The scrapping of internal assessment will not ensure complete elimination of discrimination and sexual harassment on the campuses, but it will surely address a major part of the vulnerability of girls and members of depressed classes to those with an evil mind.
New manufacturers and startups stand to gain a lot in attracting talent if ESOPs turn tax friendly
Donald Trump will face pinpricks from Iran throughout his re-election campaign and history may repeat itself as in Jimmy Carter’s failed re-election bid.
A sharp increase in global food inflation makes it a new factor to watch out for in 2020
Durable policy and robust financing model must for toll projects to succeed
What the World Bank’s chart of global financing conditions tells us about stock market returns
It is a time India came out with new and re-designed schemes which not only protect domestic industries but also cannot be legally challenged under the SCM Agreement.
Even in 2021-22, India’s GDP growth will be much lower than that notched up in 2018-19
It is obvious that the introduction of private trains, revamped rail stations along with the government’s move to restructure the Railway Board will have long-term benefits for the national transporter
The scale and intensity of this year’s unfolding disasters, be it the Australian bushfires or the Indonesian flooding, unequivocally reiterate that the link between the current extremes and anthropogenic climate change is scientifically undisputable.
Competition Commission study on e-commerce outlines the regulator’s plans for enforcements and advocacy, hinting at possibilities to examine certain issues on case-to-case basis
The country cannot afford to feed this white elephant any longer
The government will have to tread a fine line to ensure interest rates do not rise
It is important for India that the Gulf region remains stable and a military conflict wouldn’t serve its interests. India also have extensive trade, investment, security and people-to-people ties with countries in the region.
As nature’s most destructive forces continue to take its toll on society and as communities grieve, the question that should nag us is: Is the collapse of human civilisation imminent?
There are no serious studies in India that have subscribed to or contradicted the views of the Uday Kotak committee on the matter
Companies who have traditionally had a high share of sales from rural areas will be more affected. Company trading updates show varying effects of the slowdown
This move can suck liquidity out of the system and induce more risk
Growth in GDP at current prices at 7.5 percent is the lowest since 1975-76
Tax breaks for a bond for gold scheme, along with the massive infra spend, can put the economy on a firmer footing
Is it the executive laxity that has misguided the legislature culminating in messy amendments to the customs law? Or is it the judicial evasion that has prevented the adjudication of these mischievous petitions in a timely manner?
Iran can’t go nuclear without facing a full blown US military strike, and it can’t resort to terror without its leadership being targeted.
Decades after it has been established that education is one of the fundamental prerequisites for empowerment and development, individuals and institutions have to constantly agitate to make the government pay heed to the importance of bringing higher education to the masses.
It boils down to a question of how much supply is disrupted in the Middle East (which accounts for about a third of the world’s crude oil production), how long will the disruptions last and whether this disruption can be offset by other sources
The way in which cheap Chinese manufactures are flooding the market and small Indian ventures are going out of business, it is necessary to put all heads together and restore Indian competitiveness. The issue of religion can be sorted out once all Indians are well fed and clothed
