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The regulated in India hasn’t earned much of a voice. We get to know of them mostly through the prism of the regulator. Uddalok Bhattacharya sums up
Four fatal failures: What the Cairn loss reveals about the Indian state’s incompetence, incapacity, and arrogance, says Mihir S Sharma. Read it here
Debashis Basu says there are illegal trading platforms, and the regulators are doing nothing about it. Read it here
Bank nationalisation has served its purpose by taking banking to the hinterland and bringing a large part of the population into its fold, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Now, it’s time to reverse the move. Read it here
QUOTE OF THE DAYToday we honour Kadambini Ganguly (one of India’s first two woman doctors) for inspiring generations of Indians to aspire for greatness. She was not only one of the first female graduates from India but also among the first women to practice western medicine in all of South Asia.The Congress in a statement
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