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Quiet mediator: Tomar now in the driver's seat amid farmers' protest

Tomar is a mild-mannered man. Never in his life has he been pitchforked into the kind of controversy in which he finds himself

Tube Investments looks to reduce dependence on automobile industry

With the largest acquisition in its history, the Murugappa flagship is looking to reduce its dependence on the automobile industry and find new markets

SC in many shades of grey

In 2019, the SC passed about 1,300 judgments, filling 17 volumes of law journals. In 2020, the output was about 800, though the noise the court created for wrong reasons was far above its performance

Burger King India vs McDonald's: A new appetite for stock markets

A stock market debut sets up a clash between US rivals as listed peers in India

Ownership and governance of private sector banks - Part III

The way forward for banking in India: Further issues

WTO fishing subsidy talks to miss 2020 deadline as China, India baulk

Negotiators were tasked with eliminating subsidies for illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and prohibiting certain subsidies that contribute to overcapacity and overfishing

Ownership and governance of private sector banks: Part II

Ownership of banks by corporate or industrial groups: What is the need?

New guidelines likely to make online taxi-hailing business much tougher

The reason: Just a few weeks ago, the Centre has come out with the long-awaited Motor Vehicle Aggregator Guidelines, which have drawn a dismayed response from the companies concerned

Respiratory infections in children are up: National Family Health Survey

Adult morbidities rose and child malnutrition worsened in four years

Move to create an 'integrated doctor' by 2030 will backfire: IMA President

In an interview with Ritwik Sharma, IMA National President Rajan Sharma says that allowing postgraduate ayurveda practitioners to perform surgical procedures will harm ayurveda and health care

Decoded: Why Facebook is being sued by the US government and 48 states

Facebook may have to sell Instagram and WhatsApp

More NREGA job cards, but dip in houses getting 100 days of work

The MGNREGA gained greater significance this year as the pandemic crushed livelihoods across the country

Space wars: Mittal, Musk bet on satellite broadband as telecom's new star

Mittal is planning to invest $2 billion on a once bankrupt low earth orbit constellation satellite company OneWeb to put up more satellites

How logistics tech became an unexpected gainer in the Covid economy

Start-ups in this space have made strides in modernising logistics with real-time tracking of cargo, algorithm-based route optimisation and big data in addresses

Curbs may have to be maintained after vaccination: Ramanan Laxminarayan

Laxminarayan, in an interview with Geetika Srivastava, says that masks and small gatherings may stick around for a while

JSW Steel sees mettle in bankrupt asset amid upturn in steel market

An upturn in the steel market has prompted the country's third-largest steel producer to up the ante on acquiring Bhushan Power

Google firing respected AI researcher Timnit Gebru is cause for concern

Over 1,400 Google employees and thousands of techies employed in other Silicon Valley businesses have signed a letter of protest about the manner of her dismissal

With conglomerates reluctant, PEs may be better source of capital for banks

PEs have deep pockets with the ability to recapitalise the bank as and when needed

The next online tonic: E-majors, corporate giants eye e-pharmacy business

Amazon, Reliance recently announced their foray into e-pharma sector

Can Toyota Kirloskar-workers' standoff be test case for labour reforms?

Labour unrest is not new to this 23-year-old plant - there have been at least four since it was set up, with one lockout in 2014 stretching for over a month