
Of the 22 assembly seats going for a bypoll in Tamil Nadu, the ruling AIADMK has to win at least four seats. If not, it will lose its majority in the House.

Will the economy revive once the political uncertainty is over?

It will be a big boost to entrepreneurs in the country

Although there was no doubt about the implication of higher tariffs, new research has once again made it clear that no country stands to gain from trade wars.

With rising political pressure to create more jobs, which in turn require more spending on infrastructure and industry, foreign direct investment (FDI) becomes all the more critical. The government is justified in protecting its interests, but that should not come at the expense of investors feeling shortchanged.

WhatsApp’s reach and acceptability in India are fine, but regulatory hurdles can make life hard for the Facebook firm

In some instances, SEBI seems to have inflicted self-goals, passed creative directions and it is unlikely that they will stand up to the test of legal scrutiny.

Despite the constant din around national security in these elections, the fact is India has been rather poorly served by the BJP government on longer-term issues of national security, and on the challenges posed by China.

If the BJP had announced this scheme, without doubt the message would have reached the intended beneficiaries. The same cannot be said about the Congress, and for obvious reasons.

The current exclusive focus on Modi is not being seen as sycophancy but as a strategic choice which is endorsed by almost all within the BJP

Money supply has not kept pace with output growth

Tata Steel’s investors have taken the European JV for granted and is reflected somewhat in valuations. A break-up could come as a rude shock

Deliberately capping a sector in the index will create trust issues. That said, the free-float market capitalisation criterion is also not perfect and a rethink is due.

To deprive voters of knowing what their candidates stand for in terms of the issues that are closest to them might be a step too far in policing our democracy, and our voters’ sensibilities.

Nafed and other agencies are sitting over 35 lakh tonnes of pulses procured over the last three years.

Amarinder Singh’s no-nonsense approach in keeping Congress President Rahul Gandhi and his predecessor Sonia Gandhi at arm’s length, away from campaigning in the assembly polls in 2017, was appreciated by the people.

Headlines point to a broad slowdown in the FMCG sector but the numbers and management commentary don’t completely support it. What should investors do?

How to deal with the endowment effect in investment

If you have no capital, why be a capitalist?

It takes a lot to be a consistently successful trader. Few traders have made it to the level where they can quit their jobs and trade on a full-time basis. Taking this freedom by many notches higher is Kirubakaran Rajendran, who designed bots to do his trading for him.

Political parties, courts, media and other sections of society need to ponder over issues of electoral malpractices and revisit the entire issue — the functioning of ECI, the applicability of the MCC, and electoral reforms.

The risk for a developing country like India has increased due to the adoption of unconventional policies in advanced economies

Of the six Mumbai seats, the saffron allies are contesting three each and while a few months back all six were for the BJP-Sena to take, later Mumbai became an uphill task and evened up a bit in favour of the Congress-NCP.

Rating downgrades cast doubt on the debt repayment prospect of companies and tend to create panic among investors.

In the northeast, the citizenship bill is being temporarily brushed under the carpet while in West Bengal it is being actively pushed along with the NRC as potent electoral weapons.