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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicBloomberg Opinion

Topic: Bloomberg Opinion

India can’t afford to guarantee a minimum income

The biggest problem with such ideas taking center stage in India’s political economy is that it distracts attention from the more pressing task at hand — creating high-quality jobs.

Subhash Chandra’s Zee drama was scripted in the shadows of the messy IL&FS bankruptcy

It’s clear now that the real reason for the Zee crisis is the debt load & the collapse of IL&FS found a mention in Subhash Chandra’s mea culpa.

This is why flying cars could be a fight of fancy

Flying cars may have their share of whizz-bang charm for those who can afford them but for the rest, more down-to-earth solutions look a lot more attractive.

Why constant surveillance & loss of privacy doesn’t really bother most Chinese

Chinese see 'Big Brother' as a means to generate something the country sorely lacks: trust.

There’s something funny & dubious about Oxfam’s wealth inequality data

If wealth of half of world’s people really fell by 11% in one year, it would signal coming of an enormous global recession. But 2018 growth numbers look healthy.

India’s Lehman has put genie of mistrust out of the bottle again

The collapse of IL&FS has put a question mark on India’s model of infrastructure financing.

India’s bankruptcy law will exist—with dentures in place of teeth

India’s two-year-old bankruptcy regime has been brought to the brink of irrelevance by the strain of resolving its most high-profile case -- Essar...

Jaguar land rover’s turnaround plan is misfiring

There’s no sign of an end to the company’s financial and operational woes. 

Is India in danger of becoming a Hindu Pakistan?

For the first time, India’s leaders have sought to redefine the country effectively as a home for South Asians that aren’t Muslims. 

Google knows you better than your doctor ever could

Google has a history of every symptom I've ever typed into a search bar, everywhere I've been, and can successfully detect flu epidemics.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.