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Davinder Singh: The symptom of a deep malaise in Jammu & Kashmir Police

DSP Davinder Singh was caught transporting two Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists and a overground worker

Answers to the Strategist quiz #648

Answers to the Strategist quiz #648

The Strategist Quiz #648

The Strategist Quiz #648

The Strategist quiz #649

The Strategist quiz #649

The fight for the grocery basket

The battle between Amazon and Flipkart for India's groceries market is going to be about much more than low prices

It's traders vs Amazon, Flipkart over online prices & a level-playing field

As traders prepare to hold a nationwide agitation against Amazon and Flipkart this week, the government weighs its options

Oasis: Gold standard for eBook readers

Amazon's latest Kindle is great but comes at a steep price

Budget wishlist: Steel industry expects relief from taxes, logistic costs

Hopes are running high in the aluminium industry that the finance minister will finally end the inverted duty regime

Railways' existential dilemma: Fare hike, rejig proposal spark fresh debate

A fare hike and restructuring proposal have raised afresh the debate over whether this state-owned transport utility is a service or a business

Relaxing norms for private coal mining unlikely to attract investment

The government would do better to create a market for natural gas

Answer to Strategist Quiz #647

Answer to Strategist Quiz #647

The rise of 'Best Bengal' and an all-new industry-friendly Mamata Banerjee

Investments may still be thin on the ground but Mamata Banerjee is gradually winning the battle of perception among industrialists

Why India's courts are struggling to find judges

The lower courts, where the maximum cases are stuck, struggle to find judges, thanks to poor salaries on offer and limited growth opportunities

Between MyGov and Bharat Net, here are the highs and lows of Digital India

Schemes that address clear market demand have clicked; those that focus on behavioural change, not so much

Target-driven approach to infra building important enabler for growth

The Centre's mega-infrastructure plan may founder on a poor enabling environment as much as the availability of finance

Sweetener for sugar exports: Forecast of global shortage offers fresh hope

This is because the Indian industry contending with brimming inventories has been given a mandate by the government to sell 6 mt in the world market

Answer to Strategist Quiz #646

Here are the answers to Strategist Quiz #646

Expectations vs reality: SGST is a victim of irrational estimates

Wide variations in growth estimates for state GST raise serious questions about the assumptions on which the projections were made

Tiruppur, once the thriving export hub of Tamil Nadu, is fraying at edges

GST glitches are crimping working capital supply and adding to the difficulties of competing against nimble, low-cost competitors in other countries

Flickers of interest: Why private firms are hesitant to enter discom space

Several markets and business models are emerging and will co-exist in India.