Jan Dhan@8: A game-changer for the unbanked But financial inclusion schemes must be suitable to the local conditions, instead of one-size-fits-all-type policies
Benami property deals: Apex court rules against raking up old cases How the Supreme Court’s decision on the applicability of the benami prohibition Act helps avert administrative mishap
Telecom majors gird up for the 5G battle Airtel, Jio kick off another round of fighting even as Adani could open a third front in a market hungry for data and network speeds
Paper rocket: What helped the rally in paper stocks? Strong volume growth and improved realisation helped profits
Mutual Fund versus PMS investments: Who’s scoring on returns? Here is a comparison of PMS and MF returns across four key categories and indices
How the inflation shock in the US can impact your stock returns Increasing lure of risk-free returns to impact equity pricing
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
