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Global slowdown presents mixed bag for India

How a global slowdown could help, and hurt, India

Madan Sabnavis: Payment banks - Spot the difference

With post office deposits and Jan Dhan already in place, is there really place for yet another institution for banking inclusion?

Shreekant Sambrani: The Narendra Modi sweepstakes

With the fresh mandates, Mr Modi would be expected to deliver miracles. But that is for another day. For the moment, it would be cussedly churlish to deny him and his party their richly earned right t

T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan: The problem of half-read books

Why do people write fat books when the chances are that they will not be read fully?

5 reasons why Indian markets are likely to move higher

A combination of factors, including reforms, FII flows and downward inflation is likely to keep the markets' elevated

A K Bhattacharya: FinMin's new A-team

A new team is in place in the finance ministry. Can it help Arun Jaitley produce a sterling Budget next February?

Devangshu Datta: Becalmed by the global slowdown

Slow growth in China, Europe and the US means the correction in the market could continue unless some domestic factors come into play

Debashis Basu: A chowkidar for state banks

Lessons from two states

BJP might decide to be more cautious with local allies

Gireesh Babu: Governance in TN will continue to have Jaya touch

Harsha Vardhana Singh: How to move forward at the WTO

The US has taken significant steps to try and resolve the deadlock on the Doha Round - it is now time for India to reciprocate

Sound and fury

Health ministry's lopsided focus on noisy firecrackers

Mihir S Sharma: Mr Modi, where is the change?

At some point, the prime minister is going to have to stop talking and start doing

Kishore Singh: Skirting my dress sense

Geetanjali Krishna: The demise of the Ikka race

Shreekant Sambrani: Radio nights

Unknown places with unpronounceable names appeared in the drawing room, and we scurried to our school atlases only to find that they were too small to be found in it

Subir Roy: Cleaning up India, top to bottom

Wine snobbery

The biggest surprise for me was that Grover's La Reserve topped the points tally for reds

What to do if you meet a bear

I feel that if you haven't almost drowned in a river and almost fallen off a mountain to an uncertain fate, you aren't doing it right

Almost there, Dilip Sahab