opinion

Opinion | Opening up iTunes to non-Apple devices won’t help Apple much

With the company opening up its services to non-Apple devices, the charm of Apple is diminishing fast, and it is upsetting its loyal users.

100-Word Take | Liquidity crunch, dampened consumer sentiment and rising insurance cost impact December car sales

Quick Take | A lesson for political parties in AIADMK’s Pongal sop opera

Political parties need to ask themselves if they are morally on the right side when they entice voters with ‘welfare schemes’. The electorate needs to ask itself if it has no compunctions in falling for such promises.

Opinion | Lok Sabha polls: What are BJP’s chances in West Bengal?

Right now analysts give the BJP no more than eight seats and the BJP’s desire to hold rath yatras across the state is seen as a straightforward device to stir up communal feelings.

Opinion | Is the steel story in danger of blowing up?

Tata Steel’s standalone steel sales in volume terms declined by 10 percent over a year ago and by 6.6 percent sequentially.

Opinion | UDAN – flying on a wing and a prayer

It is becoming increasingly clear that only large and established airlines can take advantage of the scheme

Opinion | After quota bill, govt must fill large number of job vacancies

It is doubtful that the decision to give 10% reservation to EWS sections in the unreserved category will solve the inter-caste tension over the share in the government jobs and educational seats in the long run.

Opinion | Signs of a change in stance towards intellectual property in India

Two examples in the New Year suggest a stronger regime for intellectual property in the country

Opinion | India’s development diplomacy in Afghanistan has ‘Trumped’ US’ military policy

While US is fighting a costly war in Afghanistan, India is focusing on what it does good — capacity building, training and uplift of society.

Quick Take | Does the govt believe that more than 95% Indian households need job reservations?

Studies show that at least 95% of Indian households earn less than the government’s cut-off income of Rs 8 lakh

Opinion | Indian Railways is headed for big trouble

Looking at some of Nitin Gadkari's ideas would be a good place to start to fix railways' problems.

Opinion | Kicking its sugar addiction should be Modi govt's priority if it returns in May

The government needs to shrink its role in the sugar sector.

Quick Take | 10% reservation for EWS an astute political move

Some political parties are calling the government’s decision to introduce 10% reservation to EWS a ‘jumla’. This criticism will fall flat if the Bill is passed in Parliament.

Opinion | Take the first advance GDP growth estimates with a pinch of salt

The final sectoral growth numbers may be very different from the first estimates

Quick Take | How Amazon can cross the CCI hurdle to buy into More Supermarkets

The norms also prohibit e-commerce platforms or their group companies from having equity ownership in firms that sell goods on their marketplace.

Opinion | Can BJP win 2019 general elections without allies?

With allies leaving the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and opposition parties joining hands, winning the 2019 Lok Sabha elections will be an uphill task for the BJP.

Opinion | When cows become white elephants

Often, policies with good intentions have costs and consequences not foreseen by policymakers

Opinion | Central banks' ride to rescue the markets once again

The rule for the US Fed now seems to be: don’t fight the markets

Opinion | When it comes to surveillance, who will watch the watchman?

Without proper checks and balances such powers could be misused and have an adverse impact.

Quick Take | A bull case for investing in gold

Gold prices have touched a six-month high on account of changing structural dynamics

Quick Take | Why Baba Ramdev, and not PM Modi, is the real driver of khadi's popularity

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention to revamp KVIC and promote khadi did help the state-owned entity in getting business, but what really helped is the marketing of swadeshi by yoga-guru-turned-businessman Baba Ramdev.

100-word take | PMI shows Goldilocks moment for Indian economy

Employment increased in both manufacturing and services while input prices remained soft

Quick Take | Quality at any cost no longer an argument for consumption stocks

Devotees of the consumption story argued that there were no alternatives to most of the well-established players in the sector

Opinion | Ecommerce in India: ‘Who will bell the cat?’

The damage that foreign deep pockets have done in India is substantial and probably irreversible

Opinion | For BJP, Mission 123 is key to winning 2019 elections

The BJP’s Mission 123 is a plan aimed at winning as many seats as possible in the 123 Lok Sabha seats that the party could not win in 2014 despite the ‘Modi wave’.