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No longer required to pay State levies: Dalmia Bharat

The Act notified by the Central Government as amended the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (“MMDR”), to restrict the imposition of...

Grounding of Parandur plan: Will it hurt TN dream?

The proposed second airport project at Parandur was announced in August 2022. Since then, people in and around the village have been protesting and...

FM Sitharaman to visit Canada, US

During her visit to Toronto, Canada,  Sitharaman will participate in the inaugural Economic and Financial Dialogue with H.E. Mr. François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue...

Idol Thefts: Get it right, please

It is outrageous that Venu Srinivasan should be implicated in an FIR registered for alleged theft of idols from the Kapaleeswarar temple, Mylapore. In...

HECI: Gateway to meddling

Date: 28 June 2018: The Government of India announces a draft Bill titled “Higher Education Commission of India (Repeal of University Grants Commission Act) Act...

Dravidian years – S Narayan: Insights of an insider

Officers of the ‘steel frame’ are mostly self-effacing and reluctant to record their experiences. Quite a few have come out with memoirs, but mostly...

MuKa: the last of the Tamil Titans

In the demise of DMK supremo M Karunanidhi (MuKa) Tamil Nadu has lost one of its tallest leaders. Multifaceted is the right description for...

Over Regulated: Insatiable appetite for legislation…

“The insurance sector was opened up in 2000. Even 18 years after, the industry has not recorded decent growth or penetrated deep, despite the...

Now, LIC needs a Jeevan Suraksha policy

The life insurer appears to be the government’s preferred white knight. LIC is exposed to a massive chunk of the system’s bad assets. If...

Ban export of milk products – Lux Lakshmanan

In August 2005 I spent three delightful days with Dr Lux Lakshmanan and his wife Chitra at Davis, California. Lux drove over a hundred...

Interview – Dr Gebisa Ejeta: Food security through education, research and policy advocacy

“Africa has great potential for food production. 60 per cent of new arable land that can be added to meet the growing global food...

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