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Judges not enthused by hope

If debt recovery could be speeded up with the stroke of a pen, creditors stand a good chance after the amendment to the Debt Recovery Act in August

Another job for Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli seems to have made a habit of delivering centuries without much ado

Cashless drive runs out of fuel

Even as the government pushes for plastic and digital payments, several business outlets appear somewhat recalcitrant

TMC spokespersons in demand

Suddenly, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has acquired the status of a national party in public discourse

An irrelevant prediction

Met department's winter forecast came too late

Self-inflicted damage

Centre must undo note ban's damage to GST timeline

Wallets in news

Mobile wallets are the talk of the town

Drop that call

The idea was to make passengers feel special; the timing,however, was all wrong

Missing acres

The total area under rabi rice at the beginning of the season (November 4) was estimated at 0.95 million hectares

The new patents regime

Merely speeding the process up will not suffice

Trumping the IT debate

The industry needs to take US concerns on board

Concern over drug quality

Don't waste time administering price control

Fuzzy telecom policy

Govt's silence on existing loopholes is deafening

Letters: At the cost of the poor

The discounts announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to provide incentive for a switch to digital transactions will compound the problems being faced by the poor due to demonetisation

Letters: Not yet late for solution

After the Opposition, it was the turn of the highest court to question the tardy implementation of demonetisation

Letters: Supreme Court is right

The caustic attack by TV news anchors, columnists and a jurist on the Supreme Court judgment to compulsorily play the National Anthem in cinema halls before the start of a film in no way echoes the se

Confectionery for bonhomie

Members of Parliament have their peculiarities

Note ban unites political rivals

Anti-demonetisation protests have brought rivals in the Opposition ranks together

Unhappy memories

Arguments in the Supreme Court have become noisy and acrimonious lately, prompting Chief Justice of India T S Thakur to chide lawyers for lowering the dignity of the institution

Veiled motives

Personal law cannot override civil rights in a modern state