Editorial-Opinion-The Economic Times

Government is trying hard to curb our wayward habits

Sat, 26 May 2012 01:43:56 GMT

The steep hike in petrol prices is clearly a move by our caring government to protect the health of its citizens and save the planet at the same time.

J&K needs demilitarisation and political dialogue

Sat, 26 May 2012 01:33:56 GMT

The report of the central government-appointed group of interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir, which has now been made public, is entirely unremarkable.

Reason seems to be returning to Trai's policies

Sat, 26 May 2012 01:30:14 GMT

At last, some sense is dawning on India's telecom policymakers as the Telecom Secretary has asked for another silly Trai restriction to be overturned.

Delhi may end up looking like Buñol

Fri, 25 May 2012 00:37:15 GMT

It was very wise of Mrs Sonia Gandhi to red-flag a move by her partymen to allot themselves red beacons atop their official vehicles.

Gas from Turkmenistan is a welcome move

Fri, 25 May 2012 00:31:34 GMT

It is welcome that oil minister Jaipal Reddy has set the ball rolling for India to procure significant amounts of natural gas from Turkmenistan, at relatively economical rates.

Trai's prices for spectrum auctions are way too high

Fri, 25 May 2012 00:29:20 GMT

Commerce Minister Anand Sharma is correct to criticise telecom regulator Trai's recommendations for reserve prices for spectrum auctions.

Falling rupee: RBI should stop piecemeal interventionmarket

Thu, 24 May 2012 01:41:18 GMT

Players in the currency market are making bets, informed or otherwise. The most informed guess would be the RBI's

Mamata says North Korea, Venezuela, communists and cartoonists after her

Wed, 23 May 2012 22:00:44 GMT

Didi, who rules Bengal with iron hawai chappals and has the best nose for conspiracies, has unearthed a vast, global plot to do away with her.

We need decontrol of all petro-fuels, not occasional price hikes

Wed, 23 May 2012 21:52:34 GMT

Considering how much global crude prices have moved up since the last time retail prices were changed on December 1, there is no doubt that fuel retail prices do need to go up.

Most IPL players who have made it big hail from small towns

Wed, 23 May 2012 01:04:44 GMT

Most prolific scorers in the IPL like Suresh Raina hail from small towns in Uttar Pradesh where they spent their formative years.

Most IPL players who have made it big hail from small towns

Wed, 23 May 2012 01:04:44 GMT

Most prolific scorers in the IPL like Suresh Raina hail from small towns in Uttar Pradesh where they spent their formative years.

Most IPL player who have made it big hail from small towns

Wed, 23 May 2012 01:04:44 GMT

Most prolific scorers in the IPL like Suresh Raina hail from small towns in Uttar Pradesh where they spent their formative years.

MFs need to simplify products and reach out to small investors

Wed, 23 May 2012 01:02:39 GMT

Smaller fund houses struggled to survive in a rough year. So, revival of markets is key to improving their overall performance and turnaround.

DoT, Trai will choke telecom with spectrum prices

Wed, 23 May 2012 00:59:05 GMT

Trai and the government's department of telecommunications (DoT) are racing each other to quote ever higher reserve prices to auction spectrum.

DA14 knocking out satellites would be worse than hitting Earth

Tue, 22 May 2012 01:43:16 GMT

There should be no reason, then, to think that the 1,40,000-tonne asteroid called DA14, is the harbinger of the ancient Mayan doomsday prediction.

3 yrs of dither have dented UPA II, time to work with purpose

Tue, 22 May 2012 01:41:44 GMT

Three years is time enough to evaluate the performance of any government and the UPA II, which has governed India since 2009, has just crossed that milestone.

To curb black money, parties need to reform political funding

Tue, 22 May 2012 01:36:19 GMT

Tracing every rupee spent to the source of its funding will end the unholy nexus between companies and political establishments.

West lionises successful dropouts, why we revere toppers?

Mon, 21 May 2012 02:02:22 GMT

In no other country - not even China, possibly - is success so determined by marks and ranks, and nowhere does so much hinge on it.

Governments regulating internet is a bad idea

Mon, 21 May 2012 01:59:21 GMT

Not surprisingly has the idea of controlling or regulating the internet often emanated from countries with an unsavoury reputation.

Parliament panel shouldn't curb govt land acquisition

Mon, 21 May 2012 01:53:58 GMT

The main issue is not whether the government should acquire land, but whether people who sell their land do so willingly at a good price.

Facebook IPO will change the world in many ways

Sat, 19 May 2012 02:15:56 GMT

With a host of small and large investors to answer to, Facebook would be under pressure to boost revenues, and seek to create new revenue-generating apps.

English presides over multicultural and multinational interactions

Sat, 19 May 2012 01:35:33 GMT

Considering the first words the new French PM addressed to Angela Merkel, there is no doubt that English is the language of international politics as well as business.

Cooking gas and kerosene subsidies call for urgent reform

Sat, 19 May 2012 01:33:30 GMT

We need to keep the big picture in mind and overhaul the pricing and market-design regime for both the subsidised domestic fuels.

Govt’s austerity drive should not get in the way of public investment

Fri, 18 May 2012 00:38:25 GMT

FM Pranab Mukherjee has promised to take some austerity measures to bring the economy back on track.

Microfinance Bill will regulate the sector to death, to the joy of moneylenders

Fri, 18 May 2012 00:34:33 GMT

The Cabinet has cleared a proposed Bill empowering the Reserve Bank of India to regulate all microfinance institutions.