Interesting readings

How inordinate delays can ruin the purpose of bankruptcy code by Amitabh Kant in The Economic Times, May 28, 2018.

Mint Road Vs North Block by A K Bhattacharya in Business Standard, May 28, 2018.

A public service announcement by the US FBI to you: F.B.I.’s Urgent Request: Reboot Your Router to Stop Russia-Linked Malware by Louis Lucero II in The New York Times, May 27, 2018.

Why India has become deadliest country in the world for forest rangers by Prerna Singh Bindrai in Business Standard, May 27, 2018.

How a 4-Hour Battle Between Russian Mercenaries and U.S. Commandos Unfolded in Syria by Thomas Gibbons-Neff in The New York Times, May 24, 2018.

The fight for order in the market by Monika Halan in Mint, May 23, 2018.

A remarkable story about tax administration and the rule of law: Donald Trump Toys With Abuse Of Office In Beef Against Washington Post by Rachel Maddow in MSNBC, May 18, 2018.

Wanted: A professional statistical set-up by Laveesh Bhandari in Business Standard, May 16, 2018.

Think American Elections Are Bad? Indian Voters Get 1,000 Texts a Day by Newley Purnell, Samarth Bansal, Krishna Pokharel, and Bill Spindle in The Wall Street Journal, May 15, 2018. This reminds me of jamming in electronic warfare. If enough junk clogs up a few main social media systems, then manipulating politics through the social media will be harder. And, the 2019 landscape will be different from 2014, when people were more trusting.

NCLT has a crucial role to play, but does it have enough capacity for it? by A K Bhattacharya in Business Standard, May 14, 2018.

Walmart-Flipkart: Young Entrepreneurs’ Pride, Government’s Shame by Raghav Bahl in Bloomberg, May 13, 2018.

Simplify the NPS in Business Line, May 13, 2018.

The Ugly Side of the Relentless Demands Made Upon India’s Public Sector Banks by Anjan Basu in The Wire, May 12, 2018.

Attacks upon freedom of speech in Pakistan: Pakistan’s military is waging a quiet war on journalists by Kiran Nazish in Vox, May 3, 2018.

A group of articles by Ashok Gulati in the Indian Express: From Plate to Plough: Four years of neglecting farmers, From Plate to Plough: Premium delayed, farmer denied and From Plate to Plough: Pieces of a market.