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Xinnian kuaile (Happy New Year)

I’ve just returned from a wonderful holiday in Thailand over the new year, and, my God, what a fabulous country. We hadn’t been there in over 10...

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Streamline agri-food policies

Streamline agri-food policies

Prime Minister Narendra Modi says that his government is in “Reform Express” mode, having carried out several reforms ranging from income tax,...

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​​​India’s AI railway moment

Artificial intelligence will shape the 21st century much as steam power, railways, electricity, and the telegraph shaped the 19th. Those technologies...

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AI exuberance in finance has real costs

AI exuberance in finance has real costs

India’s digital story is, by any measure, a remarkable achievement. In little over a decade, India has built public digital infrastructure that many...

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India’s PPP journey and the road ahead

Infrastructure investments are not only a prime driver of future GDP growth, but also generators of significant rural employment. A recent Morgan...

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Keeping India open and secure

Keeping India open and secure

India’s success in manufacturing exports, particularly in electronics, autos, and renewables, depends on trade in intermediate and capital goods....

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India’s next credit reform

By Arvind Gupta & Saravanan Nattanmai India’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) has already delivered one of the most consequential financial...

15.01.2026 10

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Vibe coding lets non-coders set foot in a world previously inaccessible

By Siddharth Pai There was a time when learning to code felt like acquiring a second language, one you had to practice for years before you could...

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The global order in 2026

One year of Trump 2.0 has turned out to be a shadow cast across the world, and 2026 is unlikely to lighten the shadow. While every country advances...

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As we go digital, buildings must catch up

As we go digital, buildings must catch up

Over the past decade, India has seen a remarkable digital transformation. With among the world’s lowest mobile data tariffs and the highest levels...

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Why haven’t tariffs crashed the US economy?

Why haven’t tariffs crashed the US economy?

When US President Donald Trump took office last January, most economists feared what would happen if he raised tariffs. The expectation was that as...

11.01.2026 10

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New wine in old bottles

New wine in old bottles

The latest initiative in the area of critical minerals is Pax Silica (PS). It is a US-led move which also includes countries such as Japan, South...

10.01.2026 10

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2025 reset cooperation priorities

2025 reset cooperation priorities

In an increasingly splintered world mired in geopolitical uncertainties, 2025 was a defining year to synchronise and reset international priorities on...

10.01.2026 10

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Coping with CBAM

Coping with CBAM

From January 1, every shipment of Indian steel and aluminium to the European Union will face a carbon tax as the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment...

09.01.2026 20

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When ease of doing business aids tunnelling

When ease of doing business aids tunnelling

Related-party transactions (RPTs) occupy a governance grey zone: they can make businesses run more smoothly, but they can also become vehicles for...

09.01.2026 10

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Why IndiGo still matters

Why IndiGo still matters

By Amit Kapoor and Richard Dasher India is now becoming an unusually crowded graveyard of airlines. Carriers have repeatedly expanded and collapsed...

08.01.2026 10

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Resolving India’s grid bottlenecks

Resolving India’s grid bottlenecks

​​​​​​​For over a decade, India has pursued one of the world’s most ambitious renewable energy transitions, rapidly scaling solar and...

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From parched fields to prosperity​​​​​​​

From parched fields to prosperity​​​​​​​

Victor Hugo once wrote “No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.” In contemporary India, in the midst of drought in 2015-16, Prime...

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India’s hits & misses in 2025

India’s hits & misses in 2025

By Harsh V Pant & Aditya G Sivamurthy The death of student activist Sharif Osman Hadi has once again plunged Bangladesh into chaos. Violent mobs...

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Adam Smith and American independence

2026 marks the 250th anniversary of American independence and Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations (WoN). It is really interesting how these two landmark...

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The US’ post-Trump China strategy

With the United States in the hands of an unstable president, diplomacy is not the answer for a conflict-prone US-China relationship. The striking...

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From energy scarcity to abundance

For decades, arguably for the entirety of human history, those with control over coal, oil, gas, and even steam and wood dictated the pace of global...

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Up your game with digital twins

By Rashesh Mody In cricket, the most valuable player (MVP) is the one who consistently turns the tide with match-winning performances. In business,...

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Microgrids to the rescue

Given limited progress at COP30 on mitigation goals, resilience can no longer be a peripheral chapter in climate discourse. For India, this shift is...

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Economics in the 21st century

By Atanu Biswas As the global economy entered the 21st century, it unavoidably carried the scars and lingering effects of the 1990s dot-com bubble...

01.01.2026 10

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When corporate fraud outpaces enforcement

The recent extradition proceedings against Mehul Choksi and the allegations of money laundering against Reliance ADAG have once again spotlighted...

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The reality of India’s IPO boom

India is currently experiencing one of the most vibrant initial public offering (IPO) cycles in the country’s market history. A total of around Rs...

28.12.2025 10

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Mapping states’ fiscal health

State finances depend on the instruments used, resources raised, and their allocation to different sectors consistent with the population  and...

28.12.2025 10

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Reflections on 100 years of RSS

The Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh (RSS), popularly called ‘Sangh’, is celebrating its centenary. Various celebrations are being organised by it to...

28.12.2025 20

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Get ready for an overdue Fed overhaul

Today, there is a level of discord within the United States Federal Reserve that has rarely been seen in modern history. Nearly all experienced market...

27.12.2025 10

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Newsmakers of the year: Trump | Chaos & calm in a world of churn

By Vamsee Juluri When Donald Trump announced his candidature to run for president a second time, it seemed improbable for many Americans that he...

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The IndiGo fiasco and surge pricing

At the Delhi airport last week, a middle-aged professional, stranded after his Indigo flight was cancelled late evening, refreshed his booking app...

26.12.2025 10

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China’s geo-economic tactics

China’s $1 trillion trade surplus is not just a statistic. It is an affirmation of its ability to control global trade in a strategic fashion of its...

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How to fix Delhi’s air pollution disaster

By Nirvikar Singh Why has Delhi’s air pollution problem persisted? Is there a way to fix it? For at least a decade, Delhi’s air has been...

24.12.2025 10

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Drinking the financial Kool-aid 

By Shankar Sharma Dermatologists know many secrets. But the best one is that Botox has long-term effects which are not all good. You are never told...

24.12.2025 10

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Reforming fertiliser subsidy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set a national wide-ranging reform drive in motion. From income tax, goods and services tax (GST) to labour laws,...

22.12.2025 10

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The buyback conundrum

On November 14, two companies, GHCL and Infosys-both highly regarded entities-offered to buy back their shares from existing shareholders. While GHCL...

22.12.2025 10

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Growing trade imbalances demand course correction

By N Chandra Mohan, The writer is an economics and business commentator based in New Delhi France’s President Emmanuel Macron rightly underscored...

21.12.2025 10

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Future of industrial revolution

By Annika Olme, CTO & Senior Vice-President, Technology Development, SKF Industrial transformation is often described through technologies like...

20.12.2025 4

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Boards in a ‘no second chances’ era

By Srinath Sridharan, The author is corporate advisor and independent director If you feel the world is expecting boards to know more, decide faster,...

20.12.2025 3

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Utilise green credit plan to fight pollution

The national capital is facing one of its worst pollution crises, with the air quality index consistently exceeding 450 and remaining in the...

20.12.2025 3

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India’s policy signalling problem

By Aasheerwad Dwivedi & Aditya Sinha, Dwivedi is Assistant Professor (Economics), Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University; Sinha writes on...

19.12.2025 3

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When usual dynamics deceive

Lower crude oil prices are perceived to be positive for India’s external balances as it reduces the oil import bill, boosts net USD inflows, and...

19.12.2025 3

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Quality-adjusted HDI changes perspective

Human development index (HDI)—comprising income, health, and education elements—introduced by the United Nations Development Programme in 1990 has...

19.12.2025 3

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A disservice to dignity of labour

By Nikhil Dey & Aruna Roy On Monday, with no prior consultation, the central government scheduled the introduction of a Bill to repeal the Mahatma...

18.12.2025 20

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Opening nuclear power to private capital

The introduction of the Atomic Energy Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha represents a fundamental restructuring of India’s nuclear sector, creating...

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Create more space to let solar power flow

By VP Singh, Pradeep S Mehta & Akash Sharma India needs to install nearly 50 gigawatt (Gw) of renewable energy (RE) annually to reach its goal of...

17.12.2025 10

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The persisting Indo-China border challenge

Reports that an Indian woman was harassed and detained for 18 hours while transiting through China recently has sparked off a political storm. The...

16.12.2025 10

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When Prada prices our heritage

When luxury Italian fashion house Prada showcased sandals resembling Kolhapuri chappals in its Spring/Summer 2026 men’s collection—selling them as...

16.12.2025 10

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The future of Trump tariffs

President Trump began his second term of office in January by declaring a trade and tariff war against the US’s trading partners. Not only did he...

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