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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

The river has a voice

Dancing hands

We, the undersigned

All ministries use the Ashokan four-lion national symbol, but look at the meaningless variations in lettering, proportion and arrangement!

Sajjid Z Chinoy: Something's gotta give

If volumes don't pick up soon or commodities don't fall further, a choice would have to be made between lower inflation and higher corporate earnings

Restoring a government

Supreme Court order puts state governors' role under scanner

Shankar Acharya: Economists in India - endangered species?

With progressive 'encadrement', the pipeline for good economists in government has broken and a reversal seems impossible

A V Rajwade: Rise of a new, impossible trinity

Bad debts of the banking system, monetary/fiscal constraints and Basel III capital ratios, which envisage bail-in of bank creditors, could form a toxic trio

June quarter: Leaders and laggards

Pharma, Infrastructure, Utilities and consumer products are expected to be major growth areas

Mihir S Sharma: City of books

A mixed picture

Industrial growth, inflation data pose new challenges for RBI

Govindraj Ethiraj: Fintech fear for our financial markets

Banking is first about trust and integrity and then about technology and the rest

Ajit Balakrishnan: The job-creation process mystery

What we know and don't know about it

Risking inflation

Govt's thinking on interest rates worrisome

Asking the right questions on Kashmir

Burhan Wani is a symptom, not the problem in Kashmir

Ajay Shah: Worst-case scenario for the banking crisis

A long crisis with a lack of sound short-term, long-term actions can result in sluggish growth in India, similar to that in Japan

Bury the past

Tata Steel should now focus on its Indian operations

Consolidation inevitable in telecom sector

This year can be make or break for the industry. A big shake-out could be triggered by the auctions