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Between begging & belligerence: The psychology of getting customer service to help

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Tushar Gore

Working Naam Ke Vaaste on Benami Dealings: The politics of a name

Working Naam Ke Vaaste on Benami Dealings: The politics of a name

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yesterday 10

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Jug Suraiya

Politicians are emerging as India's new breed of brand endorsers

Politicians are emerging as India's new breed of brand endorsers

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yesterday 10

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Indrajit Hazra

Why footpaths in this country are not paved with the best of intentions

Why footpaths in this country are not paved with the best of intentions

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yesterday 10

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Palash Krishna Mehrotra

Curb misselling, not agents: Insurance reform needs a scalpel, not a hammer

Curb misselling, not agents: Insurance reform needs a scalpel, not a hammer

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yesterday 10

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Sriram Kalyanaraman

AI and teachers

AI and teachers

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yesterday 10

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Neil Vimalkumar

Energy efficiency: India's next strategic power resource

Energy efficiency: India's next strategic power resource

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yesterday 10

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Samir Saran

Let's know what we eat: The type of front-of-pack labels consumers actually need

Let's know what we eat: The type of front-of-pack labels consumers actually need

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yesterday 20

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Rohit Kumar Singh

Nepal’s flood disaster is bigger than the climate blame game

Nepal’s flood disaster is bigger than the climate blame game

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Safi A Rizvi

India has a solar land problem. Its reservoirs may hold the answer

India has a solar land problem. Its reservoirs may hold the answer

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Hitesh Doshi

2.7 ka 7.8, 7.8 ka 2.8... The data debate behind India’s GDP growth

2.7 ka 7.8, 7.8 ka 2.8... The data debate behind India’s GDP growth

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previous day 20

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Ram Singh

​Make growth piggyback on savings

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previous day 20

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Roopa Kudva

Celebrating Krishn

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Kamlesh Tripathi

Just Join the Paani Points: India’s data centre boom puts water use and local security under scrutiny

Just Join the Paani Points: India’s data centre boom puts water use and local security under scrutiny

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02.09.2026 10

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Nitin Bassi

India’s IPO party is in full swing. Just don’t mistake debut-day gains for a winning bet

India’s IPO party is in full swing. Just don’t mistake debut-day gains for a winning bet

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02.09.2026 20

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Ananya Roy

Cash no king, but don't stash it: India wants a digital economy, but cash still holds the power of choice

Cash no king, but don't stash it: India wants a digital economy, but cash still holds the power of choice

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02.09.2026 10

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Ateesh Tankha

Journey, not destination

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02.09.2026 20

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Sumit Paul

From more to meaning

01.09.2026 20

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Shibani Belwalkar

Can a right to collect toll become taxable payment? The GST question

01.09.2026 10

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Tanessa Puri

Our city-city needs bang-bang: India’s booming cities have a governance problem

Our city-city needs bang-bang: India’s booming cities have a governance problem
01.09.2026 20

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Shreya Nath

Bringing order to disorder: Wars without winners allow India to offer a safe path to economic recovery

Bringing order to disorder: Wars without winners allow India to offer a safe path to economic recovery
01.09.2026 20

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Pranab Dhal Samanta

Stories of humanity

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31.08.2026 20

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Prithwis Datta

From Tech NAM to NAS: India’s case for tech sovereignty through strategic choices

From Tech NAM to NAS: India’s case for tech sovereignty through strategic choices

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31.08.2026 10

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Jaspreet Bindra

Despite a strong Q1 showing, risks are on the upside, thanks to geopolitics and geo-economics

Despite a strong Q1 showing, risks are on the upside, thanks to geopolitics and geo-economics

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31.08.2026 20

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Mythili Bhusnurmath

Mount a Bid to Fix Gaspirations: India’s educated unemployed emerge as a new electoral force

Mount a Bid to Fix Gaspirations: India’s educated unemployed emerge as a new electoral force

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31.08.2026 20

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Anil Padmanabhan

Awareness that remains

Awareness that remains

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30.08.2026 20

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Lakshmi R Srinivas

Is your data truly yours? India's sovereignty struggle with foreign cloud providers and AI

Is your data truly yours? India's sovereignty struggle with foreign cloud providers and AI

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30.08.2026 20

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Santosh Kumar Agrawal

HDFC Bank faces governance test as CEO exit raises questions

HDFC Bank faces governance test as CEO exit raises questions

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30.08.2026 20

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Srinath Sridharan

Chutney goes global: From Indian kitchens to Caribbean music and British supermarket shelves

Chutney goes global: From Indian kitchens to Caribbean music and British supermarket shelves

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30.08.2026 20

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Sudha G Tilak

Dolly Parton wasn't just travelin' thru

Dolly Parton wasn't just travelin' thru

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29.08.2026 20

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Anna Mm Vetticad

Elevator, that space where you leave all that elevated discussion behind

Elevator, that space where you leave all that elevated discussion behind

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29.08.2026 20

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Papa Cj

How to turn the light off and keep it on

How to turn the light off and keep it on

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29.08.2026 20

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Indrajit Hazra

5 traits of good leaders

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28.08.2026 20

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Hasmukh Adhia

Saptadhara is seven streams of rhetoric, not a growth strategy

Saptadhara is seven streams of rhetoric, not a growth strategy

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28.08.2026 20

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Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar

Enterprise AI needs custom fit

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28.08.2026 20

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Surya Gummadi

Tourist destinations, not government assets

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28.08.2026 20

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Hemant Joshi

Nepal’s deadly flood is a warning no one is listening to

Nepal’s deadly flood is a warning no one is listening to

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27.08.2026 10

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Brabim Karki

Canada’s trade war is forcing a rethink of who its friends are

Canada’s trade war is forcing a rethink of who its friends are

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27.08.2026 20

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Arnie Guha

Off with offset training wheels

Off with offset training wheels

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27.08.2026 20

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Rajiv Roy-Chaudhury

Krishn's bliss

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27.08.2026 10

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A K Jagannathan

Gigged and Gagged: Algorithms, gig platforms are reshaping cities faster than planners and regulations can adapt

Gigged and Gagged: Algorithms, gig platforms are reshaping cities faster than planners and regulations can adapt

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27.08.2026 10

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Amir Hyder Khan

We are all migrants

We are all migrants

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26.08.2026 20

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Sudha Devi Nayak

The world is burning less. Why does it feel like it’s burning more?

The world is burning less. Why does it feel like it’s burning more?

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26.08.2026 20

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Bjørn Lomborg

Secular ethics

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26.08.2026 20

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Xiv Dalai Lama

India’s Reinsurance: Hidden tax or treaty? Best way to expand tax base is to redraw map of where business is done

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26.08.2026 30

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Poonam Khaira Sidhu

Five roles that a board leader alone must don, instead of merely being at the helm of meetings

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25.08.2026 30

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Harsh Mariwala

Agnipath reforms: Why Agniveers need longer service, higher retention and better career prospects

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24.08.2026 20

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Kamal Davar

Ethanol is not the whole story behind India’s sugar price surge

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24.08.2026 20

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Nirmal Ganguly

Few minutes of nothingness

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24.08.2026 20

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Narayani Ganesh

India-US ties are looking up, but the Russia and Iran sanctions bill, FCRA & BRICS will test reset

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24.08.2026 20

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Seema Sirohi