No more tax amnesties

The government is reportedly formulating an amnesty scheme to allow repatriation of black money stashed overseas. This is a bad idea and should be dropped.

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This isn't it

Kerala and Uttar Pradesh have gained larger representation in the Union council of ministers but there are few other constituents who are likely to break out into song over the Cabinet reshuffle ef.. Read full story

Don't cry for us, Sreesanth!

Don't cry for me, Argentina", sings Evita Peron in the musical which dramatises the esteem in which the then president's ailing wife was held by the descamisados (shirtless peasants) of her co.. Read full story

Focus on the larger picture

The finance ministry has set up a needless confrontation with the labour ministry and more importantly, with powerful labour unions, by rejecting the interest payout proposed by the Central Board o.. Read full story

The fight against corruption

Fourteen eminent men and women of business, economics and public life have written a letter to our leaders bemoaning the widespread governance deficit and urging a concerted war against corruption... Read full story

Age of Ophiuchus

The appearance of any new star on the horizon is bound to cause consternation among the existing constellations. It will upset a lot of the current favourites simply on account of being new and the.. Read full story

Quality-challenged

More and more children go to school but they continue to learn a fraction of what they should. Focused leadership by the government and community involvement help to raise the standards of teaching.. Read full story

To combat corruption

If the government is indeed serious about combating corruption, it could act on an old idea that is sound in principle but did not find acceptance because of vested interests: transfer the ownershi.. Read full story

Getting brainy in North Korea

Totalitarian states also tend to be a tad dotty. It isn't just the paranoia that surrounds them. It's also the grandiloquent things such entities come up with to display imagined prowess. Take the .. Read full story

IndiGo flies high

It is billed as the largest single transaction aircraft order in commercial aviation history, although low-cost domestic carrier IndiGo would only begin taking delivery of its 180 Airbus planes in .. Read full story