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ART & CULTURE
| 6-minute read
Laxminama: How religion and trade shaped each other, and human civilisation
[Book extract] Business in India blossomed always in tune with liberal religious thought, where profit and credit had its sanction in all religious texts.
MONEY
| 4-minute read
Rising fuel prices: Why India is paying the price for its irrational energy tax policy
It's more than worrying that the government and oil companies are seemingly clueless about the next course of action on petroleum prices.
MONEY
| 3-minute read
Why banks' bad loan mess has become murkier now
How Modi government is divided on the very genesis of NPAs.
MONEY
| 4-minute read
Why Atal Bihari Vajpayee was an economic liberaliser in the true sense
Vajpayee was the first PM of India who dared to rein in government spending.
MONEY
| 4-minute read
Why Facebook, WhatsApp, Google have no choice but to purge fake news
Social media's battle against fake news and bigotry is bad news for politics.
MONEY
| 5-minute read
Why exports are at odds with PM Modi's global outreach
Going by the high-octane global missions of Narendra Modi, India's exports recession remains an enigma.
MONEY
| 4-minute read
How elections will decide the fate of GST
As polls approach, most of the states have started flouting Goods and Services Tax norms.
MONEY
| 5-minute read
Why India’s rural distress has an acute urban problem
Even high support price for crops is unlikely to solve the issue.
MONEY
| 6-minute read
What double-digit growth? Lowly 7% GDP is India's new normal
The NDA government could have easily pushed India's growth to more than 8 per cent.
MONEY
| 3-minute read