Editorial Comment
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June 18, 2020, Thursday
Fitch revises India's sovereign rating outlook to negative from stable
Retains ratings at lowest investment grade
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June 12, 2020, Friday
Rating rationale
India must walk the talk on deep structural reforms
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November 13, 2019, Wednesday
Vodafone CEO says India venture is at risk of collapse after AGR ruling
Vodafone CEO says India venture is at risk of collapse after AGR ruling party
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January 04, 2019, Friday
Wall Street plunges as factory data, Apple warning fuel slowdown fears
Of the 11 major sectors in the S&P 500, all but defensive real estate and utilities stocks closed in the red
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August 09, 2018, Thursday
Reliance Industries signs deal to sell CB10 block stake to Sun Petro
As part of its rationalisation strategy, the company has exited its entire conventional oil and gas blocks portfolio outside
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June 13, 2018, Wednesday
Govt decision to give up on 'Make 1' defence projects is flawed
An existing "Make" procedure for developing such systems involves the ministry paying back 80% of the development cost, but its ...
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June 12, 2018, Tuesday
Govt must not waste or misuse lateral entry to bureaucracy
The notion of lateral entry must not be discredited by the hiring of politically-connected time-servers
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June 08, 2018, Friday
Knee-jerk reaction: Sugar sector is crying out for real reforms
Distress and anger among farmers are believed to be among the reasons for the Bharatiya Janata Party's defeat in a recent bypoll ...
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June 07, 2018, Thursday
All options open: Repo rate increase signals RBI's intent
The key variable to watch out for is inflation and the central bank will do all that it takes to keep that within the targeted ...
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June 05, 2018, Tuesday
A question of propriety: ICICI Bank's board should resign
The statement issued by the bank was a model of opacity, offering no details on the scope of the enquiry, how it was conducted, ...
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June 03, 2018, Sunday
Senior moments: For many sports, age is just a number
The extraordinary durability of modern-day sports stars is not a serendipitous development
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May 31, 2018, Thursday
Populism over environment
Closure of the Sterlite plant did not follow due process
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May 30, 2018, Wednesday
Road to progress: A promising break from poor execution of public projects
Even accounting for Road and Highway Minister Nitin Gadkari's penchant for overstating his ministry's achievements, the 135-km ...
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May 27, 2018, Sunday
Rising from the ashes
Zeppelin airships are making a comeback
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May 25, 2018, Friday
Industry versus the people: The Sterlite tragedy could have been averted
The sparking point for Tuesday's tragedy was the company's announcement that it was investing Rs 25 billion towards doubling the ...
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May 24, 2018, Thursday
Biofuel push
The new policy widens the range of feedstock
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May 23, 2018, Wednesday
A tectonic shift: EU's data protection rules have key pointers for India
EU citizens receive the right to be 'forgotten' - they can ask data controllers to erase personal data under certain
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May 18, 2018, Friday
The debt pile: IMF sounds a warning about growing levels of debt
India's general government debt, at 69 per cent of GDP, according to the IMF, is significantly high for a country at its level of ...
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May 16, 2018, Wednesday
AAI's flight plans: Privatising smaller airports is a good idea
In order to make this proposal viable for the private sector, however, much will depend on the nature of the model revenue-share ...
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May 15, 2018, Tuesday
Fortis stumbles, again: Corporate governance concerns in board decision
There is no doubt that poor governance practice was followed by the Fortis board in its approach to this deal
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June 12, 2020, Friday
Uncertainty continues
Payment timeline for AGR dues would be critical
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February 17, 2020, Monday
Water dept goes to Satyendar Jain, Gopal Rai gets environment: Report
Jain will now take care of the Delhi Jal Board, apart from handling the crucial Public Works Department, Health, Power and Urban ...
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March 05, 2019, Tuesday
IPO market is double-edged sword for the PE investors: S Sriniwasan
IPO market is double-edged sword for the PE investors: S Sriniwasan
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November 16, 2018, Friday
Mahindra to invest Rs 5 bn in electronic vehicle research, drivetrain plant
vehicle research, drivetrain plant
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June 13, 2018, Wednesday
Transparency in state bonds
RBI right to link banks' valuation to market prices
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June 12, 2018, Tuesday
Summitry & substance: SCO offers India an opportunity to reset diplomacy
A declining superpower led by a maverick president across the Pacific demands that India becomes proactive about its diplomatic ...
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June 10, 2018, Sunday
Beauty, form and function
Why Miss America's 'reforms' won't find followers
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June 08, 2018, Friday
Spare ONGC: Govt must not force oil firms to subsidise consumers
There is considerable political pressure on the government as a result of these higher prices at the pump, which are partly ...
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June 07, 2018, Thursday
Improve market linkage: Reducing farm distress requires more than MSP hike
Not much headway has been made in fulfiling even the promises made to farmers in the recent past
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June 05, 2018, Tuesday
IBC's blind spot: Rights of operational creditors need to be spelt out
Although the IBC allows operational creditors to invoke the insolvency resolution process, the cases of L&T and Ericsson reflect ...
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June 01, 2018, Friday
A steady recovery
Manufacturing, investments help buoy economic growth
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May 31, 2018, Thursday
Trading charges
The NSE-SGX dispute raises several questions
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May 30, 2018, Wednesday
A euro crisis, again: Italy's stand-off poses questions about EU's future
Though unlike Greece, Italy is too big to fail and too big for a bail-out, but Italian government securities began to look a lot ...
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May 25, 2018, Friday
Timely amendments: Govt steps in to deal with IBC's effect on SMEs, realty
The government has set the aim of 'housing for all' by 2022, and thus transparency and security for home-buyers should be a ...
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May 24, 2018, Thursday
Limits of swadeshi
Patanjali should focus on the basics
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May 23, 2018, Wednesday
The rural wage crisis: Low food prices, MGNREGS ineffectiveness to blame
The difference between the period since 2014 and that between 2007 and 2013 in rural wage growth data is stark
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May 18, 2018, Friday
Re-dialling reform: Implementation holds the key to the new telecom policy
The government has not been able to release spectrum optimally, and auctions have seen lukewarm responses due to high reserve ...
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May 16, 2018, Wednesday
Hope in unity: Those who want to defeat BJP in 2019 have to come together
Mr Modi and his party may feel emboldened to continue standing alone but the Opposition will have to draw quite the opposite ...
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May 15, 2018, Tuesday
Beware a lending freeze: PSBs need a structural change in loan-giving
Initial optimism about the speed of the asset recovery programme under the new code now seems unwarranted
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May 11, 2018, Friday
IT jobs crisis: Hiring deceleration bodes ill even for the broader economy
Every IT job in India creates other jobs, and revenue growth in allied or associated sectors
