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Sunday, August 17, 2025
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Topic: Business

Indian prisons and prime-time media may just save Vijay Mallya from extradition

The evidence on prison conditions have been cited to argue that the unsatisfactory and unhygienic nature of Indian prisons would be a breach of Mallya’s human rights were he to be sent back to India.

In his first year, Modi launched six reform measures, but has now noticeably slowed down

The business community’s ‘vote’ in 2019 may not count as dearly as farmers and other rural voters. For the business community, Modi’s initial reform outburst has faded into memory.

UP govt’s solution for struggling entrepreneurs in state: getting them listed on BSE, NSE

State signs MoUs with BSE, NSE to train cash-strapped small-scale entrepreneurs in the ways of the stock exchange.

TalkPoint: Does it make sense for India’s private sector to venture into space?

As the moon-landing proposal of private space start-up TeamIndus hits a new financial roadblock, experts weigh in on the question.

So long, 2017: The biggest news in Indian economy this year

From introduction of Goods and Services Tax to privatisation of Air India, the Modi government took some major policy decisions in 2017.

It’s not GST, the problem is the structure of the Indian economy

There's no question of getting rid of the tax, but it needs to be simplified more for small businesses. 

Talk Point: Will the creation of a National Anti-Profiteering Authority impair business?

The authority has the power to impose penalties and even cancel the registration of a business if it does not pass the benefits of GST to consumers.

From ‘garibi hatao’ to ‘amiri badhao’: Showcasing a new set of Dalit icons

Dalit Enterprise magazine profiles 15 successful entrepreneurs from the community, with an aim to promote business as a career option among Dalit youth.

Talk Point: Industry representatives, consumer body members should have a say in NAPA affairs

The establishment of the National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAPA) can go a long way in ensuring that benefits of the GST are passed on to the consumers. However, the NAPA should not be used to harass traders.

‘The Consolidators’ book review: Entrepreneurs who turned their silver spoons gold

Author Prince Mathews Thomas narrates stories of successful second-generation entrepreneurs who grew the family businesses they inherited.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?