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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicCorporate governance

Topic: Corporate governance

Corporations are privileged citizens now. IndiGo crisis shows boards must answer to society

Corporations resent regulations that curb their freedom to operate. If they want to be trusted, they should respond to society’s needs, rather than lobbying against regulations.

SubscriberWrites: Corporate governance for entrepreneurs and the common man

Good corporate governance in companies ensures fair labour practices, equal opportunity, and compliance with employment laws.

Kingfisher Airlines to Victoria’s Secret—How authority bias brings governance failures

The authority bias gets concretized due to long tenures of board members which erodes their actual independence from the owners or promoters.

Corporate affairs ministry ordered inspection of Byju’s last week, reports CNBC-TV18

The ministry is taking cognizance of various corporate government lapses at the education start-up, said the news channel. 

Damaged your reputation because of one small mistake? Here’s how to repair it

While reputations can be protected, research shows this shouldn’t happen at all – there's a dark side to reputation management that can, and should, be avoided.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.