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After forcing the New York Governor to roll back congestion charges, US President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social: “CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD....
Transformative technological innovations of the twenty-first century have changed the way business is done the world over. Thousands of pages of...
The Economic Survey of 2016-17 summarised its desiderata in the following words: “It (Economic Survey) must possess a rare combination of gifts …....
Budgets come and go leaving behind a sea of unfulfilled expectations of taxpayers. However, Budget 2025 will long be remembered as one of the few...
Outgoing US President Joe Biden in his farewell address spoke of “dangerous concentration of power in the hands of very few ultra-wealthy people,...
Thousands of funny memes and outraged social media posts followed in the wake of a viral video of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Chairman SN Subrahmanyan,...
Lack of friends at a time when India is a significant military and economic power surprises oldtime diplomats. Within living memory, the pendulum has...
After the disastrous electoral consequences of Sanjay Gandhi’s infamous population control experiments of the Emergency era, all Governments fought...
During its 55th meeting, the GST Council clarified that tax treatment for popcorn would depend on its flavour and the way it was sold; while...
Nowadays, a headline common to days the Parliament is in session reads: “Parliamentary proceedings disrupted due to ruckus by Parliamentarians,”...
There was a time, not too long ago, when the mere mention of money was anathema in sports ~ professionals were allowed in Wimbledon for the first...
Indictment of the chairman and top executives of the Adani Group on bribery charges by a New York court, has set alarm bells ringing in India. Less...
Fifty years ago, Delhi was a pristine place, not yet discovered by the nouveau riche. Derided as an ‘overgrown village’ by Bombayites, it had broad...
US President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement of a proposed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) drew varied reactions. The choice of...
The 2024 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference, usually referred to as Conference of Parties 29 (COP29), will probably be the final...
There was a time prior to the 21st century when Great Britain, now mostly known as the UK, was really great. The same was true about the US and...
Psephology, the study of elections and voting, came into its own in India, after journalist and economist Prannoy Roy, writing for a weekly...
Mahatma Gandhi, the greatest man of the twentieth century, often talked about poverty. For the prophet of non-violence, poverty was the worst form...
The tragic death of a brilliant and talented young woman, through overwork and work-related tensions, has brought corporate culture in the...
The recent flood devastation across all major cities, was preceded by frequent fire accidents in offices, coaching classes, hospitals, gaming zones...
In tales of yore, there was always a Bahadur, at some level, accompanying Sahib Bahadur on his exploits. Though Sahib, now renamed as Boss, may...
Publication of the Annual Economic Survey, a day before the Union Budget, is a much-awaited event. Offering rare insights into the Government’s...
Washing away badly constructed bridges, flooding illegally constructed basements, causing potholes in newly inaugurated roads, and revealing non-...
As we advance into the digital age of the Anthro pocene Epoch, decision-makers place more and more reliance on computer programs, to the exclusion...
Coming after a wait of almost six months, the Uni on Budget had kindled hopes in many breasts only to be dashed rudely by the Budget document....
We are definitely living in anomalous times – what else could explain 40º Celsius temperatures in the snowbound plains of Siberia and Canada? Or...
Around 150 years ago, British PM Benjamin Disraeli said: “There are three types of lies ~ lies, damn lies, and statistics” ~ a statement as true...