Page 257 - Editorial Comment
An irrelevant prediction
Met department's winter forecast came too late
Self-inflicted damage
Centre must undo note ban's damage to GST timeline
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
Veiled motives
Personal law cannot override civil rights in a modern state
Developing agro-hubs
Govt must do a lot of spade work to make this idea work
Going cashless
Govt has taken the right steps, but many hurdles still left
Securing digital India
Legal gaps that allow hacking must be plugged urgently
Unclear outlook
RBI gives more weight to upside risks to inflation
Tamil Nadu's Amma
Jayalalithaa's rule and demise have lessons for other leaders
The message from Italy
The referendum signals the rise of anti-establishment populism
Opec's final throw?
Cartel's deal shows it has lost control over the crude oil market
Potholes ahead
Govt's call to go cashless is not backed by numbers
Inadequate disclosures
The diktat to BJP MPs and MLAs should be made more robust
Shun populism
Investing more in infrastructure is better than transferring cash
Ruling without logic
Given the apex court's predilection for pronouncing on all manner of subjects in recent years, this judgment comes as no surprise
CRR blow for banks
The move will hurt banks' finances and monetary transmission
Not profitable
Govt should scrap the flawed idea of an anti-profiteering body