Florida lawmakers vote to restrict children's access to social mediaThe Florida House of Representatives passed a bill that would bar children aged 16 and younger from social media platforms, requiring termi...
25 Jan, 2024, 11.28 AM IST
At Meta, millions of underage users were an 'open secret,' show court filingThe social media giant "routinely continued to collect" children's personal information, including their locations and email addresses, wit...
26 Nov, 2023, 08.32 AM IST
View: Arriving at an equitable response to the pandemicThe Doha Declaration on TRIPS and public health clarified pre-existing flexibilities in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellect...
10 Dec, 2021, 05.08 PM IST
View: Some useful economic history lessons on how we manage to handicap ourselvesPM Nehru viewed economic self-sufficiency as necessary for the preservation of political freedom. He held that depending on imports for rai...
03 Mar, 2021, 10.02 AM IST
View: When you oughta go, you gotta goThe difference in approach of a compulsive reformer and that of one with conviction is central to understanding the developments that have ...
05 Oct, 2020, 12.04 AM IST
India requires pragmatic compulsive licensing system: CiplaThe industry doyen pointed out that 70 percent of the major drugs are in-licensed and it is what India should look to do.
06 Mar, 2019, 07.26 PM IST
View: India shoots wrong general in its lost war on cashRecent RBI data showed 99.3% of the currency made worthless was eventually returned to banks.
05 Sep, 2018, 09.35 AM IST
No compulsion to do an ADR: Shikha Sharma, MD & CEO, Axis BankSharma said that one of the reasons the bank was considering an ADR listing was to be able to leverage the FDI capacity that it had. Now th...
02 Mar, 2015, 03.05 PM IST
US think tank seeks suspension of trade policies with IndiaAlleging that recent trade policies of India are jeopardising its trade ties with the US, a US based think tank recommended Congress to sus...
15 May, 2013, 12.02 PM IST
- Do not micromanage PSU banks, former RBI chief YV Reddy tells government
YV Reddy, the former central bank chief, has called upon the government not to attempt to micromanage public sector banks and let the regul...
17 Jul, 2012, 01.14 AM IST
- Big pharma companies must allow generic firms to sell cheap HIV drugs to poor nations
An independent mechanism that protects the patent rights of Big Pharma while allowing generic firms to sell cheap, copycat HIV drugs to poo...
01 Mar, 2012, 07.11 AM IST
ET Awards' Agenda For Renewal 2011: Ten reforms that will power more economic growthPresented below are edited excerpts of the deliberations between ET and the six CEOs that eventually formed the basis on which this agenda ...
21 Nov, 2011, 12.33 PM IST
- Standing Committee on Finance's decision to auction bank licences is a flawed decision
Banks are in the business of taking money from the public for lending or investing. They have a fiduciary responsibility.
19 Oct, 2011, 04.46 AM IST
FDI in multi-brand retailFDI in multi-brand retail has faced both political and ideological opposition, quite oblivious of expert studies that rank India as the mos...
14 Jul, 2010, 06.47 AM IST
More baby steps are better than big leaps: Duvvuri SubbaraoFew central bank governors have had as tough an initiation into office like Duvvuri Subbarao.
21 Apr, 2010, 03.53 AM IST
- Before they compete, let banks consolidate
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee says that there is a need to extend the geographic spread of banks and to improve access to banking servi...
04 Mar, 2010, 02.10 AM IST
- IM gains popularity in corporate India
Using Instant Messaging (IM) to stay in touch is the quickest way to get things done, even faster than emails!
22 May, 2007, 12.00 AM IST