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Akash Prakash: The state bank story
The author says foreign investors did not lap up the new SBI issue because of deeper worries about public sector banks
Pepper trouble
Parliament's presiding officers cannot escape their responsibility
Now or never?
Panicked telcos shell out vast sums for spectrum
An open letter to India's creative folk
Our country is well and truly within the throes of a 'cultural emergency'
T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan: Cook it, Mr Chidambaram
In this year's Budget, the finance minister should mandate cooked food or eggs and milk for children via CSR
Despite taper fears, election uncertainties, market should stay range-bound
Between September 2012 and December 2013, the US Federal Reserve expanded its balance sheet by $85 billion a month
Kingfisher staff go for a toss, again
Vijay Mallya splurges on cricket; but what about the trauma of 2,000 unpaid employees of his defunct airline?
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T S Vishwanath: A duel on drugs
The discussions between the SA govt and pharma giants on intellectual property policy should keep both the needy and the inventor in mind
Suman Bery: Will Asian growth rebound?
There is no obvious reason for Asian growth prospects to be diminished
Another lost year
Indian Railways fails to pick up
An increasing disconnect
Slower growth is not impacting consumer price inflation
The A-Z of Jaipur Lit Fest 2014
Who made waves and who didn't at the event
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Amit Gupta: Big Pharma's profiteering protests
The war against the Indian patent regime is little more than multinationals' chagrin at their inability to exercise monopolies
M J Antony: It just doesn't add up
A statutory formula that calculates damages for road accidents defies all the rules of mathematics
Shyam Saran: The shadow of Afghanistan
The author explains how the transition in Afghanistan will affect the India-Pakistan relationship in coming years
Legislative paralysis
Disruptions of Parliament have harmed Indian democracy
AAP's right wing morality and left wing economics
Mr Kejriwal isn't doing anything that hasn't been done before. Arguably, this is what needs to be done to grow in politics
Why Urjit Patel's report on monetary policy is of little use
Committee approach to monetary policy will give finance ministry the right to interfere