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Raise the defence budget

India needs wide-ranging improvements to counter threats

Decriminalise defamation

Legal provisions have been misused to muzzle free speech

A 'Note'-worthy fiasco

Samsung's failure can dent the industry's image

More than a slowdown

IT leaders must walk the talk on reinvention

An unusual Nobel

Literature award for Bob Dylan breaks the mould

A good monsoon

But farmers need strategic market intervention

A dubious distinction

Centre and states need to work together to reduce hunger

Round two to nobody

The second US presidential debate underwhelms

No chest-thumping

BJP should note the implicit message of PM's speech

A cutting-edge Nobel

Contract theory helps fill out traditional economics

Consumption on a roll

The boom in retail spending is a bright spot

Another talkfest

BRICS needs a reboot if it wants to be taken seriously

A good prescription

Drug policy reforms are long overdue

Wrong call on spectrum

The govt should look at re-auctioning unsold air waves

A colony on Mars

Elon Musk has competition from Boeing, NASA

Target Marrakesh

India must bargain hard at the upcoming conference of parties

Just not cricket

The BCCI's legal wrangle does players and fans no favours

The bad bank debate

The specifics of the new plan to tackle NPAs will be interesting

Ever more draconian

Nitish Kumar's prohibition policy will reverse Bihar's gains

Twitter on sale

The buyer must know how to monetise it more effectively