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Taxing agri incomes: A proposal that could be a game-changer in boosting budgetary outlays

As Budget 2026 is only weeks away, there is bound to be intense speculation about what it entails for important sectors of the economy like...

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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

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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Across the aisle by P Chidambaram: A new sheriff in town

Two hundred years after the Monroe Doctrine was declared by the 5th President of the United States, and despite the widespread doubt about its...

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Inside Track by Coomi Kapoor: Random selection

The surprise appointment of Nitin Nabin, 46, the relatively inexperienced MLA from Bihar, as BJP working president is the upshot of a long-standing...

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Freedom’s limit

Deregulation is increasingly becoming a key strategy for economies worldwide, as they seek to wriggle out of persistently low growth. The need to...

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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...

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2025 reset cooperation priorities

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

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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...

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Choking on inaction

The Supreme Court’s latest rebuke of a government body over hazardous air pollution in Delhi is warranted, given the persistently tardy response to...

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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...

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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...

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Navigating through a Fractured Age

By N Chandra Mohan Looking ahead, India’s strategic challenge is to navigate through a world economy that is fragmenting broadly into US- and Sino-...

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N Chandra Mohan

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...

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