Foreign direct investment guidelines are overdue but restrictive

FDI in e-commerce

Business Standard

Govt must work harder to counter decline in exports

External account worries

Brasilia did too little to curb structural weakness

Lessons from Brazil

However, there is no excuse for the Centre's dismissal of the Rawat govt

Uttarakhand crisis: Blame all parties

Valuation slide set to pave way for consolidation

Turmoil, shake-out in e-commerce space

Sensitive border state needs responsible campaigning

Identity politics in Assam

Well intentioned plan to tax online services from abroad

Plugging loopholes

The argument for equal pay for sportswomen is a no-brainer

The wages of inequality

Barack Obama and Raul Castro end Cold War's last front

History in Havana

Need open deliberation on systems to avoid misuse

Auditing Aadhaar

How Andy Grove built the ethos that drives Silicon Valley

The paranoid survivor

India continues to mismanage its abundant water resources

Perilous water

Far-reaching changes afoot in a vital sector

Insurance questions

Implications of Supreme Court's ruling for private businesses

On public servants

BJP's swing to jingoism does not augur well

Misinterpreting nationalism

Also, govt must effect some institutional changes, such as merging PPF into NPS

Cut in savings rate is a sound decision

Punjab's outright defiance of the Supreme Court sets an extremely dangerous precedent

SYL row: Centre can't be a mute spectator

The rise of god-men with political patronage

Spiritual enterprise

Many are beginning to question whether the slump in global commodity prices is coming to an end. For almost two years, commodity prices have slumped, driven by slowing demand and over-supply. In the process, major commodity exporting countries and sectors have been hit. Countries such as Brazil have seen growth slow significantly. India is, by and large, a commodities importer, and as such has benefited - the moderation in inflation owes much to lower commodity prices. But even within India, certain sectors - such as metals, for example - have suffered, and added to the stress in the financial system. But, over the course of 2016 so far, some have detected signs of a commodity revival. For the first time in years, the Dow Jones Commodity Index has beaten the S&P500 index of stocks. Iron ore prices have gained over 40 per cent since January - including a spike in the past week after news came in that China might revive infrastructure spending as the high season for construction begi

The recovery debate

Problems with the ban on combination drugs

Knee-jerk reaction

Waterway highways should supplement road and railways

Cheaper transport: It's time to take to water

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