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My Daredevil Doppelgänger
The “brand new” SIM card I’d got in April last year, belonged to another woman before me. She also had almost the same name. And it turned out that she led a rather colourful – unhinged – life.
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Loan-Waiver Schemes Got 99 Problems. And Implementation is One
As Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath announced loan waivers for his state's farmers, the demand across the country has only gotten louder. With the general elections a few months away, the governments might just cave in. But while farm loan waivers might make good political sense, do they make good moral and economic sense?
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Finance Ministry to Announce Much-Anticipated Release Date for Next Economic Recession
Recessions are like black swans. They’re rare, come out of nowhere, and people frown upon you when you say they look delicious. Is the next one staring us between the eyes? Because it’s been a while since the last one so maybe the next one should just hurry up and get here. And Urjit Patel’s resignation has not helped things.
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Who Do We Blame for the Nirav Modi Scam?
With Nirav Modi being arrested in London, we must not lose sight of how the scam went undetected. In the case of Nirav Modi vs the Indian banking system, I would put the firms who conducted the branch and statutory audit in the defendant’s box as Accused No 1. Punjab National Bank is, of course, Accused No 2.
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Is Nirmala Sitharaman the MS Dhoni of Finance Ministers?
As the buzz around the slowdown in the economy grew louder, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman took some small steps – support for the auto sector, a fine-tuning of FDI, and liquidity support for banks. And then, like MS Dhoni in the final over of a run chase, she sent the ball thundering out of the stadium with her decision to reduce the corporate tax rate.
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All That We Can Be Thankful for in 2017
This year, India made significant jumps on its social development indices and we also leapt to the top 100 in the “ease of doing business” rankings.
