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- Future looks bleak for Mumbai, Gift City as IFCs: Percy Mistry
- Punjab & Sind Bank's UP biz touches Rs 11,000 cr
- Opposition calls all-party meeting 'formality'; indicates stormy start to Budget session
- Tax dept probes HSBC's Swiss, Dubai arms for tax evasion by Indians
- MCA to move SC on Lodha panel recommendations
- Soon, glass windows can turn into TV screen
- Jat quota stir: Five booked for damaging property, blocking national highway
- Jat quota stir: Protesters vandalise mall, shops in Kaithal
- Gains intact for fourth straight day; Budget session eyed
- JPMorgan may hold steady on cost target despite low interest rates
Jats block NH-1 again; toll mounts to 16
Sources said Jat demonstrators fought pitched battles with soldiers near Ladsoli village, 55 km from New Delhi
Related: 'Casualties' in Sonipat as mob clashes with security forces
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Tata Tiago is the new name for Zica
Tata Motors launched a social media-based name-hunt contest earlier this month asking people to suggest a new name for the car
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Pampore encounter ends, three terrorists killed
They were holed up in a government building situated along the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway
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Govt to sell 5% in NTPC tomorrow at Rs 122, eyes Rs 5,000 cr
A total of 41.22 crore shares are part of the OFS
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If SpiceJet bled because of 5/20 rule, all new airlines need not
Tussle between Tata and Singh has once revived the debate on industrial protectionism through govt policies
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Video | Nandan Nilekani: The Coming Great Disruption
At Business Standard Awards function, the former UID chairman talks about how technology is changing every business activity across the world
OPINION ![]()
COLUMNISTS
A call to arms for reforms
Ajay Shah
The non-oil, non-finance sector of the economy is under severe stress
A bull market to forget
Debashis Basu
The bull market that started in late 2013, based on a lot of hope that a new regime would energise the economy for the long term, is now over by most measures
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Pro-manufacturing laws need of the hour
There is an entire gamut of manufacturing-friendly policies that states and Centre need to work on
Apple-FBI stand-off: It's privacy vs security
Legislative systems must ensure privacy rules are balanced against need to tap information about crimes
MARKETS
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- ALUMINIUM 104.50 (0.43)
- CARDAMOM 695.00 (-2.4)
- COPPER 317.10 (0.44)
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- GDMMARAP16 700.00 (0)
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- GOLD 27185.00 (-0.05)
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- GOLDPTLDEL 2517.00 (-2.97)
- KAPAS 841.00 (-3.73)
- LEAD 122.95 (0.41)
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- MENTHAOIL 917.30 (2.21)
- NATURALGAS 136.40 (-1.87)
- NICFEBMA16 15.00 (0)
- NICKEL 583.70 (0.33)
- NICKELM 583.70 (0.34)
- SILVER 35653.00 (-0.22)
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- SILVERMIC 35673.00 (-0.19)
- SLVMARMY16 700.00 (0)
- ZINC 115.50 (0.09)
- ZINCMINI 115.50 (0.04)
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COMPANIES
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Post-ban, Maggi noodles still No.1 despite ceding large market share
ITC's Yippee made the most of Maggi's absence, increasing market share to 33%
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RCom gets CCI nod for acquiring Sistema Shyam
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Let AirAsia, Vistara serve India first: Ajay Singh to Ratan Tata
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BHEL to seal major power deal in Bangladesh, beating China
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Pharma cos like Aurobindo Pharma, Lupin see uptick in US business
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THE STRATEGIST
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Bringing order to chaos
Over few years, large swathes of unorganised markets have been organised. A look at factors that facilitated the transition
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The marketplace is blowing up today's assumptions at incomprehensible rate: Bill Jensen
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Campaign logic: Casting the net wider
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Turning the tide
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India ranks 54th in internal policy support to global innovation
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ECONOMY
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Future looks bleak for Mumbai, Gift City as IFCs: Percy Mistry
He says India lacks regulations, infra to set up an IFC
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IOC against import duty on crude oil
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STCs must convert 17 lakh buses to Euro VI compliant: Nitin Gadkari
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Hit by $16 bn pay panel hike, FM Jaitley may cut capex in Budget 2016
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Modi identifies 2nd village to develop; colleagues far behind
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FINANCE
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Budget may unveil health insurance scheme for elderly
About Rs 10,000 cr unused funds would be utilised for providing health insurance cover to the elderly
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At Rs 4 lakh cr, bad loans exceed market value of PSBs
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Federal Bank expects 15-20% growth in advances next fiscal
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Govt should set up AMC to deal with NPAs: Ficci
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POLITICS
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Advantage Mamata before Bengal polls
Banerjee has fulfilled two key electoral promises: ridding Lalgarh of Naxals and bringing peace to Darjeeling
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Newsmaker: Amit Mitra
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In West bengal, Muslims lead the way in literacy
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BJD to step up demand for special category state status
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CURRENT AFFAIRS
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Captain Mahajan's last rites held with full military honours
He was injured on Friday when he was leading a team to smoke-out the terrorists holed up inside a building near Srinagar
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JNU row: Students, teachers seek VC's support for Umar Khalid, others
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Nepal statute inclusive; misunderstanding with India cleared: Oli
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Modi expresses apologies for declining BHU honorary degree
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PEOPLE
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'We lost trust of our headquarters because of diesel ban'
Naomi Ishii, managing director, Toyota Kirloskar Motor
'For FII flows, India has to deliver on high growth expectations'
Gautam Chhaochharia, Executive director, Head of India Research, UBS Securities India Private Limited
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TAKE TWO
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The many shades of Left and Right in JNU
The perception about JNU being ‘radical’ is one that is as old as JNU itself. But the university is more than just that
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Are bookstores back? Yes, no, maybe
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Newsmaker: Mohit Goel
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DATA STORIES
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In West bengal, Muslims lead the way in literacy
A prime example given was West Bengal, where despite 33 years of rule by the Left Front government, their lot had not really improved
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StatsGuru: Tracking Brent crude oil producers' supply glut and its effects
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Statspeak: Mobile travellers
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FINANCIAL X-RAY
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NMDC still not out of the woods
Although high dividend yield will provide downside support, pressure on iron ore realisation to continue
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Diagnostic re-rating gives boost to Fortis
Reducing loss-making hospitals and falling interest costs will help the firm post sustained profits at the net level
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Dr Reddy's buyback to cushion downside
Most important positive for the stock will be the resolution of the US inspector issues
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PERSONAL FINANCE
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Time to change meaningless income-tax exemptions
Many exemptions make little sense, such as a monthly exemption of Rs 100 for college education and Rs 300 for hostel fees
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Opportunity for homebuyers
A slow market is a boon for end-users, if you make sensible use of developers' predicament and price trends
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Should you invest in credit opportunity funds?
Before you rush out to put in your money, understand the risks they carry
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Govt banks will continue to bleed
If 70% of the commercial banking space is struggling, growth will be hit as well
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Bank liable for lost title deeds
The loss of important documents constitutes negligence, entitling consumers to make a claim for deficiency in service
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BUSINESS LAW
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For a robust competition law
Legal experts share their insights on measures to make the competition law more effective
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Expect structural reforms on tax administration
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Tangle over withdrawal of incentives
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Time to smell the coffee
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START-UPS
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ScoopWhoop: The new New Media
ScoopWhoop has captured the imagination of a younger audience. Can it scale up and keep going
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Tracxn launches platform to help angels liquidate investments in startups
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A 'Tinystep' for parenting woes
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With just $7 million, this startup is challenging Uber in Australia
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INTERNATIONAL
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Opec path from oil freeze to output cuts is far from clear
Saudi Arabia already boosts output by 500,000 barrels a day in the past year to near-record levels of over 10 mn barrels a day
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Top oil states to complete output talks by March 1, says Russia
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Apple sees value in its stand to protect security
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China tops foreign buyers drawing US M&A security reviews
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A multimedia powerhouse
The Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 Pro is also a good productivity tool
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A handy compact camera
Canon's G9X is for those who don't want to lug around a DSLR
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Phishing emails: IT dept sends over 100 fraud links to cyber
Certain emails recently spoofed the I-T department's identity
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Facebook to open Instant Articles feature to all publishers
With Instant Articles, publishers around the world can have full control over the look of their stories as well as data and ads
