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Populism and political parties often function as synonyms. Parties tend to encash whatever is popular. They have often resorted to populist measures,...
After the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) poor Lok Sabha performance in Maharashtra in June this year, Devendra Fadnavis famously likened himself to...
One of the ideas behind moving the headquarters of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India to Hyderabad way back in 2001, was to...
The only argument in favour of the Group of Ministers’ (GoM) recommendation of a special goods and services (GST) rate, in addition to a slew of...
Any sense that India was perhaps spared when US President-elect Donald Trump threatened a 25% tariff on Canada, Mexico, and China on day one of his...
The unrelenting backlash against Jaguar’s rebranding exercise raises a relevant question: Why do some of the most iconic companies make mistakes in...
The poor corporate results for the September quarter were signalling a loss of momentum in the economy driven by weak consumption demand, but even the...
The government is reportedly contemplating more incentives for manufacturing, and this time around job creation and capital expenditure may be the key...
Agrarian distress continues to stalk the land as farmers under the banner of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) (apolitical) who have been staging a...
For many years now, concerns have been expressed about the quantum of royalties paid by companies to their parents overseas for the use of brands and...
The kindest way to describe the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) summit’s adoption of a $300 billion-a-year global finance target till 2035 is...
The scale of the victory of the ruling alliances in both Maharashtra and Jharkhand should be a big relief as it marks political stability. Attempts by...
“I love watching women’s golf. It’s so much more relatable,” says a member on the r/golf subreddit. It’s a comment that you’ll find...
With the US federal courts charging Gautam Adani and others with bribing Indian government officials for winning renewable energy contracts and...
The global trading order is likely to be disrupted by the incoming Donald Trump-led Republican administration which India cannot be immune from. As...
When it comes to India’s economic competitiveness, the still-considerable “deadweight losses”, caused by the inefficiencies that pervade both...
Roll down the window of your bullet-proof car, Mr Prime Minister. The security threat is not the gun; it is the air of Delhi.” This was the headline...
The National Democratic Alliance regime is optimistic of attracting $100 billion annually in foreign direct investments (FDI) as it is currently the...
Donald Trump’s Landslide victory in US elections has brought the focus back on cryptocurrencies, which saw their market capitalisation cross $3...
Public policy debates often centre around the issue of level playing field. The term has been the most misused and abused as parties with vested...
It is instructive to note that industry chambers have refrained from demanding another reduction in the rate of corporation tax after it was slashed...
As the 12-day Conference of the Parties (COP29) gets close to its mid-point at Baku, Azerbaijan, much is being made out of India’s low-key presence...
Two facts tell the story of the state of the passenger vehicle (PV) industry. The first is that sales are stuck in the slow lane and will not exceed...
The unpleasant surprise in the retail inflation number for October, which rose to a 14-month high of 6.2% year-on-year (y-o-y), has all but pushed a...
The Supreme Court’s (SC) order to liquidate Jet Airways will not have any material impact on the country’s aviation sector as the airline was...
When global trade faces headwinds and protectionism is gaining ground, the big question is whether India should reconsider its decision to not be a...
China’s $1.4-trillion plan aimed at rebooting the economy, by authorising local governments to refinance debt, may appear substantial on paper....
India’s financial sector regulators have done an impressive job in keeping things in order in the broader markets. The problem is that sometimes the...
Donald Trump’s stunning return to the White House requires India to be more circumspect regarding its external-sector policies, including strategic...
It took more than two decades to be delivered, but it’s better late than never. The verdict of the nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court that not...
The good news for the India growth story is that steel industry players, both domestic and foreign, have big-ticket plans for expanding capacities or...
India’s kirana stores are no strangers to obituaries being written about them every time there is a disruption in the marketplace. The first one was...
Even before the retreat of Covid-19, it was evident that one of the biggest impacts of the pandemic would result in making alterations to, rather than...
It is by now evident that stress in unsecured credit is rising. Even as the growth in personal loan portfolios has slowed, lenders have seen an...
The possibilities of domestically assembling a civilian passenger aircraft definitely appear within striking distance with the inauguration of the...
Recent exhortations by the chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu to their respective people to raise more children have brought to the fore...
Last week, film-maker Karan Johar sold 50% stakes of his family-founded studio, Dharma Productions, to Adar Poonawalla, the chief executive officer of...
Global CEOs are prone to making effusive comments about the country they are visiting. But it would be churlish to put Nvidia Corp founder and CEO...