Punjab municipal poll results have three messages. Akali Dal’s desperate gambit to abandon BJP over farm laws has failed to impress its social base. Their break-up has helped Congress to consolidate its hold over rurban Hindu voters. And, a rudderless and faction-ridden Punjab AAP is staring at an existential crisis.
Govt must avoid mixed messages on tax with Cairn CEO, walk the talk on inviting investors
Come, invest in India’s energy sector, PM Modi said yesterday. His government can walk that talk today when Cairn CEO meets the finance secretary over the $1.2 billion retrospective tax award. Unpredictable policies, especially on tax, have hurt investors like Cairn. The government can change that by avoiding mixed messages.
India-US must not waste time in clinching a fresh trade deal. Economy can use some good news
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal’s admission that India-US trade talks had got bogged down by “nitpicking” and “small issues” is refreshing. The two countries shouldn’t waste time in clinching a fresh package as transactional President Trump is no longer there. India’s crisis-hit economy can use any good news coming its way.
It started with Vodafone and FM Pranab Mukherjee, true, but that was almost a decade ago. What was then decried as tax terrorism should not become the governing orthodoxy today. India has scrapped Investment Treaties with a number of important countries. Effectively telling them that we will not subordinate our sovereign right to do as we please to calm, impartial foreign adjudication. 2. That has a direct bearing on Free Trade Agreements as well. Whether with the US and the EU, or closer home, the RCEP. An Aatma Nirbhar Bharat has to find a productive equilibrium with the rest of the world. Sometimes, after admiring the display in a shop window, people walk past.
Captain Amarinder Singh and Joe Biden are the same age. A lot of horsepower left in both the old warhorses.
And Guess what? ABSOLUTELY shocked and Print keeping its mouth shut about congress win. SAD and AAP were there for its comments. Sheesh, what a BJP BIASE paper it has become now. Whatever it takes to survive these days.