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Sourish Mohan Mitra: Labour law pains and baby steps
The Modi government's rapid approval of labour law amendments by the Rajasthan Assembly and the Shramev Jayate Yojna proposals suggest a strong commitment to reform. But is this enough?
Surinder Sud: Paddy farming - A seeding revolution
New agronomic techniques such as direct and drum sowing of paddy seeds can help farmers cope with the challenges posed by climate change as well as the water and labour crunch
Ajai Shukla: A full-time job in South Block
The new defence minister must stand up to the military and chart his own course
Picking correlation in FII attitude and market movement
The rewards for working out FIIs' predictability and narrowing down their areas of interest are very high
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Katie Benner: Twitter has 140 characters in need of leader
With the market now increasingly critical of CEO Dick Costolo, the microblogging site may need a new manager. But Chief Financial Officer Anthony Noto shouldn't be the only option
Abheek Barua & Bidisha Ganguly: Lessons from the 'Sadomonetarists'
Sweden's premature decision to hike rates represents a classic problem that all central banks, including the Reserve Bank of India, face in fighting deflation or inflation
Sunita Narain: Be proactive on climate-change equity
The Indian government has to put forward a counter-proposal on how to operationalise equity. Otherwise, equity is only for blocking consensus; empty words being banged on noisy pans
William Pesek: How much is this handshake worth?
The leaders of China and Japan will find economic imperatives do not trump deeper fears and frictions
The disinvestment reality
Challenges of selling loss-making public units
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More ministers, but also more questions
Dilip Satapathy: Scam taint on BJD but Patnaik sitting pretty, for now
With a resurgent BJP out to corner the chief minister, politics in Odisha is going to be far from tranquil in the weeks to come
Rashesh Shah: Who needs Modi more?
India Inc can take care of itself even without the government's overt help. This is not true of the average Indian. Let's focus on the Modi agenda for the common man, rather than on the Modi agenda fo
Anil K Jain: Take G20 back from the rich world
G20 must address the unaffordability of energy for developing countries, and review the excessive reliance on markets in the sector
Walk the talk or stop the talk
The NDA govt has only made loud noises, and has done little to end tax terrorism in the country
T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan: The gorilla in the room
Modi and the RSS are both silent on India's biggest need: population control
Aditi Phadnis: Parrikar - The odd man in
The Goa chief minister does not fit the paradigm of a standard politician yet he can be relied on to add a new dynamic to proceedings at the Centre