A ban on porn will be unenforceable and a waste of resources, warns Devangshu Datta
Medium- and long-term debt funds are likely to perform better with each rate cut; returns from FDs will improve but may remain negative
Social media allowed them to connect even more directly with potential clients, and gave them multiple new marketing and outreach channels, explains Devangshu Datta.
The RBI issued a fairly gloomy forecast in its monetary policy statement last Friday.
In Khapistan, where rape is a cottage industry, a local politician paraphrases the Manusmriti and suggests that boys and girls should be married off as soon as possible to prevent rape, says Devangshu Datta
Going long on Budget day announcement can go horribly wrong.
The move towards indigenisation of defence procurement creates new opportunities for India's military industrial sector. The Government of India (GoI) has so far released five lists of items for positive indigenisation - these should be manufactured in India, rather than imported. Each item on these lists represents an opportunity for some local firm.
There is an unwillingness to articulate what the statistics scream since the data indict holy cows like family and society, says Devangshu Datta
Given it is in a completely different business, it's a question if Vedanta can seamlessly implement the optimal strategy for Cairn
In the short run, ONGC and OIL should both reap a bonanza given the government hike.
Removing the administered price mechanism for oil could see valuations of PSUs jump, writes Devangshu Datta.
Very few investors give a serious thought to the underlying issues involved in an investing style and if it fits their personal risk-profile.
The Nifty had added more than a hundred points in the past two trading sessions, and infact, comprehensively crossed the 5500 mark on Thursday. The market breadth was negative. Of the 3,071 shares traded on the BSE, 1,602 stocks have declined while 1,353 have advanced.
What do technical analysts feel about the market in 2008? Three experts share their views.
'It's a moot point if Kailaasa will ever evolve beyond being a haven for a fugitive from justice,' notes Devangshu Datta.
Lack of access to the cosmonaut training programmes would also be a hindrance for ISRO's planned manned missions, explains Devangshu Datta.
The laggards include FMCG (16 per cent), Energy (37 per cent) and Media (34 per cent).
The Higgs filled a gap with its explanation for mass. Knowing the exact characteristics of the Higgs allows scientists to make better guesses of the structure of the universe in the first 10 microseconds after the Big Bang, says Devangshu Datta.
India remains a young nation, but it will not get younger in future. India has not managed to noticeably improve education. Nor has it managed to create employment opportunities, observes Devangshu Datta.
Figuring out the nuances in the NFT market will mean opening and examining multiple new cans of worms.
Adversarial Harmful Networks -- India Case Study, cited in Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen's SEC complaints, revealed, among other things, that Facebook was a preferred platform for 'fear-mongering anti-Muslim narratives' in India, observes Devangshu Datta.
Twitter can probably afford to wait it out. But would it have the moral courage to do so? asks Devangshu Datta.
They need to upgrade their skills and become smaller, smarter organisations, says Devangshu Datta.
The OF saga has led to sex-workers looking at cryptocurrency as an alternative, notes Devangshu Datta.
The public sector banks are not in a position to cut rates because of their weak balance sheets and massive portfolios of non-performing assets, says Devangshu Datta.
The central bank's currency management will be critical over the next few months. A weaker rupee could help to revive exports. But, the currency must fall slowly and in controlled fashion, says Devangshu Datta.
The financial sector has been deeply troubled since 2013. It is now in a full-blown crisis, warns Devangshu Datta.
The pandemic has changed the way people see the government. It has eroded trust in the administration's ability to tackle a crisis, any crisis, observes Devangshu Datta.
References to the stock market occur in popular discourse only when the market is overheated and normal middle class people are entering stocks with an unhealthy short-term perspective, says Devangshu Datta.
Only the government has the capacity to collate all death data across all facilities and count corpses dumped in rivers. And the government is patently not interested in finding out, observes Devangshu Datta.
Given the costs, you would need to be a high-value target for a government agency to spend this sort of money, points out Devangshu Datta.
Indians supposedly have the right to freedom, and the right to equality, which cuts across gender, religion, sexual orientation, etc, observes Devangshu Datta.
If currency controls are maintained indefinitely, popular support for Narendra Modi's demonetisation will turn into dislike, warns Devangshu Datta.
Apart from physical access to handsets, metadata and backups are two common ways in which private communications can be broken.
Every word spoken by "Alexa Bachchan" is computer-generated, not a recording.
It is useful to note that Indian markets have not gone into a tailspin as the Greece crisis has developed, says Devangshu Datta.
The costs of providing free vaccines are way lower than the costs of a freewheeling epidemic.
Making sense of the international crude market is incredibly hard.
It's been a roller-coaster ride since 2015 Budget.
'It is no accident that politicians strive to control sports bodies, and get their names associated with popular sports, sometimes by renaming stadiums after themselves,' observes Devangshu Datta.
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