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Modi govt's tactical retreat on labour reforms

Jaitley has had to roll back several measures under pressure from unions, such as tax on withdrawal from EPF and 0.1% cut in PPF interest rates

RBI's pause not without reason

Is Pahlaj Nihalani out to bury the Indian film industry?

Indian audiences now have international options available. If Indian films don't match-up to their expectations, they will move on

Revival is still patchy

Growth will be heavily dependent on consumption in the absence of strong investment

Web monkeys

I even set up a gang called Web Monkeys, a group of hip, high-tech teens supposed to save the still-new internet from doom: clearly, computers were magical back then

A critic's Raj hangover

Khakhar's work, outside of its context and milieu, can appear difficult to absorb, but to Jones, who seems not to have made the effort, "He is genuinely not good."

That vicious little bird

Nitin Desai: People power for development

Even in relatively poor tribal areas local leadership is available and people power can deliver

Education - Is the government repeating old mistakes?

Our policy prescriptions seem to focus either on elementary eduction or higher education. Neglect of secondary education can have a debilitating impact

Time to say triple talaq to all retrograde personal laws

Campaign by Muslim women has afforded us a chance to reform not just this practice but many more related to personal laws of other religions too

Can smart cities grow food the smart way

As citizens residing in megacities, we are no longer connected with farming. This does not have to be so.

More trouble for Akhlaq's family in politically surcharged UP

Families of accused to demand cops to book Akhlaq's family for cow slaughter after report emerges saying that they consumed beef and not goat meat

Signs of recovery

But investment numbers are still a worry

Trading strategies to profit from a Brexit

Apart from forex markets, bond markets will see volatility because treasury yields in the pound sterling will be volatile

Subir Roy: Railway revival running very late

Fiscal prudence

Principles that should underlie FRBM redesign

Mullah Mansour's killing: What does it mean for Afghanistan, Taliban and Pakistan

Change in Taliban leadership may not alter its philosophy as it is decided by a 'Shura' rather than the leader alone

Ajay Shah: Prioritise banking reforms

The size of the banking crisis is roughly 10% of GDP and taxpayers should be unhappy about footing the bill

Devangshu Datta: A buoyant mood that could turn sour

The market is back to being optimistic. A good monsoon, prospects of an early passage of the Goods and Services Tax Bill, along with low energy prices and a dovish Fed, will keep spirits up. But niggl

A K Bhattacharya: Ins and outs of labour exit policy

Unless the govt ensures certain conditions, such a policy won't become a reality