CSR spends are no guarantee of corporate ethics
In his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Modi said, “Wealth creation is a national service.” He declared, rightly, that wealth
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Where’s the Competition?
Tackle the factors that make India uncompetitive, long-term growth’s greatest threat The Indian economy keeps sliding downward. GDP decelerated steadily
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Next step: A West Bank in Kashmir?
I have long advocated a plebiscite in Kashmir, allowing the Kashmiris to split way if they so choose, as the
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Indira Gandhi’s Achhe Din
Bank nationalisation was an economic failure, but a smashing political success Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar The 50th anniversary of the
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Why foreign investors are fleeing India
Foreign investors have fled stock markets after the budget. The Sensex is down nearly 2,500 points. Small and midcap stocks
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Without Gandhi glue, Cong will come unstuck
Rahul Gandhi’s resignation as Congress president has been followed by an exodus of Congress MLAs in Karnataka and Goa. The
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Tech What One Deserves
France shows the way in taxing digital giants and presenting a united front to the US France has enacted legislation
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Budget has failed to create an India that can compete
The Economic Survey said rightly that no country had ever grown fast without buoyant exports, and called for policies to
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Take a leaf from Gujarat, and let tribals own and operate forests
Draft amendments to the Indian Forest Act have been circulated for comment, and provoked much controversy. The ministry of environment
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