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Opinion | The missing egg in Indian children’s diet
2 min read . 20 Jan 2019Stoking religious sentiments while making policy decisions on food could end up harming India’s chance of reaping an enormous demographic dividend
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Opinion | Tech has radically changed teens’ experiences today
4 min read . 21 Jan 2019All technologies have obvious benefits and potential harmful effects, but the key lies in moderation
The modern disaffection for the other gender does contain a sign of something good. Photo: Bloomberg
Opinion | The end of affection between men and women
4 min read . 21 Jan 2019What we are going through is the reformation of men—by women, and by some very phoney men
A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah at the party's National Council meet in New Delhi (PTI)
Opinion | BJP’s 2019 strategy focuses on untouched territories
4 min read . 21 Jan 2019BJP has been toiling hard to win most of the 125 LS seats left untouched by the party so far
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Opinion | The final step before buying insurance
3 min read . 19 Jan 2019Before you switch off after buying insurance, read the policy kit carefully
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Opinion | Why India’s sedition law needs to be buried
2 min read . 19 Jan 2019In a country where public discourse reduces to binaries, it is hard to imagine navigating through dark areas that lie between the actual law on sedition and its implementation
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Opinion | How India’s economy smoothly navigated troubled waters
4 min read . 19 Jan 2019Given its integration with the world economy, India cannot continue to grow rapidly as global growth declines
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Opinion | The 10% solution will not solve the job crisis in the country
4 min read . 19 Jan 2019When almost 90% of the general castes qualify for the quota, the provision of 10% quota is a joke
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Opinion | Why isolation of indigenous groups is crucial today
4 min read . 19 Jan 2019Such groups serve as environmental sentinels, safeguarding 80% of global diversity
An Anti-brexit protester is seen outside the Houses of Parliament in London.Photo:Reuters
Opinion: Calls for a second Brexit vote deserve consideration
4 min read . 19 Jan 2019There is a majority against all conceivable solutions but none in favour of a concrete one
Wyatt Russell plays scruffy, easy-going Dud in ‘Lodge 49’.
Opinion | House of alcohol and alchemy
4 min read . 19 Jan 2019'Lodge 49' made me think hard about fruition, about the fact that characterslike you and mefind validation after they find their beliefs to be proven right
The idea of a universal basic income has gained currency in the West because of the threat of automation-induced job losses. Photo: Mint
Is India ready for a universal basic income?
4 min read . 19 Jan 2019Unlike farm loan waivers, universal basic income does not impair credit culture and, unlike farmer-specific transfers, does not seek to tie down people to farming
Farmers need irrigation more than poll freebies
3 min read . 19 Jan 2019Even as debt waivers and farmer-centric doles are announced to tide over farmers' indebtedness, the level of investment in irrigation remains poor
Finance minister Arun Jaitley will present the interim budget on 1 February. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint
Finance ministry has a poor forecasting record
3 min read . 19 Jan 2019Given the over-optimistic revenue estimates and under-budgeted expenditure, the finance ministry's budget projections should be taken with a pinch of salt
The analytics on data captured by various tax and regulatory authorities has empowered the tax administration in India to focus its efforts towards potentially non-compliant taxpayers. (PTI)
Opinion | Tech changing the face of indirect tax, transfer pricing
4 min read . 21 Jan 2019The capability of the government to digitize tax compliance has reached a new high after GST came in to effect
Academics get tenured because they have displayed intellectual curiosity and accomplishment sufficiently. (Hindustan Times)
Opinion | The conflation of means and ends in higher education
4 min read . 21 Jan 2019Tenure becoming an end in itself shows up in areas such as accreditation, ranking of institutions
As the spending on digital goes from the ideation stage to the execution stage, which allows them to compete on a level playing field with others, Indian players are seen benefiting from clients’ budgets. (Reuters)
Opinion | IT analysts are missing three elephants in the room
4 min read . 21 Jan 2019The first elephant is the turmoil in the US equity markets, which indicates the end of a long expansion
Jet’s predicament echoes the dire scenario of India’s aviation industry. (Reuters)
Opinion | Jet Airways’ Naresh Goyal at a crossroads
2 min read . 21 Jan 2019Burdened with debt and rising costs, Goyal has little time to make some tough choices—to give up the driving seat or continue frantic efforts for cash to run India’s 2nd largest airline
The 103rd amendment introduces a new exception—and creates a category allowing reservations for “economically weaker sections of citizens”.
Opinion | Why amending an inconvenient Constitution is a political move
4 min read . 21 Jan 2019The politically-connected upper-caste Indians, with the status but not the income, will benefit from the new quota
Essar Steel lenders have accepted ArcelorMittal’s ₹42,000 crore bid for the 10 million tonnes-a-year steel plant (Reuters)
Opinion | India's bankruptcy code had teeth. Now it's got dentures
3 min read . 21 Jan 2019- A bankruptcy law that can only be used against small entrepreneurs would take the country back to where it was in 2001
- If PSBs do not wield their voting power on creditor committees, the moral core of the bankruptcy code will collapse
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Opinion | The way ahead for the debt markets in 2019
4 min read . 21 Jan 2019- 2019 is likely to be a year of reversals, furthering the investment case for debt market
- As the shadow of the IL&FS saga and the NBFC liquidity crunch recede, 2019 is likely to be a better year for debt against the backdrop of lower crude and stable macros
The issue of farm distress is facing fatigue in the news cycle.
Opinion | India and the growing business of outrage
3 min read . 21 Jan 2019Outrage had a business model, which now that polls are over, has no currency in social media
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Opinion | Universal basic income scheme may not be right for India Story
4 min read . 21 Jan 2019UBI will be very difficult to repeal once introduced and so the government would do well to deliberate over the issue
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Opinion | Fuel cells versus LI batteries is much heat, a lot of gas
4 min read . 21 Jan 2019It appears likely that both LI and fuel cells will have a role to play in India’s electric vehicle road