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Mitali Saran: Silver anniversary reunion

This is certainly a nice school I apparently went to

Abheek Barua: Can the new RBI governor be a dove?

To cut interest rates, the central bank head has to open up a debate on inflation target revision

US & the Trump card

Many concerns over the Republican presidential nominee

The next challenge

Govt must now focus on making GST work

Soumya Kanti Ghosh: Behind the smokescreen of PSB lending

The perception that public sector banks lag in terms of credit portfolio expansion isn't entirely true. Various factors govern their fortunes

Has Dayashankar scored a self-goal for the BJP by abusing Mayawati?

All the work towards dalit outreach over the last couple of years have now gone waste

Have midcap stocks run up too fast, too soon?

Midcap stocks' premium now appears unsustainable

Given high equity valuations, debt a better option now

Debt funds dealing with instruments in 30-90 day timeframe would also be attractive

Amit Tandon: Governance norms - Direction or diktat?

Companies tend to wait for regulations to implement change. Given such an attitude, regulators need to do a balancing act: ensure the basic requirements of good governance while remaining directional

A V Rajwade: Seeing the NPA hurdle for what it is

India's aggregate NPA as a percentage of GDP is far lower than that in Italy, Greece. This doesn't mean complacency, but exaggeration of the problem should also be avoided

Jaimini Bhagwati: Don't list stock exchanges

NSE is considering an IPO as a few of its existing shareholders want to exit, but that's not reason enough

Half-hearted measure

Capital infusion norms for public sector banks are questionable

A K Bhattacharya: Changed world of RBI governors

Nilanjana S Roy: Diary of a W-grade writer

Parthasarathi Shome: I-T department statistics - II

Taxpayer profiles reveal worrisome characteristics

Arunabha Ghosh & Vaibhav Gupta: Critical minerals for new Mines Minister

Mitali Saran: Aliens at home

The trust deficit in Kashmir comes from the empathy deficit

Sanjay Jog: Maharashtra's political temperature set to rise

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis revamped his Cabinet, giving representation to the Shiv Sena and BJP loyalists. However, the Sena and the BJP are set to go alone in the Mumbai civic body polls next y

Being polecat

A high number of furries who skritch on Omegle are not even costumed, they are just bearded men wearing glasses resembling animals

Global recognition

A set of Mukherjee's collages have been mounted at the Tate Modern in London