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Responding to floods

India needs a holistic approach

Minimum government

Govt needs to walk the PM's talk

Shashi Tharoor's tweet once again gets netizens looking up dictionaries

On Wednesday, he retweeted party colleague P Chidambaram's tweet and some of Tharoor's followers immediately reached for their dictionaries to search for the meaning of the word 'schadenfreude'

Letter to BS: Banking scenario with deposit erosions will impact liquidity

Unlike public sector banks, private banks adopt a less flexible approach for market survival, as there is no infusion of capital by the government

Letter to BS: Proposals on Direct Tax Code should bring down litigations

The idea of a negotiated settlement via mediation by collegiums of commissioners is a better alternative than litigation

Population and patriotism

Birth rates are influenced by overall development

Jobs grew at medium and large companies, but at a slow pace: Study

The study, carried out by CARE Ratings, is based on annual reports of 969 medium and large companies

Rain recovery encouraging at all-India level: CRISIL Drip index

Overall, the rain recovery over the past few weeks is encouraging at an all-India level since it puts to rest concerns around yet another year of rainfall shortage and the impact on sowing

Tipping point: Are you getting impatient with your small-cap fund?

Over the past year, small-cap funds have given a category average return of -15.9 per cent

Key deals last week: International Finance-Srinivasa Farms, and more

There were 16 PE deals worth $382.19 million with no exit in the last seven days ended August 14, 2019

NBFC-Microfinance institutions top in market share: Here're the details

In terms of delinquency, banks have the lowest with a 30-plus delinquency at 0.50 per cent across all categories of lenders

Realty check: Current rates, unit sizes in Rs 50 lakh-1 crore price range

Business Standard brings you a snapshot of average current rates and unit sizes in localities that offer property in the price range of Rs 50 lakh-Rs 1 crore

BJP adds 30 million new members across the country: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Within a few months of the formation of the Congress government in the state, the Madhya Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has started drawing up its strategy for the 2024 elections

Letter to BS: The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana is a great step

Those who have travelled to villages on these roads will know what a relief it is

Letter to BS: CSR committee wants non-compliance a civil offence

Replacing criminal responsibility with civil ones will ensure there is greater willingness from corporates to achieve a social objective

Statspeak: What are your core objectives of investment in HR technology?

HR Technology in the year 2019-20 which is a 35 per cent increase from FY 2016-17

Letter to BS: 31% drop in car sales is a wake-up call for govt, industry

I doubt that festival sales this year will really perk up despite the big discounts most auto manufacturers are bound to announce

AI to trigger global business value of $2.9 trillion in 2021: Gartner

Gartner defines augmented intelligence as a human-centred partnership model of people and AI working together to enhance cognitive performance

Fighting climate change

Well-judged alterations in land use are imperative

States of the union

Centre-state relations need to improve