Your medical insurance plan will now cover mental illness, similar to those offered for treatment of physical illness
With deposit rates broadly stable, further rise in MCLR at a swift pace is less likely
Amway plans to invest Rs 1,000 cr in India over a period of 2-3 years, aims to bolster its position and product line
Frshly: This automated fresh food retailer makes dishes from top restaurants available on demand
- SteelonCall: This startup in steel sustains its business by charging Rs 200 per tonne levied on each transaction
- How contrarian measures are better suited to kick-start industrial revival and help in job creation
- If trade wars continue, it will be tough for India to keep export competitiveness high
- World is consuming resources at an alarming rate, far quicker than our planet can replenish
Opinion News
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In the face of a frontal assault on press freedom by Trump, the American media fights back
The Financial Express | August 20, 2018 2:48 AMA tsunami of editorials hit US president Donald Trump on Thursday. In response to Trump disparaging critical media organisations in the US often as “fake new media” and, more dangerously, “enemy of the American people”.
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Weathering climate change: Kerala floods show why India must push the West to act
The Financial Express | August 20, 2018 2:43 AMLast December, 21 out of 27 studies that were published in the 6th edition of the Explaining Extreme Events from a Climate Perspective—a special edition of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society—agreed that extreme weather events had strong links to long-term climate change.
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Its employment survey, when released, will be used to corroborate jobs claims; do same for insurance, toilets
The Financial Express | August 20, 2018 2:37 AMDespite various people in the government, including the prime minister, citing data from the EPFO to show that India’s formal sector employment growth has been quite robust over the past one year.
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World is consuming resources at an alarming rate, far quicker than our planet can replenish
August 20, 2018 2:32 AMConsumerism is an economic theory; it says that a progressively greater level of consumption is beneficial to consumers. Since the 1800s and the Industrial Revolution, the world has been consuming at a higher rate than ever.
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If trade wars continue, it will be tough for India to keep export competitiveness high
August 20, 2018 2:25 AMEconomies where foreign reserves are very high, trade is in surplus and capital flows are positive, their currencies have a tendency to appreciate.
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How contrarian measures are better suited to kick-start industrial revival and help in job creation
August 20, 2018 2:18 AMIndian industry has been sluggish for a fairly long time, and all our orthodox monetary policies have not been able to make it come alive, grow and deliver employment of any great proportion.
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Across the aisle: Mr AB Vajpayee, RIP
P Chidambaram | August 19, 2018 3:10 AMMr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 93, passed away last Thursday after a long battle with illness. He started his political career as a swayamsevak, remained a member of the Jana Sangh until its merger in the Janata Party, founded the BJP with Mr LK Advani in 1980.
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TRAI’s 5G auction guidelines fall short
TV Ramachandran | August 18, 2018 2:08 AMOpportunity Missed to Shed Legacy Shackles due to inadequate auction sales, low rise of final price over reserve price and poor correlation between bands.
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This is the key factor behind India’s poor stunting growth
The Financial Express | August 18, 2018 2:05 AMIndia has the third-highest proportion of workers stunted in their childhood, according to a paper published by the World Bank.
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Financially savvy now: 6-fold hike in SIP inflows from retail investors over four years
The Financial Express | August 18, 2018 2:10 AMThanks to the steady run up in the Sensex over the years, even though the rise is increasingly concentrated in a handful of stocks, there has been a steady increase in household investment in mutual funds.
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Rapid deterioration in India’s external sector
The Financial Express | August 18, 2018 1:48 AMWith the trade deficit for July hitting a five year high of $18 billion on the back of a $17.1 billion deficit in June, India’s external sector is deteriorating fast.
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Data drive: Paying the price of data war
FE Bureau | August 18, 2018 2:11 AMSince the launch of Reliance Jio’s operations in September 2016, the telecom industry’s realisation has been declining because of lowering of tariffs.
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The return of Mahathir Mohamad: Malaysia leans on Japan
Anurag Viswanath | August 18, 2018 1:30 AMAs a major ASEAN and regional player, actively reaching out to Japan, re-examining Chinese investments, and being upfront on the South China Sea, Mahathir Mohamad has onset a change in the region—still being tested, but one that has China on the back-foot, at least for now.
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee passes away: “Mein Atal hun, par Bihari bhi”
Sunil Jain | August 16, 2018 9:19 PMMost remember the humour, the self-deprecation, but Atal Bihari Vajpayee was also one of India’s most reformist prime ministers
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Modi’s elephant looks fitter but still can’t run
Sunil Jain | August 16, 2018 12:14 AMThe govt has done very well on IBC, NCLT, GST and many of its social schemes successful, but getting the elephant to run is a long way off.
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Flickering cable: Facebook’s acquisition of La Liga’s broadcasting rights signals the power of OTT market
The Financial Express | August 16, 2018 12:13 AMFacebook’s agreement with La Liga football federation is not the first to be signed for the live streaming of sports online.
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Farm loan waivers: Tread with caution – Here is why
FE Bureau | August 16, 2018 12:13 AMIn Punjab, the total short-term credit required per season is Rs 22,000 crore. Farm loans outstanding totalled ~Rs 63,000 crore, showing significant over-lending.
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Explained: Gender policies key to Modi’s political future
FE Bureau | August 16, 2018 1:43 AMFor a young country like India, creating employment opportunities is non-negotiable to maintain a healthy growth rate. That cannot happen with the low female labour force participation and the cultural gender bias.
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Data protection bill: Whom does it really protect?
FE Bureau | August 16, 2018 12:12 AMThe Bill, in its current form, could impact companies on matters related to compliance, fraud risk management and potential fraud investigations.
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Education needs to promote the maxim: Thesis+Antithesis = Synthesis
FE Bureau | August 16, 2018 12:12 AMThis era poses an enormous challenge for education. It is not that lies will now be accepted as truth, and truth is defamed as lies, but that the sense by which we take our bearings in the real world.
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TPAs are not the right Ayushman Bharat solution – Here is why
The Financial Express | August 15, 2018 1:45 AMSince TPAs have no skin in the game, unlike insurance firms, they are unlikely to do a good job of fraud mitigation.
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RBI didn’t power this crisis – Faulty government power policy responsible for soaring NPAs
The Financial Express | August 15, 2018 1:41 AMThe RBI has hit the nail on the head when it says the government’s favouring of state-owned utilities is what has caused the severe stress in the power sector.
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Google Eyes: In the light of Google’s relentless tracking, what meaning does ‘consent’ have for the data privacy ecosystem?
The Financial Express | August 15, 2018 1:38 AMGoogle services continuing to track users’ location on Android and iPhone devices, even after they have been told expressly not to, is a serious breach of individuals’ privacy.
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Why the credibility of FSSAI is key to promoting biotech in India
Chandra Bhushan | August 15, 2018 1:35 AMThe food standard regulator has so far not assessed the safety of even one GM food and neither does it have a set procedure to assess safety.
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Explained: Data centres not required in India
Jaithirth Rao | August 15, 2018 1:30 AMFrom a Ricardian comparative advantage perspective, it makes sense for us to outsource these data centres to countries that can worry about electricity and warming the globe.
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Draft e-commerce Bill gets it wrong
Madan Sabnavis | August 15, 2018 1:24 AMThe e-commerce model serves the same function as the current efforts to bring farmers closer to the consumers by linking them digitally. Also, e-tail discounts bring down prices for consumers.
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Draft Data Protection Bill: ‘Local copy’ queers the pitch
FE Bureau | August 15, 2018 1:20 AMThe data localisation requirement in the draft Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018, proposed in the Justice BN Srikrishna Committee Report, has raised significant controversy.
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