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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.

India, Japan exploring joint defence business opportunities in Africa

High-powered delegation accompanies minister Arun Jaitley to Tokyo, discusses Asia-Africa Growth Corridor plan.

Only 20% of startups used single-window facility for approvals: NITI Aayog survey

First ‘ease of doing business’ report, published by NITI Aayog, says only 41 percent of industry experts are aware of this facility

USIBC India teams quits en masse, new trade promotion body to be set up

First event on Wednesday, CISCO chairman John Chambers to speak with top Indian officials Manu Pubby

A week after GST: Confusion galore but people willing to wait and watch

Even as small traders in India’s vast unorganized sector express their confusion about the new tax regime, their faith in its long-term benefits has not lessened. AADYA SINHA, TALHA ASHRAF & DIVYA NARAYANAN

Crony, crawly capitalism

Two decades of reform have not yet built an Indian capitalism that has the confidence or conscience to look at political or bureaucratic bosses in the eye and ask relevant questions.

Media as dutiful wife

I have for long had this radical solution for an India-Pakistan problem: bring the negotiating teams of both countries to Delhi's Ashok Hotel, lock...

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Game theory in modern Indian relationships. First person to demand more loses

Most relationships don't operate on fairy tales. They operate on something more predictable: The mathematics of mutual reluctance.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.