bureaucracy

IBBI: Ravi Mital assumes charge as Chairperson

Centre amends pay rules for IAS, IPS, IFS; will facilitate current and pending property return

Govt shopping for new Chief Economic Advisor

The Garg affair

Other

Is it fair to ask bureaucrats to retire early?

The government is forcing non-performers out of the system but could this be misused?

Are our number-crunchers geared for the digital age?

The Indian Statistical Service is in serious need of a revamp. Will it happen?

Explaining Swachh Bharat’s success

The top bureaucracy went to the villages to understand the ground realities. Other schemes too need this sort of commitment

How ‘shopoholic’ UPL adds muscle with takeovers

Homegrown agrochem MNC UPL believes in collaborations to drive growth and revenue

Birla-Adani in cement slugfest to be top player

With housing and roads expected see a boom, cement makers will be jockeying for the top slot

Uday Shankar: In the reckoning again

Former Star chief is back in the game with IPL digital bid

Weekly Rupee view: No immediate relief for the rupee

USD/INR hitting 80 is just a matter of time

How ethanol push puts sugar stocks in a sweet spot

Ethanol blending brightens prospects and brings in possibility of re-rating, given the higher profitability of the distillery segment

Index Outlook: Not much room to rise in Sensex, Nifty 50

Key resistances ahead can cap the upside and keep the broader downtrend intact

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