Near-term demand outlook has clearly deteriorated

IT's troubled times

Business Standard

After Uri, India must take a hard look at repeated security lapses

A grand failure, again

India needs to play its cards right this time

Indo-Nepal reset

The IIM issue has been fixed, but there is still a long to-do list

Mr Javadekar's agenda

Taxis on the Yamuna

Govt must revisit its approach to bilateral investment treaties

An own-goal on FDI

Municipal bonds are welcome, but there are risks too

Hasten slowly

Kerala, Tamil Nadu have shown the way on public health issues

Combating the epidemic

C-suite salaries need to take a governance test

Promoter-CEOs take it all

But India's space agency still has a long way to go

ISRO's cryogenic leap

Each state's share should be linked to the rainfall received

Cauvery's troubled waters

Mewat's biryani politics holds ominous portents

Beefed up for exclusion

Declining inflation softens an unexpectedly sharp fall in the IIP

Where is the recovery?

The new president lacks the political capital for reforms

Brazil's dilemma

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) sent notices to as many as 10 crowdfunding platforms last week, asking them to clarify their business models and explain how they were not in violation of the securities law. Sebi is worried about small investors being sucked into unknown, illiquid companies, as these platforms operate in a regulatory twilight zone. Sebi's discomfort also stems from the fact that none of these platforms meets the critical net worth criterion of ~100 crore required to set up securities exchanges.Sebi's concerns are valid, as crowdfunding platforms, which are in essence a link between investors and companies (typically start-ups), have been gaining popularity as alternative capital-raising facilitators, but they operate without any authorisation or registration. This is not the first time Sebi has raised these concerns. Two years ago, it had come out with a discussion paper proposing a framework to enable domestic start-ups and small and medium enterprise

Crowdfunding blues

Blocking entire web domains hurts genuine users

A torrent of bans

New Delhi must take the lead, ignore provocation

Maturity on Kashmir

Instituting the GST framework will be challenging

Rocky road ahead

Churn in valuation shows indecision about market's potential

Mixed signals on unicorns

India must not rush into ratifying Paris climate deal

Hit the pause button

Judiciary must heed calls to reform the collegium

Reform from within

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