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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...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi says that his government is in “Reform Express” mode, having carried out several reforms ranging from income tax,...
Artificial intelligence will shape the 21st century much as steam power, railways, electricity, and the telegraph shaped the 19th. Those technologies...

India’s digital story is, by any measure, a remarkable achievement. In little over a decade, India has built public digital infrastructure that many...
Infrastructure investments are not only a prime driver of future GDP growth, but also generators of significant rural employment. A recent Morgan...

India’s success in manufacturing exports, particularly in electronics, autos, and renewables, depends on trade in intermediate and capital goods....
By Arvind Gupta & Saravanan Nattanmai India’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) has already delivered one of the most consequential financial...
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...
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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

By Harsh V Pant & Aditya G Sivamurthy The death of student activist Sharif Osman Hadi has once again plunged Bangladesh into chaos. Violent mobs...
2026 marks the 250th anniversary of American independence and Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations (WoN). It is really interesting how these two landmark...
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...
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...
By Rashesh Mody In cricket, the most valuable player (MVP) is the one who consistently turns the tide with match-winning performances. In business,...
Given limited progress at COP30 on mitigation goals, resilience can no longer be a peripheral chapter in climate discourse. For India, this shift is...
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...
The recent extradition proceedings against Mehul Choksi and the allegations of money laundering against Reliance ADAG have once again spotlighted...
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...
State finances depend on the instruments used, resources raised, and their allocation to different sectors consistent with the population and...
The Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh (RSS), popularly called ‘Sangh’, is celebrating its centenary. Various celebrations are being organised by it to...
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...
By Vamsee Juluri When Donald Trump announced his candidature to run for president a second time, it seemed improbable for many Americans that he...
At the Delhi airport last week, a middle-aged professional, stranded after his Indigo flight was cancelled late evening, refreshed his booking app...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
On November 14, two companies, GHCL and Infosys-both highly regarded entities-offered to buy back their shares from existing shareholders. While GHCL...
By N Chandra Mohan, The writer is an economics and business commentator based in New Delhi France’s President Emmanuel Macron rightly underscored...
By Annika Olme, CTO & Senior Vice-President, Technology Development, SKF Industrial transformation is often described through technologies like...
By Srinath Sridharan, The author is corporate advisor and independent director If you feel the world is expecting boards to know more, decide faster,...
The national capital is facing one of its worst pollution crises, with the air quality index consistently exceeding 450 and remaining in the...
By Aasheerwad Dwivedi & Aditya Sinha, Dwivedi is Assistant Professor (Economics), Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University; Sinha writes on...
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...
Human development index (HDI)—comprising income, health, and education elements—introduced by the United Nations Development Programme in 1990 has...
By Nikhil Dey & Aruna Roy On Monday, with no prior consultation, the central government scheduled the introduction of a Bill to repeal the Mahatma...
The introduction of the Atomic Energy Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha represents a fundamental restructuring of India’s nuclear sector, creating...
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...
Reports that an Indian woman was harassed and detained for 18 hours while transiting through China recently has sparked off a political storm. The...
When luxury Italian fashion house Prada showcased sandals resembling Kolhapuri chappals in its Spring/Summer 2026 men’s collection—selling them as...
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...