18-yr-old Indian becomes the world's youngest chartered accountant

An 18-year-old Indian in the United Arab Emirates has become the youngest affiliate with a global body for professional accountants, according to a media report. A graduate from the Indian High......

Moily's half-truth on barring tainted leaders

Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily recently said that chargesheeted candidates may be barred from polls. But those who attended consultations on electoral reforms say the government lacks the......

Excess in Vegas

Anyone remotely familiar with Las Vegas knows that it is all about numbers. It is known as the 'sin capital' of the world, panders to every vice known to man, and yes, to woman too, but gambling is......

IL&FS scam: Govt keen to get Deloitte, BSR banned

The ministry has also made Udayen Sen of Deloitte, and Kalpesh Mehta and Sampath Ganesh of BSR as respondents as they were the signatories of the audit reports of the company. The corporate......

'Corruption costs businesses more than sticking to the rules'

Helen Brand, the CEO of UK's Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, offers a CA's view on money laundering and how India's implementation of Ind-AS will make it more attractive to......

The IPO scam that changed India's primary market

Sebi had found irregularities in 21 IPOs between 2003 and 2005. Eleven years on, while 80% of scam-hit investors have been fully compensated, more than 50% of the sum is yet to be distributed,......

Decoding the real estate Bill

Sudipto Dey looks at some key legal and regulatory challenges facing the proposed real estate regulator.   When does the regulatory authority come into effect?   The central and the......

'CWG money could have been utilised better'

Advocate and sports enthusiast Rahul Mehra grabbed headlines when he locked horns with the Board of Control for Cricket in Indiain 2000 by filing a Public Interest Litigation against the body,......