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B.LINE: Jayant Sinha MOS ,Finance along with Dr. Raghuram Rajan , Governor Reserve Bank of India at the Gyan Sangam , at Gurgaon in Haryana on 04.3.16 Pic : Kamal Narang

Banks on the run

By refusing to make a significant commitment to recapitalise public sector banks, the government refuses to accept its own responsibility in causing t

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at the 'International Conference on Rule of Law Supporting the 2030 Development Agenda/Sustainable Development Goals' in New Delhi on Friday. PTI Photo by Atul Yadav (PTI3_4_2016_000218A)

The great deception

By launching a frontal attack on several major sections of society, Union Budget 2016-17 probably marks a turning point in the way the Narendra Modi

An activist wears a mask as he holds a placard during a demonstration supporting net neutrality, in Bangalore, India, Thursday, April 23, 2015. The principle of net neutrality is that online content be allowed to load at the same speed and forbids paid fast lanes favoring some content and says broadband providers can't slow Web traffic or block content. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India last month put up a consultation paper on its website asking Internet users to give their views on net neutrality in India. The last day to vote for the campaign is April 24. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Winning round one

The TRAI fires the first salvo in favour of protecting Net neutrality, but the battle to keep the Internet free from control by commercial interests r

‘Consumer ambitions must not override citizen rights’

Interview with Nishant Shah, co-founder of the Centre for Internet and Society, Bengaluru.

Bengaluru: Karnataka : 03/02/2016: (From left) : Union Miniser for Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananth Kumar, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping Nitin J Gadkari, Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley, Union Minister for Urban Development and Housing M Venkaiah Naidu, Chief Miniser Siddaramaiah, Chairman of TATA Trust Ratan Tata, Minister for Large and medium Insustires and Tourism R V Deshpande at the inauguration of Invest Karnataka-2016 at Palace Grounds on February 03, 2016.
Photo: V Sreenivasa Murthy

Another jamboree

The recently concluded investor meet in Bangalore raises serious doubts about the efficacy of hosting such mega events to promote industrialisation.

NEW DELHI, 22/08/2012 : Passengers at the Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminal 3, Controversy around the airport development fee (ADF) refuses to die down. The Delhi high court has ordered GMR-led Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) to stop collecting ADF with immediate effect. A fare slash would be approximately Rs 200 and Rs 1300 for domestic and international tickets respectively, in New Delhi on August 22, 2012. Photo: V. Sudershan

The Trojan horse

The promotion of public-private partnerships, which goes hand in hand with the state withdrawing from its responsibility of discharging its basic duti

Opening the FDI floodgates

The lifting of the FDI cap in the sector has not increased insurance penetration and has only undermined the unique contributions made by public secto

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2015, file photo, Zandy Hartig poses for a picture in her 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen diesel in Studio City, Calif. More than a decade ago, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency helped develop a technology that ultimately allowed an independent laboratory to catch Volkswagen’s elaborate cheating on car emissions tests. But EPA did not apply that technology on its own tests of diesel passenger cars and instead focused on trucks, thus missing its best chance to foil the German carmaker’s deception as early as 2007. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

Volkswagen shock

Arvind Thiruvengadam, research assistant professor at West Virginia University, speaks on the emission scandal.

A man walks by an electronic ticker board that indicates stock figures at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. Indian stocks advanced in volatile trading a day after the benchmark gauge plunged the most in six years, as banks helped counter declines in software exporters. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg

Market mayhem

The recent collapse of the stock market punctures the euphoria that has been driving Indian stocks since the Modi government assumed office.

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KARNATAKA - BENGALURU - 11/08/2015 : (FOR SRIDHAR'S FRONTLINE STORY) Poorvi, a 8 month old daughter of farmer Srinivas (36) and his wife Kalavathi (30), the couple who commited suicide on their farm, at Thalekere in Turuvekere taluk, in Tumakuru district. Photo K Murali Kumar.

The spectre of suicide

As rural Karnataka reels under an unprecedented wave of suicides by farmers, the State administration looks on, unwilling to address the reasons that

KALABURAGI-KARNATAKA; Chairman of the State Agriculture Prices Commissioner T N Prakash Kammardi addressing a press conference in Kalaburagi city on Saturday.

‘The predictability of incomes in agriculture has collapsed’

Interview with Dr T.N. Prakash Kammardi, Chairman, Karnataka Agriculture Prices Commission.

KARNATAKA - BENGALURU - 11/08/2015 : (FOR SRIDHAR'S FRONTLINE STORY ON FARMER SUICIDE) Wife of farmer Mahadeava Nayaka narrating story on her husband's suicide in Hura Village, at H D Kote Thalluk, Mysuru District on 11,August 2015. Photo: V Sreenivasa Murthy

Creditor’s noose

The State government’s drive against usurious moneylenders is bound to fail because it is not backed by any effort to reach institutional credit to fa