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TopicCorporates

Topic: Corporates

Asian Paints fake products case: SC says companies can challenge acquittals as ‘victims’ in criminal cases

Court says Section 372 of CrPC gives 'expansive understanding' to term 'victim' & not narrow meaning. It allows Asian Paints' plea in case against man selling its counterfeit products.

The power imbalance between Indian corporations and consumers is growing every day

The result is a system where ordinary Indians are relegated to the margins, while corporations operate with impunity, leaving little room for equitable dialogue or genuine public accountability.

Ashoka University’s real issue is the clash between ‘suits’ that fund and ‘boots’ that run it

The tight ‘suits’ that adorn Ashoka’s governing body will do well to shed them for looser kurtas. The management’s submissiveness became the discussion point rather than the merits of the paper.

College pedigree, daddy’s name, BBC accent no longer golden ticket. India has a growing new elite

India’s caravan is moving on like a juggernaut pulled by tens of millions of supremely talented Indians that our handful of old elite institutions are too small to have produced.

We360.ai — An idea of creating productive workspace for all employers & employees

We360.ai is one of the fastest growing start-ups to raise venture capital in Madhya Pradesh.

RBI must relax norms for small lenders. Big corporates will bring predatory culture

Connected lending across the world has resulted in a lender-borrower mismatch, turning the business sour and unprofitable.

RBI & Modi govt mustn’t let corporates into banking sector without improving supervision

Recent bank failures show that concerns about RBI’s supervisory capacity are relevant. A common feature was RBI allowing problem of bad loans to linger.

Not the time for RBI to be adventurous. If bank ownership isn’t broken, don’t try to fix it

Letting a relatively poorly governed industrial house control a relatively better governed bank is unlikely to be better for the banks.

Rajan, Acharya hit out at idea of corporates in banking, say borrowers shouldn’t own banks

In a paper, Raghuram Rajan & Viral Acharya have termed the recent recommendation of an RBI internal working group on allowing corporates into banking a ‘bombshell’. 

Annihilation of caste in Indian corporate possible. But firms must say Dalit lives matter

Many multinational companies have come forward to support Black Lives Matter movement. Few things Indian corporate should do if they believe in equal opportunities.

On Camera

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.