Columns

News reports that e-commerce majors such as Amazon and Flipkart have sold goods worth ₹19,000 crore in their festival discount sales seem to be ...

There is a need to address immediate issues, such as collapse in credit following the NBFC crisis. A fiscal boost is also needed

Sourav Ganguly has finally on-boarded India to pink ball cricket

Coordination among agencies, boosting protein consumption and subsidies can help tackle malnutrition in India

A comprehensive revamp of post office schemes, which suffer from much neglect, can help improve the aam aadmi’s savings rate

Negotiations that are secretive are seldom beneficial for the people. The FTA that India signed with the ASEAN in 2009 is a case in point

Who, Incy Wincy spider?Well, you’re closer. We’re talking about the Internet, which celebrated its 50th birthday this Tuesday.Golden Jubilee? That ...

The recent Assembly elections showed that economic distress cannot be ignored. The Congress can use this to its advantage

After seven years of its launch, the RCEP negotiations, which is a proposed Free Trade Agreement between 10 ASEAN countries and their six FTA partners, are expected to conclude on November 4, 2019. Here are highlights from a NITI Aayog report about the FTAs and its impact:

Air pollution is a killer. It spares no one — privileged or otherwise

India enjoys a certain standing in global fora owing to its democratic credentials. But US uproar over Kashmir hasn’t helped

The Brexit has been nothing short of a soap opera so far, with the third British Prime Minister since the referendum, now steering the UK through a ...

The elections in Haryana and Maharashtra show how quickly voters’ patronage can slip away, setting the stage for deal-making

Leaders use them to settle political disputes

This year’s Nobel laureates in economics have no doubt done pioneering work, but there are pitfalls in mindlessly applying the results of RCTs

Pumping in taxpayers’ money to revive the struggling PSU will be meaningless without a plan to compete for customers

Complaints of ethical violations are taken more at face value now than they were before. Unless proved innocent — quickly — Infosys may lose valuable business

The Modi-XI meeting has sowed the seeds for stronger bilateral cooperation. But India should be mindful of China’s agenda

Undernourishment among children in India is appalling

An entrepreneur needs a friend, philosopher and guide to deliver a break-out growth for his business

Under Bernie Sanders, billionaires would be taxed at 97.5 per cent. But Indians know that soak-the-rich policies don’t work

Linked to a collateral asset, it is more stable than earlier cryptos. But the risk of it being used for nefarious activities remains

The Supreme Court has said that service tax need not be charged by clubs for services to its members. The same should hold true for the GST, which replaced service tax

India’s wealth recorded a robust growth between FY15 and FY19, led by 13 per cent growth in financial assets. However, physical assets such as gold and real estate continue to top the leader board in terms of amounts invested.