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Industrial alcohol is the GST Council's unfinished federal business: States won the legal fight, but the 18% GST still applies

Industrial alcohol is the GST Council's unfinished federal business: States won the legal fight, but the 18% GST still applies

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Najib Shah

Bengal, count plants, not promises: The real test of its industrial comeback

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Diva Jain

Misselling misunderstood: The regulator’s proposal is tantamount to addressing the symptom, while ignoring the cause

Misselling misunderstood: The regulator’s proposal is tantamount to addressing the symptom, while ignoring the cause

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Ateesh Tankha

The business case for climate action

The business case for climate action

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Jesper Brodin

Good, bad and ugly

Good, bad and ugly

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Narayani Ganesh

RBI MPC must raise rates as inflation and external risks rise

RBI MPC must raise rates as inflation and external risks rise

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Mythili Bhusnurmath

PRIM, But Is It Proper? Sebi lowers the velvet rope to ₹25 lakh, but the fees can still stack up

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yesterday 10

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Krishnan Ranganathan

Suniye ji, your fun isn't fun for everyone

Suniye ji, your fun isn't fun for everyone

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Reshom Majumdar

Chief election commissioner Kahaniyan: There are CECs, and there are CECs — no matter their personalities, their looks have hardly been deceptive

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Indrajit Hazra

Oh, another India-Pakistan mismatch

Oh, another India-Pakistan mismatch

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Anand Vasu

CBAM can help India build a greener, competitive export sector

CBAM can help India build a greener, competitive export sector

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S C Ralhan

Alchemy of a soothing word

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Prithwis Datta

Everyone wants your attention. Media is changing because of it

Everyone wants your attention. Media is changing because of it

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Punit Goenka

Granular district data on unincorporated sector will help create plans to raise productivity

Granular district data on unincorporated sector will help create plans to raise productivity

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Soumya Chakraborty

Leadership masterclass

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Chetan Savla

CEO succession: How boards can build a strong leadership pipeline

CEO succession: How boards can build a strong leadership pipeline

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Harsh Mariwala

Mr Prez, use your discretion wisely

Mr Prez, use your discretion wisely

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01.10.2026 10

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Mohit Saraf

BRICS isn’t killing the dollar. The world is learning to live without it

BRICS isn’t killing the dollar. The world is learning to live without it

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01.10.2026 20

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Stephanie Heng

A thought for today

A thought for today

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30.09.2026 10

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Sudha Devi Nayak

Dodging SaaSocalypse: AI’s enterprise moment could belong to IT services

Dodging SaaSocalypse: AI’s enterprise moment could belong to IT services

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30.09.2026 10

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Amit Singh

RBI’s wait and watch phase is over as inflation demands a rate hike

RBI’s wait and watch phase is over as inflation demands a rate hike

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30.09.2026 20

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Shekhar Aiyar

What a sport is

What a sport is

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30.09.2026 10

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Sonal Srivastava

Just SIP, don't gulp or be thirsty

Just SIP, don't gulp or be thirsty

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30.09.2026 20

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Gaurav Rastogi

The great Indian trust bust: Why GoI shouldn't simply defend SIR numbers, but demand explanations

The great Indian trust bust: Why GoI shouldn't simply defend SIR numbers, but demand explanations

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30.09.2026 20

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Neeraj Kaushal

GST 2.0 revived demand. Now industry wants its tax credit unstuck

GST 2.0 revived demand. Now industry wants its tax credit unstuck

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30.09.2026 20

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Vivek Johri

Neighbourhood Power Play: Transmission lines are new pathways of India’s subcontinental influence

Neighbourhood Power Play: Transmission lines are new pathways of India’s subcontinental influence

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Pranab Dhal Samanta

In healthcare, the patient is the least informed consumer

In healthcare, the patient is the least informed consumer

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28.09.2026 20

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Rohit Kumar Singh

IRDAI insurance commission curbs: Why the industry is facing a reckoning

IRDAI insurance commission curbs: Why the industry is facing a reckoning

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28.09.2026 20

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Varun Dua

The Indispensables: Seven AI titans and an $18.6 trillion economic bet

The Indispensables: Seven AI titans and an $18.6 trillion economic bet

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28.09.2026 10

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Al Mason

Celebrating in stillness

Celebrating in stillness

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27.09.2026 20

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Rashmin Deshmukh

Xi-Trump summit: China gains diplomatic leverage as US-China trade truce extends, Taiwan tensions persist

Xi-Trump summit: China gains diplomatic leverage as US-China trade truce extends, Taiwan tensions persist

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27.09.2026 30

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Seema Sirohi

India banned online betting. It didn’t make it disappear

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27.09.2026 20

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Sugata Ghosh

There wasn’t much to Xi: A red carpet, a fragile truce and the search for US-China stability

There wasn’t much to Xi: A red carpet, a fragile truce and the search for US-China stability

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27.09.2026 10

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Kai Xue

More baby elephants, enough EC: It makes no sense to consume bad news, a world that feels good about good news should only stick to it

More baby elephants, enough EC: It makes no sense to consume bad news, a world that feels good about good news should only stick to it

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27.09.2026 20

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Indrajit Hazra

How Ed Sheeran went 'Indian' & didn't mix politics with his entertainment

How Ed Sheeran went 'Indian' & didn't mix politics with his entertainment

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26.09.2026 20

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Anuvab Pal

India could be 26% richer if more women join workforce

India could be 26% richer if more women join workforce

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26.09.2026 20

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Aditi Mittal

BRICS khichdi simmering in the global pot

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26.09.2026 20

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Jug Suraiya

Keep calm and carry on

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25.09.2026 20

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V Balasubramaniam

China's manufacturing scale shows the path to first-world status

China's manufacturing scale shows the path to first-world status

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25.09.2026 20

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Akshat Khandelwal

Smart rice policy would be nice

Smart rice policy would be nice

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25.09.2026 20

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Purnadev Jena

Show what you do & how: A reshuffle won’t fix Election Commission, only trustworthiness that it can demonstrate will

Show what you do & how: A reshuffle won’t fix Election Commission, only trustworthiness that it can demonstrate will

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25.09.2026 20

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Gilles Verniers

NSE IPO: A listing that matters beyond the market

NSE IPO: A listing that matters beyond the market

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25.09.2026 10

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Mrugank Paranjape

Get wise, not wild

Get wise, not wild

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24.09.2026 30

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Brahma Kumari Chakradhari

India’s election umpire must play by its own rulebook

India’s election umpire must play by its own rulebook

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24.09.2026 20

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Jay Vinayak Ojha

Beyond numbers: Why India’s electoral rolls, census and GDP need public trust

Beyond numbers: Why India’s electoral rolls, census and GDP need public trust

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24.09.2026 30

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Akshay Rout

Lesson from HDFC Bank contoversy: Boards of companies should not conduct business in haste

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24.09.2026 20

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Mc Govardhana Rangan

Invoking Ganesh

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23.09.2026 30

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Ganesh Kolambakar

New bounce in EPFO trampoline: How the wage ceiling revision will change things

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23.09.2026 20

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V Anantha Nageswaran

US-China AI talks: A two-power bargain that could leave the world with no say

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23.09.2026 30

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Subimal Bhattacharjee

AI may transform economies, but US-China rivalry makes slowing it down unlikely

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23.09.2026 30

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Dhiraj Nayyar