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A visit for optics

PM's visit to US was expected to achieve more

Letter to BS: Modi-Xi summit achieved no significant breakthroughs

The high profile summit can be reckoned only as a "qualified success" as both the leaders stuck to their known positions

UP's dispirited opposition has given Yogi Adityanath a much-needed breather

His government is so confident of victory in the coming bypolls to 11 Assembly seats that he hasn't begun canvassing in these constituencies yet

A dull fiscal looms for gems and jewellery SMEs: CRISIL SME tracker

Domestic demand in volume terms, on the other hand, is expected to shrink due to skyrocketing prices

The best of BSNL & MTNL

Given their infrastructure assets, privatise the telecom PSUs

Moving the needle

Mamallapuram keeps China-India relations on an even keel

Letter to BS: FM should say something clearly fixing responsibility on RBI

The RBI cannot argue that the control is divided because the job of audit is to be done by the RBI

Letter to BS: The RBI has failed miserably in acting as a 'watchdog'

My concern pertains to the regulator - the Reserve Bank of India. It was unable to detect any wrongdoing at PMC Bank

In feud between brothers Malvinder and Shivinder, family behind the latter

The bonhomie among Shivinder and the other members of the family was evident as they sat outside the chief metropolitan magistrate's court awaiting the order copy

Story in numbers: India has suicide rate higher than the global average

India's suicide rate stood at 16.5 per 100,000 people in 2016, according to the WHO report

Warship woes

India needs a clear road map to build naval capacity

The antibiotics challenge

Don't extend price caps on drugs

Unions demand time for lunch break as bank list rules for business hours

It has said that in the absence of specific instructions about lunch hours, there is possibility of customer complaints if the staff takes a break.

Letter to BS: India needs strong and honest FM or PM to clean the system

Manmohan Singh cleaned up the department of corrupt officers at a very high level in one big sweep.

Letter to BS: Students need more attention at college-level from teachers

We have a large number of students entering colleges with inadequate learning in schools.

The monetary conundrum

Decisions from here on will need to be more considered

Pak's inviation to Manmohan Singh for Kartarpur corridor stumps Congress

Sources in the Congress said it was strange that the Pakistan foreign minister made a statement on this when such an invite should be routed through the ministry of external affairs

Letter to BS: Reserve Bank of India needs to upgrade oversight capacity

It is high time the RBI tightened its audit and information gathering processes to ensure that its officers do a thorough job of supervising banks

Letter to BS: PMC Bank didn't disclose exposure for over 6 years

PMC was said to be amongst the better managed co-operative banks. One shudders to think how many such surprises are hidden in other co-operative banks

Growth of MDF will keep peeling away profits of plywood SMEs: CRISIL

SME players are expected to be mostly restricted to the traditional plywood segment due to their limited financial flexibility