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June 17, 2019

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The Doctor Uprising in West Bengal

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  • West Bengal governor calls major political parties for a meeting in a bid to stop post-poll violence in the state
  • Police stop BJP protestors from reaching police headquarters in Kolkata leading to clashes
  • PM asks all ministers to reach office by 9.30 am. Also asks senior ministers to guide new comers
  • NIA raids seven places in Coimbatore over suspected IS module
  • UP Bar Council chief, elected just three days back, shot dead on Agra district court premises
  • Isro to launch Chandrayaan-2 on July 15
  • The NRS hospital incident snowballs into a major crisis in West Bengal, affecting delivery of healthcare across the state
  • India play New Zealand in the World Cup today. Both teams are the only unbeaten teams left in the tournament
  • Congress thinking of having an interim president as the headless party is being torn apart
  • Temperatures in Delhi soar up to 48 degrees, the highest on over 20 years
  • Yuvraj Singh announces retirement from international cricket
  • SC to hear plea of the wife of journalist Prashant Kanojia, who was arrested for an alleged defamatory post on UP CM Yogi Adityanath
  • Modi asks all secretaries in the government to think of themselves as the PM while implementing strategies
  • WB governor KN Tripathi says he has not submitted a report that calls for the dismissal of the state government
  • Mamata Banerjee compares herself to a wounded tigress and warns the BJP against dislodging her government over post-poll clashes
Agitating doctors refuse to hold closed-door meeting with West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. They ask her to visit NRS Hospital instead for an open meeting
Category Archives: Business
Bengaluru Ponzi Scam: Congress And Scams Cannot Be Kept Apart
Bengaluru Ponzi Scam: Congress And Scams Cannot Be Kept Apart
Are We Moving To The Neo-Hindu Rate Of Growth?
Are We Moving To The Neo-Hindu Rate Of Growth?
RBI Cuts Rate, Changes Stance To Accommodative
RBI Cuts Rate, Changes Stance To Accommodative
SC: Sec 148 Of NI Act Can Be Applied Retrospectively
SC: Sec 148 Of NI Act Can Be Applied Retrospectively
Modi: Only Two Castes Will Remain In India
Modi: Only Two Castes Will Remain In India
How Will The Poll Results Affect The Stock Market?
How Will The Poll Results Affect The Stock Market?
Air India Tries To Address The Problem Of Empty Seats
Air India Tries To Address The Problem Of Empty Seats
Jet Airways: Nosediving Into Uncertainty
Jet Airways: Nosediving Into Uncertainty
RBI Rate Cut: Lending By Banks Must Take Off To Revive The Economy
RBI Rate Cut: Lending By Banks Must Take Off To Revive The Economy
RBI's
RBI's "One-Size-Fits-All" Circular Quashed By The Supreme Court
Shortfall In Tax Collection No Excuse To Harass Taxpayers
Shortfall In Tax Collection No Excuse To Harass Taxpayers
Banks Taking Big Haircuts To Sell Stressed Assets
Banks Taking Big Haircuts To Sell Stressed Assets
Cheque Bouncing And Company Directors
Cheque Bouncing And Company Directors
Is The Economic Slowdown Intensifying?
Is The Economic Slowdown Intensifying?
Interim Dividend By RBI: Permanent Solution Needed
Interim Dividend By RBI: Permanent Solution Needed
Anil Ambani: Trouble Comes In Threes
Anil Ambani: Trouble Comes In Threes
Falling Inflation: Good Or Bad?
Falling Inflation: Good Or Bad?
Insolvency Code Constitutionally Valid, Says Supreme Court
Insolvency Code Constitutionally Valid, Says Supreme Court
Is Bitcoin Headed For Zero?
Is Bitcoin Headed For Zero?
Was There Any Other Option For Urijit Patel?
Was There Any Other Option For Urijit Patel?
GDP: Brakes on Economic Recovery?
GDP: Brakes on Economic Recovery?
Economic Data Should Not Be Window Dressed
Economic Data Should Not Be Window Dressed
The Bubble Bursts For Cryptocurrency
The Bubble Bursts For Cryptocurrency
Cash Management Agencies Should Stop Scaremongering
Cash Management Agencies Should Stop Scaremongering
IBC: Should Companies Be Handed Back To Promoters Who Ruined It?
IBC: Should Companies Be Handed Back To Promoters Who Ruined It?
Is Unsubsidized, Low-Cost Meal Business Sustainable?
Is Unsubsidized, Low-Cost Meal Business Sustainable?
Economic Offenders: Beginning Made, But Big Fishes Wanted
Economic Offenders: Beginning Made, But Big Fishes Wanted
SBI Moves To Ease Liquidity Crunch In Financial Markets
SBI Moves To Ease Liquidity Crunch In Financial Markets
Migrant Workers Flee Gujarat
Migrant Workers Flee Gujarat
Fuel Price Cut: Have A Fixed Formula To Spare The Consumer
Fuel Price Cut: Have A Fixed Formula To Spare The Consumer
IL&FS: How Will Uday Kotak Clear The Mess?
IL&FS: How Will Uday Kotak Clear The Mess?
Jet Airways Flight Scare: Human Error Or Time Pressure?
Jet Airways Flight Scare: Human Error Or Time Pressure?
Good Companies Free To Raise Salaries Without Threshold If Shareholders Permit
Good Companies Free To Raise Salaries Without Threshold If Shareholders Permit
SC Asks NCLT To Stop Unnecessary Meddling In Resolution Process
SC Asks NCLT To Stop Unnecessary Meddling In Resolution Process
Rajan Offers Sage Advice On NPAs
Rajan Offers Sage Advice On NPAs
Tariff Barriers: Don't Go Back In Time
Tariff Barriers: Don't Go Back In Time
E-Commerce Policy: Putting Price Restrictions Not Government's Job
E-Commerce Policy: Putting Price Restrictions Not Government's Job
Overbooking Flights: Air India Denies Boarding To Table Tennis Team
Overbooking Flights: Air India Denies Boarding To Table Tennis Team
Companies Act: Making Less Serious Offences Compoundable Is Sensible
Companies Act: Making Less Serious Offences Compoundable Is Sensible
One Year Of GST: Critics Must Eat Their Words
One Year Of GST: Critics Must Eat Their Words
Monsoon Plays Truant, Planting Goes Down
Monsoon Plays Truant, Planting Goes Down
Despicable: Molestation By GM Of Five-Star Hotel
Despicable: Molestation By GM Of Five-Star Hotel
The Mystery Behind 4 Million Jobs In 8 Months
The Mystery Behind 4 Million Jobs In 8 Months
Where Is The Economy Headed?
Where Is The Economy Headed?
RBI: Inflationary Pressures Induce Rate Hike
RBI: Inflationary Pressures Induce Rate Hike
Has The Price Of Petrol/Diesel Actually Risen Very Steeply?
Has The Price Of Petrol/Diesel Actually Risen Very Steeply?
Trai Makes Stricter, Technologically Advanced Rules For Pesky Calls
Trai Makes Stricter, Technologically Advanced Rules For Pesky Calls
Will Mobs Guide Public Policy?
Will Mobs Guide Public Policy?
Tame The Oil Price Demon Fast
Tame The Oil Price Demon Fast
In A First, Chinese Bank Starts India-Dedicated Fund
In A First, Chinese Bank Starts India-Dedicated Fund
Stocks Rise And Fall As BJP Falters In Karnataka
Stocks Rise And Fall As BJP Falters In Karnataka
Has Walmart Overvalued Flipkart?
Has Walmart Overvalued Flipkart?
The Rs 1 Lakh Crore Maths
The Rs 1 Lakh Crore Maths
Walmart's Entry: Exciting Times For Ecommerce Marketplace
Walmart's Entry: Exciting Times For Ecommerce Marketplace
Electricty To All Villages: Make it Meaningful
Electricty To All Villages: Make it Meaningful
City Co-op Bank: Why Should Depositors Suffer?
City Co-op Bank: Why Should Depositors Suffer?
Cash Crunch: Print More and Manage Better
Cash Crunch: Print More and Manage Better
Regulating Online Media: Involve All Stakeholders
Regulating Online Media: Involve All Stakeholders
Film Industry: Golden Boy In Jail
Film Industry: Golden Boy In Jail
Chanda Kochhar: Khayal Apka or Khayal Apno Ka?
Chanda Kochhar: Khayal Apka or Khayal Apno Ka?
Banking: Stop The Blame Game and Take Corrective Measures
Banking: Stop The Blame Game and Take Corrective Measures
Banking Scams Point to Systemic Deficiencies
Banking Scams Point to Systemic Deficiencies
Mediclaim Cannot Be Denied for Genetic Disorders, Rules Delhi HC
Mediclaim Cannot Be Denied for Genetic Disorders, Rules Delhi HC
Allowing Private Commercial Coal Mining is Good Reform
Allowing Private Commercial Coal Mining is Good Reform
TRAI Should Withdraw Amendement on Predatory Pricing
TRAI Should Withdraw Amendement on Predatory Pricing
Fortis Healthcare and Singh Bros: Whither Corporate Governance?
Fortis Healthcare and Singh Bros: Whither Corporate Governance?
RBI Issues Timely Warning on Fiscal Consolidation
RBI Issues Timely Warning on Fiscal Consolidation
Railway Board: Cutting the Flab
Railway Board: Cutting the Flab
Advantage Assam Was Long Overdue
Advantage Assam Was Long Overdue
What Exactly is Unemployment?
What Exactly is Unemployment?
Union Budget: Neither Here, Nor There
Union Budget: Neither Here, Nor There
Budget in the Times of Revenue Squeeze and Impending Elections
Budget in the Times of Revenue Squeeze and Impending Elections
PM at Davos: Much to Do Before Red Carpet
PM at Davos: Much to Do Before Red Carpet
Skewed Wealth Distribution: Whose Fault?
Skewed Wealth Distribution: Whose Fault?
Making GST Good and Simple
Making GST Good and Simple
Fiscal Deficit, Extra Borrowings and GDP
Fiscal Deficit, Extra Borrowings and GDP
Start Up Taxation Will Kill Innovation
Start Up Taxation Will Kill Innovation
A Different Union Budget This Year?
A Different Union Budget This Year?
Lower MDR to Push Digital Payments
Lower MDR to Push Digital Payments
RBI-MPC Keeps Rates Unchanged
RBI-MPC Keeps Rates Unchanged
Build Airports, But Only After Proper Research
Build Airports, But Only After Proper Research
Support GST, Not Rubbish It
Support GST, Not Rubbish It
Gender Wage Gap: Change the Mindset
Gender Wage Gap: Change the Mindset
Beware of Fresh Highs in Stock Indices
Beware of Fresh Highs in Stock Indices
RBI Might Maintain Status Quo on Rates
RBI Might Maintain Status Quo on Rates
GST Tax Collection Enthuses Government
GST Tax Collection Enthuses Government
GST: Short Term Costs But Long Terms Benefits
GST: Short Term Costs But Long Terms Benefits
Infosys: Narayana Murthy Meddles, Sikka Goes
Infosys: Narayana Murthy Meddles, Sikka Goes
End of
End of "Black Money Bonhomie?"
Did You Lose Money in Stocks Last Week?
Did You Lose Money in Stocks Last Week?
Stocks on Boil: Tread Cautiously
Stocks on Boil: Tread Cautiously
GST Will Make Traders Happier In The Long Run
GST Will Make Traders Happier In The Long Run
Loans Gone Bad: What is The Way Out?
Loans Gone Bad: What is The Way Out?
Pseudo Agriculturists Must Be Exposed
Pseudo Agriculturists Must Be Exposed
Financial Year: Is Jan-Dec Better?
Financial Year: Is Jan-Dec Better?
RBI Keeps Repo Unchanged, Fears Inflation Ahead
RBI Keeps Repo Unchanged, Fears Inflation Ahead
Idea-Vodafone Merger: Welcome Consolidation
Idea-Vodafone Merger: Welcome Consolidation
GDP Figures, Post Demonetization, Are Not 'Dressed'
GDP Figures, Post Demonetization, Are Not 'Dressed'
Spectrum Pooling: Sunil Mittal is Right
Spectrum Pooling: Sunil Mittal is Right
Ecommerce Cannot be About GMV Alone
Ecommerce Cannot be About GMV Alone
Is There a Future For Mobile Wallets?
Is There a Future For Mobile Wallets?
Jaitley: Budgeting for Growth and Political Mileage
Jaitley: Budgeting for Growth and Political Mileage
Budget 2017: Will Jaitley Put India First or Be Populist?
Budget 2017: Will Jaitley Put India First or Be Populist?
Cashless and Above Board Benefits the Economy
Cashless and Above Board Benefits the Economy
Welcome Solution to GST Tangle
Welcome Solution to GST Tangle
Amazon: Avoid Hurting Sentiments in Selling Things
Amazon: Avoid Hurting Sentiments in Selling Things
Formalize the Informal Sector
Formalize the Informal Sector
Noteban: Cash Must Now be a Dirty Word
Noteban: Cash Must Now be a Dirty Word
Latest Deposit Restrictions Must Be Taken Back
Latest Deposit Restrictions Must Be Taken Back
Cash Deposits: Fear is Not the Key
Cash Deposits: Fear is Not the Key
Cash Trail: Catch the Culprits Now
Cash Trail: Catch the Culprits Now
Protection: Ola & Flipkart Want Government Help to Ward Off Competition
Protection: Ola & Flipkart Want Government Help to Ward Off Competition
Is Double Counting Creating Bank Deposit Confusion?
Is Double Counting Creating Bank Deposit Confusion?
RBI Monetary Policy: Status Quo in Uncertain Times
RBI Monetary Policy: Status Quo in Uncertain Times
Rural India Post Demonetization: Empower the Farmers
Rural India Post Demonetization: Empower the Farmers
Fake Notes: Where Have They Vanished?
Fake Notes: Where Have They Vanished?
Cash: Flushing Out Necessary to Stop Corruption and Tax Evasion
Cash: Flushing Out Necessary to Stop Corruption and Tax Evasion
CRR, RBI and Demonetization
CRR, RBI and Demonetization
GST: Why Impose Cess?
GST: Why Impose Cess?
Jio and 4G Speed: Testing Time
Jio and 4G Speed: Testing Time
GST Council: Complicating Matters
GST Council: Complicating Matters
Green Energy: Despite Increasing Usage, India Behind on Committments
Green Energy: Despite Increasing Usage, India Behind on Committments
Spectrum: Auction Flops Due to High Reserve Price
Spectrum: Auction Flops Due to High Reserve Price
With Inflation in Check, Rate Cut Was Expected
With Inflation in Check, Rate Cut Was Expected
Black Money: Stop Generation, Amnesty Schemes Are No Answer
Black Money: Stop Generation, Amnesty Schemes Are No Answer
India Should be in Top 10 in Global Competitiveness Index
India Should be in Top 10 in Global Competitiveness Index
The Economy is Not Growing Sufficiently
The Economy is Not Growing Sufficiently
Bonding with Corporate Bonds Through Much Needed Reforms
Bonding with Corporate Bonds Through Much Needed Reforms
Reliance Jio: Data-giri With Free Voice, SMS and Roaming
Reliance Jio: Data-giri With Free Voice, SMS and Roaming
Ecommerce: Tweaking Strategy to Combat No Deep-Discounting Fiat
Ecommerce: Tweaking Strategy to Combat No Deep-Discounting Fiat
New Lending Norms Will Bring Transparency & Reduce NPA's
New Lending Norms Will Bring Transparency & Reduce NPA's
Shake Up in Ecommerce Marketplaces & Startups
Shake Up in Ecommerce Marketplaces & Startups
Recognizing & Awarding Startup Brilliance
Recognizing & Awarding Startup Brilliance
Rajan's Parting Gift: 'On Tap' Banking Licences, A Huge Reform
Rajan's Parting Gift: 'On Tap' Banking Licences, A Huge Reform
RBI Working Group on Digital Banking Should Address all Issues
RBI Working Group on Digital Banking Should Address all Issues
Monsoon, Food Security and Inflation
Monsoon, Food Security and Inflation
Flipkart Has Got Jabong For Peanuts
Flipkart Has Got Jabong For Peanuts
India Beats the Brexit Blues
India Beats the Brexit Blues
RBI vs. Government: Sustained growth more important than growth rate numbers
RBI vs. Government: Sustained growth more important than growth rate numbers
High Value Cash Transactions: Ban Not the Solution
High Value Cash Transactions: Ban Not the Solution
Dr Rajan Should Not Have Been Hounded Out
Dr Rajan Should Not Have Been Hounded Out
Is the Startup Space Getting Squeezed in India?
Is the Startup Space Getting Squeezed in India?
Apple: Will SE Spoil the Party?
Apple: Will SE Spoil the Party?
Low Benchmarks and Easy Satisfaction Lead to Gloating
Low Benchmarks and Easy Satisfaction Lead to Gloating
UPI: Changing How Payments Will Be Made
UPI: Changing How Payments Will Be Made
Digital Wallets Gaining Currency
Digital Wallets Gaining Currency
Principles for Entrepreneurial Success
Principles for Entrepreneurial Success
Is the Ecommerce Cart Flipping?
Is the Ecommerce Cart Flipping?
Tax Those Converting But Spare Genuine Charitable Entities
Tax Those Converting But Spare Genuine Charitable Entities
Beware When Paying/Accepting Rs 2 Lakh or Above for Goods and Services
Beware When Paying/Accepting Rs 2 Lakh or Above for Goods and Services
Right Time, Good Time or Time Over for Mallya?
Right Time, Good Time or Time Over for Mallya?
The Curious Case of Vijay Mallya
The Curious Case of Vijay Mallya
TRAI Bats For Net Neutrality in India
TRAI Bats For Net Neutrality in India
Eashwar Committee Recommendations on TDS Should be Adopted
Eashwar Committee Recommendations on TDS Should be Adopted
Medical Tourism Growing at 30% in India
Medical Tourism Growing at 30% in India
Commercial Courts to Solve Big Business Disputes
Commercial Courts to Solve Big Business Disputes
Real Estate: Real Problems for Both Buyers and Sellers
Real Estate: Real Problems for Both Buyers and Sellers
Startup India Gets Overwhelming Response
Startup India Gets Overwhelming Response
New Bankruptcy Law May Be Passed in the Next Three Days
New Bankruptcy Law May Be Passed in the Next Three Days
New PAN Rules: Will They Help in Checking Black Money?
New PAN Rules: Will They Help in Checking Black Money?
Cheque Bouncing: Parl Adds More Teeth to NI Act
Cheque Bouncing: Parl Adds More Teeth to NI Act
Fully Vetted, Simple Tax Laws Needed
Fully Vetted, Simple Tax Laws Needed
Age Old Scam to Transfer Money Abroad
Age Old Scam to Transfer Money Abroad
Noodles: Swadeshi and 'blessed' by Patanjali
Noodles: Swadeshi and 'blessed' by Patanjali
There is Logic Behind RBI's Rate Cut
There is Logic Behind RBI's Rate Cut
Call Dropping: Both Government & Mobile Companies to Blame
Call Dropping: Both Government & Mobile Companies to Blame
FSSAI Action on Transfats Welcome: Now Reorient Crop Policy
FSSAI Action on Transfats Welcome: Now Reorient Crop Policy
Land Pooling in AP: Excellent Initiative
Land Pooling in AP: Excellent Initiative
Reforming PSU Banks: Cloud Covered rainbow
Reforming PSU Banks: Cloud Covered rainbow
RBI, Monetary Policy & Inflation
RBI, Monetary Policy & Inflation
RBI and the State of the Economy
RBI and the State of the Economy
Should Service Tax be Levied on Online Retail Platforms?
Should Service Tax be Levied on Online Retail Platforms?
Telcos Start Backhand Campaign to Garner Support for Zero Plans
Telcos Start Backhand Campaign to Garner Support for Zero Plans
Housing.Com's Rahul Yadav: Young Philanthropist or Manipulator
Housing.Com's Rahul Yadav: Young Philanthropist or Manipulator
Don't Let Airtel & Other Telcos Kill the Internet
Don't Let Airtel & Other Telcos Kill the Internet
Fiscal Deficit, Monetary Policy & Inflation
Fiscal Deficit, Monetary Policy & Inflation
The Economic Survey Brings Good News
The Economic Survey Brings Good News
Prabhu Presents a Sensible Budget
Prabhu Presents a Sensible Budget
Railways Need a Shot in the Arm
Railways Need a Shot in the Arm
After Vodafone, CBDT Should Look At All Fruitless Litigations
After Vodafone, CBDT Should Look At All Fruitless Litigations
Making APA Bilateral Would Speed Up Investments From US
Making APA Bilateral Would Speed Up Investments From US
PM Modi Calls For a $20 Trillion Economy
PM Modi Calls For a $20 Trillion Economy
Will NITI Aayog Help in Transforming India?
Will NITI Aayog Help in Transforming India?
Will Real Autonomy Happen For PSU Banks?
Will Real Autonomy Happen For PSU Banks?
Spectrum release good for telecommunications
Spectrum release good for telecommunications
India Vindicated on Food Security
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