...

Letters to the editor dated April 7, 2021

Covid’s second waveWith reference to news report ‘Next 4 weeks critical to battle 2nd Covid wave: NITI Aayog’s Paul’ (April 7), it is really an ...

Letters to the editor dated April 6, 2021

Way ahead for PSBsThis has reference to ‘Privatising public sector banks isn’t a good idea’ (April 6). The need for privatising public sector banks ...

Letters to the editor dated April 5, 2021

Monitoring digital contentApropos ‘IT Rules 2021 — over the top?’ (April 5). Indeed, increased consumption of digital media content has led to the ...

by-the-way

DIPANKAR BHATTACHARYA looks at people and professions

By the way

Published on:January 19 2020

BusinessLine 20 years ago today: Duty on imported sugar ...

Duty on imported sugar increased to 20 pcThe Government has hiked the basic customs duty on imported sugar ...

BusinessLine 20 years ago today: Telecom panel split on key ...

Telecom panel split on key issuesThe Kamath Committee on the National Telecom Policy (NTP) has failed to arrive ...

BusinessLine 20 years ago today: Onion export curbs ...

The Government has partially lifted the ban on onion exports and permitted free export of potatoes in view ...

BusinessLine 20 years ago today: Incentives for the honest ...

Incentives for the honest taxpayerThe Government has formally announced the specifics of the Samman scheme ...

BusinessLine 20 years ago today: States’ taxing mode skewed

Tax systems of States are becoming increasingly regressive, with the share of direct taxes in the total tax ...

BusinessLine 20 years ago today: Cabinet clears draft Ninth ...

Cabinet clears draft Ninth PlanThe Union Cabinet today cleared the draft Ninth Plan involving a total public ...

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