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Vodafone Idea's pre-tax loss rises 73% to Rs 11,742 crore in March quarter

The telecom firm had posted a pre-tax loss of Rs 6,758 crore in the same quarter last year.

Making GST work

Only a simpler tax structure will increase compliance

Letter to BS: Loan recast for limited sectors will not serve the purpose

No doubt the above sectors have been affected on the demand side directly but other sectors have also been affected due to the lockdown though the extent of the impact may vary

Letter to BS: Good call by govt to ban Tik Tok, other Chinese apps

Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, empowers the government to blo­ck any content in the interest of the defence of the country

Letter to BS: Organise the labour market, pay regular income to workers

Workers do not have a regular stream of income and protection like minimum wages

From bicyle to bullock, Oppn innovating ways to protest fuel price hikes

Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party President Om Prakash Rajbhar, an MLA, rode a bicycle around Lucknow recently

Opposition finds its voice to protest against rise in petrol, diesel prices

The Rashtriya Janata Dal's Tejashwi Yadav threatened a 5-km cycle yatra by party workers across Bihar's villages on July 5 if the Centre did not reduce oil prices by Rs 20

Letter to BS: Migrant workers truly represent the ethos of India

The strength of this nation comes from the moral fibre of its lower strata of citizens

Protect press freedom

A crucial pillar of the Indian republic should not be weakened

The huge disconnect

Gloomy economic narrative does not justify stock market highs

Letter to BS: Time for major powers to contain China's expansionist moves

Now China thinks that it has become big enough to challenge the US's hegemony and has criticised the US for starting Cold War afresh

Letter to BS: Hopeful that one day GST will be a 'good and simple tax'

The removal of various central and state value added tax laws, barriers, transaction forms, different rates on one commodity are big achievements

India lags China in South Asian trade despite Free Trade Agreements

Until 2005, India and China were close in their overall trade volume with South Asia

Impractical demand

Sharing source codes with DoT will only create roadblocks

Cosmetic changes

Brands need to start reshaping consumer opinion

Letter to BS: Specifying the country of origin in products is not rational

It is nothing but signals a Union government readiness to embrace protectionism in the guise of providing more thrust to its ambitious self-reliance programme

Letter to BS: Stalling shipments from China to hurt Indian industry more

The CBIC is not the government. The Ministry of Finance is the government

Expansion of 5-member Madhya Pradesh cabinet in the offing this week

Twenty/25 new ministers are expected to be sworn in during the much-awaited expansion

Woke in progress

Global sport displays a social conscience

Will Amit Shah replace Rajnath Singh as the next Defence Minister?

Now that the Rajya Sabha elections are over and more Covid-19-induced restrictions are being lifted, there is talk that normal politics may return