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India's Japan moment
Shyam Saran

Concern for China's reaction must not stop India from pursuing closer relations with Japan

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High growth is now a mirage
Subir Roy

Policy focus should shift to targeting modestly good growth and using its fruits to improve lives

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A question of black and white
M J Antony

Governments must give companies a hearing before blacklisting them

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'Kaun Banega Regulator'
Prodipto Ghosh

Domain knowledge is only one element of the required competence; the candidate must primarily exhibit a deep internalisation of the public ...

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Bitter pill

Drugs are unaffordable, but price control is the wrong answer

Rain before time

An early monsoon does not always mean a good monsoon

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Preach to the non-choir
Viktoria Dendrinou


G-8 shouldn't just act on tax - it should preach

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Dose of competition
Reynolds Holding


Supreme Court offers cure for generic drug delays

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With the Supreme Leader's permission
Una Galani


Iranians put hopes for change in pragmatic insider

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One step sideways

The two-day political churning in the capital's corridors of power inevitably had its share of drama, and no one contributed to it more than ...

Spending power

Reports that the government is planning to spend over Rs 20 crore to create a separate wing of the Press Information Bureau to drive its social ...

Dead serious

Here's a unique way of combating a professional misdemeanour. Last November, one person was shot dead after police fired ostensibly in ...

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Letters: The online business

The report "Online retailers: Amazon versus Flipkart versus eBay" (June 17) focuses only on the online price differential. For a retiree who ...

Letters: Overhaul PDS for food Bill

This refers to Sreenivasan Jain's column "A grain of common sense" (The Thick Of It, June 12). A weak structure for accountability and auditing ...

Letters: The GoM solution

This refers to T N Ninan's column "Where are the doers?" (Weekend Ruminations, June 15). The government appoints ministers on the basis of their ...

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Corporate governance failure at Ranbaxy?
Asish K Bhattacharyya

It is unlikely that independent directors on Ranbaxy Board had no exposure to corporate governance models

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Similar contracts can have different taxes
Vivek Mishra

Misunderstanding between contract for sale and contract for works & material can affect amount of actual taxation

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Bank payment obligations vital for international trade
TNC Rajagopalan

Time for importers, exporters to get familiar with the new international transaction mechanism

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CLB can compound offence
M J Antony

The Supreme Court has ruled that prior permission of the criminal court is not necessary for compounding an offence under the Companies Act when ...

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Careful what you wish for in regulations
Somasekhar Sundaresan

Multi-level marketing schemes are about taking informed greedy positions

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Insurance valuation: A good benchmark for transfer pricing
H P Agrawal

Irrespective of the difficulties, taxpayers have to comply with the transfer pricing regulations and determine the arm's length price

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Regulatory environment improving for telcos

Trai lowering of roaming tariffs likely to have negligible impact on financials as existing headline tariffs are lower

RBI opts for a strategic timeout on rate cuts

From inflation, central bank shifts focus to rupee stability and capital flows

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Will L K Advani's resignation weaken BJP's poll prospects in 2014?