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How India should reform its trade for the 21st century
Jayanta Roy

Focus on integrating India into regional trade blocs and helping professional services transcend borders

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Free labour for govt
Sreelatha Menon

The government earns Rs 70,000 cr off its six million social workforce by flouting labour laws

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Time to state a strategy
Premvir Das

In a recent talk delivered in New Delhi, the former foreign secretary and current chairman of the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB), Shyam ...

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'We must identify the causes of moral decline in our society'
Pranab Mukherjee

It gives me immense pleasure to be here today for the third Convocation of Nagaland University, a premier centre of higher learning in the ...

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The golden goose

Lax regulation can kill the IPL

Recovering a reputation

Ranbaxy needs to investigate internal wrongdoing

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The stampede out
Ian Campbell


Gold moves back to the brink

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Modern models please
Edward Hadas


How to have a good argument about economics

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Crude artifice
Kevin Allison


Oil probe shows the slippery nature of prices

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Beni does it again

The irrepressible Beni Prasad Verma is at it again. Last week, the Samajwadi Party (SP) announced a public holiday on May 17 for the anniversary ...

No reshuffle worries

Those who are expecting a huge reshuffle in the council of ministers, need not worry. Neither the party nor the government has any appetite for ...

CBI's trespassers

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is, understandably, extremely wary of allowing unknown people access to its office. That is why its ...

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Letters: The Sahara conundrum

Apropos the report "Getting ready for the anniversary" (May 13), the Rs 24,000 crore figure quoted by the Sahara chief was not the Securities ...

Letters: Voting patterns

The Congress has been able to get a simple majority in the Karnataka Assembly election to form the government. Its leaders interpret it to mean ...

Letters: Vinod Rai's legacy

Apropos Sukumar Mukhopadhyay's article "Did the CAG overstep the mark?" (May 13), the retiring Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai ...

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Kudankulam case: A Daniel's judgment
Kumkum Sen

It's wrong to assume that the SC has taken a position that larger public interest is more important than smaller violations of right to life

Integrated reporting: Concept capital

It tells the complete value creation story and helps enforce accountability of firms towards society

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Mergers & amalgamations: Practical issues in Cenvat
Vivek Mishra

Rule 10 of the Cenvat credit rules should be redrafted appropriately so that credit transfer is exercised as a matter of choice

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Twelve rules on workers' claims
M J Antony

The Supreme Court ruled last week that the claims of workers who contend that they are entitled to payment from a company in liquidation have to ...

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No discrimination if rate is correct
Sukumar Mukhopadhyay

Once the duty is decided on merit, the question of uniformity cannot be relevant

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Revamped EPCG scheme may take sheen off SEZs
TNC Rajagopalan

Zero-duty EPCG scheme can entice more domestic tariff area units to take up export obligation but it removes an important consideration for ...

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ITC clocks 3% volume growth in cigarettes

Company's FMCG business turns in a maiden profit in Q4 on higher than industry growth

Bajaj Auto: Lower tax rate boosts bottom line

Operating margin dips 200 bps on higher employee costs & other expenses

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Will the spot-fixing scam take the excitement out of IPL?