Govt must raise the ease of doing business in seed industry

A seedy affair

Business Standard

The UPI could propel banking into a new era

Towards a 'less cash' economy

To prosper, railways must invest in improving efficiency

Beyond a freight hike

Due diligence in tackling legacy problems is the key

Truly transforming India

The govt and the navy must conduct a dispassionate review

A hollow submarine fleet?

RBI's measures are welcome but may not be enough

Changing lending landscape

IBM's supercomputer is transforming medical diagnostics

Elementary for Watson

Bandhan's first year

So far so good but the big challenges are still to come

Power for the course

Govt's reluctance to allow gene-engineered variety is to blame

Behind Bt-cotton's decline

Hike's growth underscores India's e-market potential

A new unicorn

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting on Monday with Opposition leaders from Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and his subsequent statement on the need for dialogue should be considered the first sign of hope as the Valley enters the 46th day of unrest following the killing of Burhan Wani, the Hizbul Mujahideen commander. Both, the meeting and the statement, signal a belated understanding by the political establishment that - forceful exhortations by the Home minister and finance minister notwithstanding - the upheavals in the state have less to do with Pakistan fomenting instability in the region than the Indian establishment's acts of omission and commission.In fact, the recent turmoil occurs at a time when militancy has been noticeably on the wane - fatalities in terrorist violence in J&K fell from a peak of 4,507 in 2001 to 375 in 2010 (the last year of major disaffection) and 174 in 2015. Concomitantly, tourism has risen steadily. Last year, the state welcomed more than 900,000 tou

J&K's siege within

But getting advance estimates of GDP will be a challenge

Early Budget is welcome

But use of a new accounting standard obscures the picture

Earnings cheer

It's time to wake up to the ground realities

Aviation safety blues

Urjit Patel's elevation shows govt's support for fighting inflation

Promise of continuity

Indian software firms must innovate to surge ahead

Brexit worries for IT

Two rich yet too poor

Water transport of cargo

Confrontation between judiciary and executive must end

The appointments question

His last policy review raises hope for continuity in RBI's actions

Mr Rajan's swansong

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