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When pharma cos. don’t pay up penalties
Errant pharmaceutical companies charged with overpricing were slapped penalties of Rs. 3152.46 crore in the past five years, but the government was unable to recover even half the amount since 2013-14.
The flawed unit of academic quotas
In the history of reservations in India, Parliament has sometimes had to resort to even constitutional amendments to overturn some court rulings that have the effect of protecting the interests of ‘general candidates’.
Relevance of proof matters, not means
The Supreme Court on March 6 repeatedly asked Attorney-General K.K. Venugopal, appearing for the government in the Rafale judgment review case, to state the law on admissibility of “stolen” evidence in a court.
India asks Saudi to invest in strategic oil storage
India invited Saudi Arabia to invest in its strategic oil storage even as it looks to resurrect a $44 billion (Rs. 3.08 lakh crore) refinery project with the world’s largest oil producer after the Maharashtra government denied land at the initial site.
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The mysterious disappearance of tigress F03
A Royal Bengal tigress, F03, that strayed out of north-central Assam’s Orang National Park 16 months ago, had set off one of the biggest operations in the State to trap the big cat.
Resolution, at last: on Essar Steel case
Essar Steel case has clarified many aspects of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code process
at the end of the day, political solutions are the best answer to conflicts. And yet de-politicisation comes handy for the government since “do not politicise” also means “do not ask difficult questions”, a convenient way out of a tricky situation.
Sukhois hobbled by lack of blast pens near LoC
The consequences of the inordinate delay in building hardened shelters, called blast pens, for the Su-30 fighter jets of the Indian Air Force in forward areas were felt during the recent aerial combat between India and Pakistan.
Wind loses energy as policy paralysis blows through this renewable sector
From a euphoric 5,500 MW in 2016-17 — when wind energy companies rushed to commission their projects so as to get their foot in before certain incentives expired — capacity additions have plummeted, to 1,762 MW in 2017-18 and an estimated 1,600 MW in 2018-19.
