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In improving trade and connectivity, India and Bangladesh mean business

The neighbours need each other and their cooperation will benefit the wider region

Taiwan seeks investment beyond chips, to strengthen ties with India

Taiwan has also decided to set up its third consular office in Mumbai as demand from the region grows

DBT-E would kill discoms' perverse incentives, says Prabhat Barnwal

Prabhat Barnwal, co-author of a study on discom finances, speaks to Subhomoy Bhattacharjee

Despite decades of power reforms, discoms still an area of darkness

The emphasis for these discoms is to only ensure power supply reaches to the farthest corner of their grid. Quoting Power Finance Corporation data, Barnwal notes

This can be a template for why big is necessary: HDFC Bank chairman

'Credit growth is picking up. Banks are now in a lending mode'

India's carbon credit trading scheme spins a maze of regulatory complexity

A complex and unwieldy regulatory and monitoring process could raise the costs for Indian companies

Welfare and politics: PM Modi makes 2024 poll pitch with four schemes

The schemes-Modi promotes them as examples of his commitment to the poor-address four distinct bands of voters: artisans, street vendors, women in rural households, and farmers

Indo-US ties in a regulatory bind; aligning regulations can be a challenge

The dissonance will be the most glaring in the role of the Competition Commission of India, or CCI

Asha workers, DBT beneficiaries in focus as govt preps for elections

For a government opposed to freebies, ensuring that benefits of its schemes come early will be politically crucial

Will the iCET get a boost during PM Narendra Modi's visit to the US?

Increasing discussions between India and US on the Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology has the potential to alter the dynamics of collaboration

State support and spectrum allocation allow BSNL to ring up business

State-owned telecom firm's challenge is in deploying resources that it has been given in terms of finances and airwaves

For speed and safety on the tracks, Indian Railways has problems to solve

Repairs or maintenance of a railway line is unpleasant news to break to station controllers, who along with officials in divisions, guide thousands of rakes and trains every day

Signals, systems, checks, balances: Explaining the Odisha train disaster

The Indian Railways is deploying a new train control system, as pressure on its infrastructure increases

Despite challenges, Centre's 'lateral entry' programme gains traction

This recruitment programme has received enthusiastic responses from the private sector

Missing in action: Dearth of domestic infra finance in energy sector

The resources of state-owned entities are too puny for the enormous requirements, especially in renewable energy

Checkmate for Chinese firms in India's growing reinsurance market

The insurance business, by its nature, collects enormous data about Indians and is regarded as an economically sensitive sector

From Bangladesh to Sri Lanka, India's neighbours mired in economic crises

Some are discovering the virtues of deeper integration with the country

Refinery rejig: Why is India steadily raising petrochemicals capacity

Estimates for the sector are bullish for a decade but it is not an easy business to run, say experts

Dead heat for foreign investment as Congress takes charge of Karnataka

The party is expected to continues policies designed to woo the world's biggest industries

CERC is finding its room for decision-making limited by govt orders

The catch is that it sharply whittles the role of the CERC and state-level regulators