Big tobacco wins

The government has erred in giving tobacco companies one more year to introduce new graphic pictorial warnings on cigarette packs. The new warnings, envisaged as a serious campaign to deter tobacco us.. Read full story

All of telecom a scam?

The Supreme Court has said that all telecom policy since 2001 should be looked into. Further, a public reply by Mr Ratan Tata to an open letter from Mr Rajeev Chandrasekhar, MP, claims that if the Com.. Read full story

Contagious inflections

Professor Henry Higgins' prescient observation in My Fair Lady that "the French don't care what they do, actually, as long as they pronounce it properly" was a beacon light for anyone hea.. Read full story

The policy is the scam

Elementary, my dear Watson; scams happen when government policy is faulty or, worse, ambiguous.

This seems to be the case in the latest scam to have come to light in this season .. Read full story

Decontrol diesel prices

How many times must the Cabinet decide and expert committees recommend that diesel prices should be decontrolled and left to be determined by a competitive market?

Under-recoveri.. Read full story

Scam is a four-letter word

The most commonly-used word in India these days is spelt s-c-a-m.

Pick up the newspaper first thing in the morning and the headline says "Scam-starred minister quits in Kar.. Read full story

Rise of manufacturing

India is ranked a strong second when it comes to manufacturing competitiveness, according to a new global survey by Deloitte and the US Council on Competitiveness.

Significantly,.. Read full story

Needed, political reform

The mid-year analysis of the economy presented to Parliament by the government is upbeat on the economy and the government's prospects of meeting its fiscal targets.

This is just.. Read full story

Pet theories

That cooperation and coordination need more thought than a solitary existence is a no-brainer.

That this truth has led to scientists taking sides in the never-ending who's-smart.. Read full story

Inclusive credit histories

One key part of sorting out the problems that afflict the microfinance industry is creating a database of borrowers, to factor past credit behaviour into fresh loan decisions and avoid multiple loa.. Read full story