Letters To Bs

Letter to BS: School examination system needs a complete overhaul

The marks-centred examination system takes into account only rudimentary understanding of the subjects and doesn't produce questioning minds

Letter to BS: Need solutions on weak policies leading to eco-slowdown

Certainly import-competing domestic production is not bad. And labour-intensive products stand no chance in the highly competitive export market

Letter to BS: Crucial to bring co-op banks under Reserve Bank's oversight

Senior citizens cannot spread their investments in different banks as monitoring the same and filing their annual IT returns can be cumbersome

Letter to BS: NHAI issuing land bonds is a win-win solution for economy

The outright purchase of land involves heavy expenditure by the NHAI when land is purchased at substantial cost especially in urban areas

Letter to BS: JNU hostel fee should be hiked in a way that it doesn't pinch

The monthly Rs20 fee for a hostel room is something that really needed to be changed -- by how much is something that could have been discussed with the stakeholders

Letter to BS: SC's Ayodhya judgment is a perfectly convincing one

If the evidence is not quite clear cut, the principle that the judge has to follow in civil cases is the preponderance of probability

Letters to BS: Gurudas Dasgupta's demise is a loss for Indian trade union

As a lawmaker he raised the Harshad Mehta scandal in Parliament and exposed several irregularities, but the 2G scam brought the best out of the lawmaker.

Letter to BS: Can 'Sikka deja vu' end up in major setback for Infosys?

The founders must quickly provide the reassurance unlike earlier

Letter to BS: 31% drop in car sales is a wake-up call for govt, industry

I doubt that festival sales this year will really perk up despite the big discounts most auto manufacturers are bound to announce

Letter to BS: World War III is upon us and it's about nature vs man

The reason is just one - nature is reclaiming the space we have taken away from it

Immigration authorities did a good job by stopping Goyal from flying abroad

We all know too well how long, arduous and frustrating the extradition process can be

Letters to BS: There should be greater control over labour inspectors

The substantial cost of labour due to shortage in supply over demand raises costs

Letters to BS: Vandalism of Vidyasagar statue has come as a boon for TMC

According to the TV and video reports, the BJP foot soldiers forced their way into Vidyasagar College, smashed the bust of Vidyasagar

Letter to BS: EC has failed to act as a neutral election watchdog

The motive behind the EC's timing of the ban order is suspect

Letter to BS: CEA should at least do a reality check on job, GDP numbers

The CEA cannot attribute the high unemployment figures to a sampling methodology

Letter to BS: Why don't we accept the panel's decision on CJI and move on

A mere technicality that the panel did not pass the "transparency" test is a stretch and questions the integrity of the judges

Letter to BS: Supreme Court panel falters on transparency and fairness test

The procedure followed was substantially against the principles of natural justice

Letter to BS: Policy to boost exports will not provide the required push

Here are a few suggestions

Letter to BS: Mamata's arrogant stance on PM is sharp contrast to Patnaik's

For no fault of theirs, the people of West Bengal were deprived of the much-needed financial and other assistance similar to what the PM announced in Odisha

Letter to BS: Root cause for IL&FS' audit failure remains unaddressed

The independent body should appoint the auditors of all listed and unlisted companies with a threshold turnover