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Sree Vijaykumar From the Editor's Desk Governments and anti-terrorism officials can take a leaf out of the Al Capone arrest playbook to disrupt terrorist attacks. By 1931, Al Capone had become the US's first celebrity criminal. His activities were notorious, including murder, bribery and running illegal breweries. But the government would have trouble convicting Capone of his most heinous offences in a criminal court for various reasons, including the code of omerta (silence) embedded in mob culture. Instead, prosecutors charged Capone with tax evasion, prompting the incredulous mobster to say, "The government can't collect legal taxes from illegal money." Capone was wrong, and tax evasion charges proved to be his downfall. Though one effect of this strategy was often shorter criminal sentences than might otherwise be obtained, the architects of this policing model believed the trade-off was acceptable. As one analyst put it, even shorter sentences "may nonetheless be efficient in disrupting logistical networks and planning". With all the data India has on terrorists, a counter-intuitive strategy might be to go after them with smaller charges and get them behind bars (in India, Pakistan or elsewhere), even if for shorter durations, where they are less effective in plotting attacks. Perceived as less damaging, we might even get Pakistan to co-operate with us on this - Comment Ramdev’s Patanjali offered loans by ICICI, HDFC Bank; firm looks to raise Rs 1,000 crore this fiscal Patanjali Ayurved, which is competing with Nestle & ITC, plans to raise funds as it aims to double its production capacity to 2,000 tonnes a day. The Real Deal with Email and What TradeBriefs does right So, here’s the real deal with email. 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Why the rules against heavy discounts will actually help the ecommerce bandwagon Amazon India has almost doubled its authorized capital to Rs.16,000 crore, exceeding its massive capital commitment of $2 billion made in July 2014. Indian ecommerce players brace for Alibaba's onset, keep an eye out on Amazon For Indias ecommerce sector, then, Alibabas much spoken-of India launch is one challenge facing the industry in the midst of a painful transition. How an Alibaba arm offers mouth-watering deals that Indian ecommerce players can't An Indian seller, after getting the product from China, adds to it his margin, logistics cost, inventory holding cost and other taxes, which inflate its price. Govt slashes spectrum use charge, phone bills may drop Xiaomi Mi 5 review blog: Incredibly light flagship that looks premium Xiaomi Mi 5, the flagship device is s now officially available in India at a starting price of Rs 24,999. Here's our daily live review of the smartphone. 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Wipro promotes four senior executives to president rank for leadership retention Wipro has promoted four senior executives including elevating human resources chief Saurabh Govil to the rank of president. Wipro to set up BPO centre in Saudi Wipro to set up BPO centre in Saudi TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 10,00,000 Industry Executives India Business Brief | India Retail News | India Food Brief | India Telecom Brief | India Finance Brief | India Software Brief | India Digital Brief | India Ecommerce Brief | India Franchise Brief | India HR Brief | India Logistics Brief | India Construction Brief About Us  |  Advertise Privacy Policy    Unsubscribe You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs. Our mailing address is GF 25/39, West Patel Nagar, New Delhi 110008, India