Don’t go for pricey foreign N-power plants when solar’s going dirt-cheap
Forget the Bush-Manmohan Singh vision of a nuclear power renaissance. Recent developments -cheap solar power plus the bankruptcy of Westinghouse
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Author: Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar
The Maharaja’s worse than Mallya. Declare Indigo the national carrier
To call Air India the national carrier, and so justify running it at losses that would make Vijay Mallya’s Kingfisher
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Roll Out the Sun, But Gently
Invest in solar energy at a slower pace for cheaper, better technologies When I argued recently that excessive speed in
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Big Brother? 100 Small Brothers are watching you
The courts are hearing petitions against the government’s expansion of schemes for which Aadhaar linkage is mandatory .Civil rights activists
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Still a Mental Fiscal Exercise
FRBM-2 has good ideas but isn’t tough enough to enforce financial discipline The N K Singh Committee has suggested a
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Dark side of solar success: It may kill thermal power, banks
The latest solar power auction has yielded an electricity price of just Rs 3.15unit, down from Rs 5 two years
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Loan waiver: Why shift to populism, Congress style?
Modi the economic developer has been upended by Modi the populist. The farm loan waiver and other measures announced in
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Mass closure of abattoirs will hit Muslims, Dalits, farmers
Dear Narendra Modi, You swept to victory in the Uttar Pradesh election promising good governance and economic progress for all
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Donald, and Daffy, Show
US President Donald Trump keeps getting tripped by checks & balances Will Donald Trump transform the US in his first
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