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Poll-bound Bengal at the crossroads

Burying the ghost of Singur, Mamata finally begins to court business

India undergoing pronounced economic slowdown: Ambit

Data released by the government in December had shown pickup in activity in 2QFY16

NHAI signs MoU with ISRO and NECTAR for use of spatial technology for monitoring national highways

NHAI will take up some pilot projects with both the organisations to identify the uses

Mamata and the Centre: Friendly business?

State government says it has received investment proposals worth Rs 2.5 lakh crore at the Bengal Global Business Summit 2016

Global economy in the future tense

Half your fuel bill is in taxes but governments still ravenous

Since March 2012, imported crude prices have crashed 76%; in contrast, petrol price in NCR has been cut by 18.9%, diesel up 10.1%

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's innings in 2015: Solid start, sedate end

There is a sense of disappointment over the performance of the government's nodal ministry led by a person who is also the Modi government's trouble-shooter

Lower commodity prices led to a decline in exports: Ind-Ra

Country's merchandise exports have fallen by 16% in US dollar terms over the 12 months ended November 2015

Hope as we look away from 2015

Despite the government's brave statements of India being the fastest growing economy in the world, the 24 per cent fall in export in November, 12th month of a double-digit decline, tells its story

Fiscal responsibility and federalism

Hope, then despair, and now confusion

Slowdown palpable in reform process, says new PHD Chamber president :

He however said the country is not experiencing 'policy paralysis' as of now

Dumping weighs down exporters

Competing economies like China have been dumping goods to keep their factories running, at prices Indian exporters find difficult to match

'We need to strike a balance in the SEP wars'

Insider Trading: New rules confound India Inc

There has been a virtual freeze in communication when it comes to price-sensitive information under the changed rules

Duress to sign away dues condemned

It need not take a crisis to initiate structural reforms

There is so much that can be cleaned up in the area of regulatory accountability and objectivity without having to go to Parliament

Bullet train faces hurdles down the line

The high-speed train line in a region already well-connected by rail, road and airways may have to struggle to stay viable

How the new states fared in first 15 years

A snapshot of the performance of Jharkhand, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh, vis-a-vis India as a whole and their parent states - Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, respectively - in the first 15 y

Number of women billionaires rises seven-fold in 20 years: UBS-PwC report

Asia has seen the strongest growth of female billionaires in the past 10 years

Is this the end of the road for Doon Tea?

If the government has its way, Dehradun's tea estate will give way to high rises for the state's smart city project