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India’s deadly combo—market plunge, unemployment, stagnant wages & rising personal debt

One of Madhabi Puri Buch’s last acts as SEBI chairperson was to forcefully advocate the ‘sachetisation’ of mutual funds. It will only expose...

04.03.2025 20

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Trump’s F-35 offer tests Modi’s Atmanirbhar pitch. We can’t buy our way out of tech race

We are throwing money at imports while slipping behind competitors—China, certainly, but also Iran, South Korea, and Turkey—in technologies like...

18.02.2025 10

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What did Budget 2025 accomplish? Consumption boost for wealthy taxpayers, selective tariffs

There is no sign that the Modi government is abandoning the policies that have led India’s ‘Billionaire Raj’ to be more unequal than the British Raj.

02.02.2025 10

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Congress is not a ‘vote cutter’ party. It’s reviving in Delhi

Kejriwal positions himself as a heroic individual battling a corrupt system. Elected officials are just distractions and a citizen’s only...

31.01.2025 3

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Manmohan Singh saw the strategic trap Pakistan Army set for India. He didn’t fall for it

Instead of starting a war with Pakistan and giving it exactly what it wanted, the Manmohan Singh government worked to isolate Pakistan, and arrest the...

14.01.2025 10

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Modi govt is chasing imagined dragons with one nation, one election. Focus on real reforms

The Kovind Committee claims that the Election Commission’s Model Code of Conduct results in “governance deficit”. This argument is popular with...

24.12.2024 10

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On India-China disengagement, Modi must take Parliament into confidence. Just like former PMs

EAM Jaishankar’s Parliament statement should be a moment of celebration, but it has left foreign policy experts uneasy with the India-China...

10.12.2024 30

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Modi, Adani political & business monopolies come at a huge cost to democracy, market

In the bizarre world of the Adani scam, it is the opposition parties that are demanding an investigation into allegations against primarily...

26.11.2024 10

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Gujarat ahead of Maharashtra in wealth & economic success. Blame BJP’s power hunger games

The past decade – for most of which the state has been ruled by the Mahayuti – has not been kind to Maharashtra, especially in comparison to its...

19.11.2024 5

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A Donald Trump presidency threatens Indian economy. Just see his record

The chances of a trade war that raise inflation and reduce India’s economic growth are much higher under a Trump presidency.

05.11.2024 4

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Modi pushed more Indians into low-paying farm jobs. UPA govt industrialised economy

A decade later, it has become hollow to blame the UPA government or even Jawaharlal Nehru, especially given that the UPA government had a better...

22.10.2024 5

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Modi’s ‘Billionaire Raj’ is making India more unequal. So, freebies are a necessity

The appetite for government benefits has surged in recent years. The genius of Modi’s con job lies in driving the bottom of the pyramid further...

08.10.2024 2

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