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Is Flipkart a speeding train without brakes?
Flipkart raises $200 mn from PE investors,enough to survive another year
 "Is Flipkart a speeding train without brakes?")
Why finance ministry's 'belated stand' on gas price hike seems to be a eyewash
Finance Ministry proposes, Petroleum ministry disposes
 "Why finance ministry's 'belated stand' on gas price hike seems to be a eyewash")
Can a regulator be a promoter?
The stated objective of the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India Bill to 'promote' the safe use of modern biotechnology is a serious distortion of the need for regulation in this sphere
Shrinking India
The decline in the rupee's value shows that the government's efforts to fix the economy have been too little, too late
Unfilled seats
The consequences of a quick expansion of the IITs
Necessary but insufficient
Measures for the rupee unlikely to make a big difference
The economic consequences of Professor Amartya Sen
Redistributive policies via rights and entitlements are ultimately self-defeating
 "The economic consequences of Professor Amartya Sen")
Golden slumbers
A free market for gold will always be risky and volatile
 "Golden slumbers")
Calling the Munde bluff
Did he really tell it like it is? Or should parties provide clearer answers?
More than a pinprick
Government failures lead to vaccine shortages
Opinion: Are FIIs trapped in the Indian market?
Sharp decline in rupee slows down pace of exit for FIIs
 "Opinion: Are FIIs trapped in the Indian market?")
Food Security Bill a game-changer?
Food insecurity and hunger are rooted in bad policies, faulty design, poor governance and a lack of political will
Managing the rupee fall
No room for mistakes while responding to the currency's slide
Tough times for emerging markets
India is hugely vulnerable to a sudden stop in emerging market liquidity
 "Tough times for emerging markets")
Under new management
India's IT industry has to reinvent itself
The 'perverse' effect on the rupee
The rupee-dollar relationship is expected to be equally volatile with unclear directional trends in July
 "The 'perverse' effect on the rupee")
Back to steady depreciation
The rupee's misunderstood fall is far from over despite some near-term respite
 "Back to steady depreciation")
The threat of tapering
Recovery in the US economy is still too shaky to turn off the QE tap
 "The threat of tapering")