Blogs

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Kashmir and the RSS-BJP’s Muslim problem

6 min read . 07 Mar 2019

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 2019

Australia captain Steve Smith has been accused of ordering ball tampering during the third Test match between Australia and South Africa. Photo: Reuters

Protecting the IPL

1 min read . 26 Mar 2018

A need for tax reform

1 min read . 18 Mar 2018

Regulators and stakeholders are beginning to tighten the screws on the cryptocurrency market in a bid to separate the wheat from the chaff. Photo: Reuters

Crypto backlash

1 min read . 15 Mar 2018

Actress Deepika Padukone in a still from director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Padmavati’.

Padmavati row: How govt apathy is killing Bollywood’s ease of doing business

4 min read . 19 Jan 2019

The Gorakhpur tragedy has shown that such confusion in healthcare has high costs. Photo: PTI

Healthcare confusion

1 min read . 15 Aug 2017

US scientists successfully correcting a disease-causing gene mutation in a human embryo has sparked concerns over ‘designer babies’. Photo: iStock

Designer babies?

1 min read . 04 Aug 2017

HDFC Bank has reported that during the June quarter, 60% of the total increase in its bad loans was related to the agriculture sector. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Credit culture

1 min read . 27 Jul 2017

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India’s jobs challenge

1 min read . 23 Jul 2017

The true extent of the success of Goods and Services Tax will only be known when the first online GST returns are filed in September. Photo: PTI

GST fortnight

1 min read . 17 Jul 2017

The immediate reason for farm distress can be traced to the crash in prices of a number of agricultural commodities. But problems in the sector are more structural in nature. Photo: Reuters

Waiver contagion

1 min read . 21 Jun 2017

Soundgarden vocalist and guitarist Chris Cornell. Photo: Reuters

Chris Cornell, grunge and leaving before it’s time

4 min read . 19 Jan 2019

IAS and IPS career graphs still depend too heavily on seniority despite the availability of data and analytics that could be used to assess merit effectively. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint

Revamping the state

1 min read . 19 Jun 2017

The success of Baahubali 2 is not surprising but its scale is most certainly astounding.

Is Baahubali 2 the tonic Indian film industry needed?

4 min read . 19 Jan 2019

A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photo: Hindustan Times

Why Narendra Modi’s farm loan waiver promise in UP was bad politics too

5 min read . 19 Jan 2019

If you are flying to Varanasi, make sure you reach a day in advance. It’s difficult to enter the city by air before 8am. Photo: Priyanka Parashar

Why you can’t fly to join an early morning election rally in Varanasi

1 min read . 19 Jan 2019

A file photo of author Shobhaa De. Photo: HT

Shobhaa De’s tweet fat shaming a policeman sparks weighty issues

3 min read . 19 Jan 2019

O. Panneerselvam in front of late Jayalalithaa’s burial site at the Marina Beach in Chennai on Tuesday. Photo: PTI

Panneerselvam displays unflinching loyalty to Jaya amid Sasikala’s power play

2 min read . 19 Jan 2019

After demonetisation, Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis made several announcements to help people live with less cash. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint

Maharashtra govt endorses Paytm in circular issued to promote digital payment

2 min read . 09 Jan 2017