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Rohit K Singh |
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A NEET Encrypted Tech Solution -- 15-May-26
Every year, India holds its breath for NEET, the single gateway exam through which 23 lakh aspirants compete for roughly 1 lakh medical seats.
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Seema Sirohi |
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What Happens in Beijing... -- 14-May-26
As Trump meets Xi over the next two days, what do the two summiteers want from each other?
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Rajiv Memani |
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Pull India Up By Its Bootstraps -- 13-May-26
On Sunday, Narendra Modi urged citizens to use critical resources like fuel judiciously, restrict overseas travel, and limit gold purchases.
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V K Saraswat & V K Singh |
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The Fine Art of Doing Science -- 12-May-26
The 2025 Global Innovation Index describes India as an 'overperformer', delivering more innovation output relative to its input levels than many of its peers.
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Ashok Banerjee & Rajesh Shukla |
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Mature Hands for Money -- 11-May-26
Over the past decade, India has executed one of the world's most ambitious financial inclusion programmes.
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Sanjay Kapoor & Sudhanshu Chawla |
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Second Date with Data Centres -- 08-May-26
India is entering a defining decade in digital infrastructure. Data centre capacity is expected to exceed 9 GW by 2030
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Seema Sirohi |
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Trump's Got Lost in the Muddle East -- 07-May-26
It's Week 10 of the war. But by Trump's count, �We're into what, six weeks?'
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Rajesh Agrawal |
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WTO & Watch to Bring Predictability -- 07-May-26
For much of the late 20 th and early 21 st c., WTO functioned as the central pillar of global commerce
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Parul Bajaj |
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Go Meet Shoppers Where They Are -- 06-May-26
India is shopping online more than ever before, with 280-300 mn online shoppers in 2025 accounting for $120-140 bn in ecommerce spends.
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Harsh Goenka / Gilles Verniers |
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ALTERNATIVES ROCK -- 05-May-26
Even as Bengal and Tamil Nadu opt for fresh options, SIR deletions hang in the air for future polls
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Ujjwal Katiyar |
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Chappal Phaad Ke, What Cost TMC -- 05-May-26
On Monday, BJP crossed the majority Lakshman rekha in West Bengal's 294seat assembly, ending 15 consecutive years of TMC rule.
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Mythili Bhusnurmath |
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Fed Up or Down with Don? -- 04-May-26
How independent Trump nominee Kevin Warsh will be as Fed chair matters far beyond the US
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Seema Sirohi |
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Big, Beautiful, Bunker-Ballroom -- 30-Apr-26
A third attempt on Donald Trump's life was sobering. It shocked the leftright animosity into a few hours of calm.
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Krishna Srinivasan |
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How Asia Rides Out W Asian Waves -- 30-Apr-26
Washington :�Two months into the West Asia conflict, it's easy to lose sight of the fact that Asia had entered 2026 on a strong footing.�
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Nandan Nilekani & Ravi Venkatesan |
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It's Popular Mechanics 101 -- 29-Apr-26
India's advantage lies in its potential to use AI to enhance human productivity, not replace it
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M Muneer |
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When the World's an Oyster for Sun -- 29-Apr-26
Rarely does India Inc wake up and decide to go shopping abroad with conviction. So, when Sun Pharma acquired New Jersey-based pharma major Organon for $11.75 bn
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Shefali Goradia & Deepti Berera |
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Let Bharat into the Boardroom -- 29-Apr-26
Not too long ago, at a roundtable for independent directors, a business leader passionately held forth on the �Bharat agenda'.�
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Ajay Vir Jakhar |
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Reap What We Sow Today -- 27-Apr-26
India needs to reduce the strategic importance of fertilisers through a bold agricultural policy
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Anand Datla |
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Betting Big on Amaravati -- 27-Apr-26
College Station, Texas:�Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Act 2026, passed earlier this month, finally nailed Amaravati to the map as the state's undisputed capital.�
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AVINASH MOHANANEY |
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China Keeping An Eye on US-Pakistan Tango -- 27-Apr-26
This risky double-game may dent Islamabad's relations with Beijing, as also cause international humiliation
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Amit Kapoor & Richard Dasher |
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Numbing Down of America -- 27-Apr-26
The attack in �non-hellhole' US points to a society stricken with atrocity overload and inured to crises
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Nirmal Jain |
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Branching Out Just Got Easier -- 27-Apr-26
RBI's recent notification easing branch opening norms for NBFCs may appear procedural.
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Pushpa Sundar |
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Fixing Those Creaking Boards -- 27-Apr-26
HDFC Bank's non-executive chairman and independent director Atanu Chakravarty's recent exit marks yet another episode of corporate turmoil.�
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Gilles Verniers |
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Chip, Chip, Chipping Away -- 24-Apr-26
Are GoI & Election Commission rewriting poll rules unilaterally and putting democracy in peril?
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Disha Shah |
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Lusting for Lasting in Instant Age -- 24-Apr-26
Something is shifting in how people decide to spend. After years of faster cycles, lower price points and relentless newness, a segment of consumers is pulling back.�
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R Narasimhan |
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Startups, Not the Only Game in Town -- 24-Apr-26
World Bank president Ajay Banga recently said that between 2025 and 2035, 1.2 bn young people will enter the global workforce.�
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Ujjwal Katiyar |
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Bengal's Defective Elections -- 23-Apr-26
Politicians switch parties here because the system consistently rewards leverage over loyalty
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Seema Sirohi |
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Yeh Dosti, a Bit Too Asymmetric? -- 23-Apr-26
US-Iran talks are stalled, and Trump has extended the ceasefire at Pakistan's request. Asim Munir couldn't bring Iran to a second round despite all the embellished messaging.
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Subimal Bhattacharjee |
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Constant AI Labelling, Lasting Pain -- 23-Apr-26
On April 21, MeitY added what may be the most operationally demanding compliance requirement yet proposed for social media (SM) platforms in India.
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Rohit Chandra & Ajay Mathur |
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Don't Waste a Good Crisis -- 22-Apr-26
India needs a body not just for putting out fires, but also for long-term strategic energy ideas
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Anjuli Bhargava |
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Why Goa is Goddess' Own Country -- 22-Apr-26
There's been much kerfuffle over women's reservation in Lok Sabha and state assemblies since last Saturday, when opposition parties blocked an amendment Bill in which GoI had linked women's reservation to delimitation.�
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ASHISH VAIDYA |
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It's Not Just War that Brought Re Down, it Needs Better Support -- 22-Apr-26
The INR accelerated depreciation due to the West Asia conflict calls for a rethink on the way to manage our countries fundamentals.
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Rajiv Memani |
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India's Chinese Techaway Option -- 21-Apr-26
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic,' Arthur C Clarke had observed.�
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Vidhu Shekhar |
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WIL fully Faulty Inequality Metrics -- 21-Apr-26
A 2024 World Inequality Lab (WIL) paper, �Economic Inequality in India: The �Billionaire Raj' is Now More Unequal Than the British Colonial Raj'
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Rathin Roy |
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Perpetually Unempowered -- 20-Apr-26
The delimitation debate reflects our inability to eschew the politics of handouts, caste and ethnicity
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Ratna Sahay & Aakash Dev |
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More, the Merrier -- 20-Apr-26
As Parliament concluded its special session on implementing the 33% Women's Reservation Act, the reform's socioeconomic benefits remain clear.�
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Akshay Rout |
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Represent Reality -- 20-Apr-26
Nothing could be further from the truth than the inference that �women have lost' because amendments to Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam Bill to implement reservation for women�
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Kai Xue |
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PROSPERITY IS PRAGMATIC -- 17-Apr-26
India-China energy cooperation doesn't require warm relations, or lofty civilisational rhetoric
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KumKum Dasgupta |
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Migrant Workers' Lingering Virus -- 17-Apr-26
Six years after the Covid lockdowndriven exodus, a familiar desperation is resurfacing.�
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Somnath Mukherjee |
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How to Spend Right to Put Up a Fight -- 17-Apr-26
With the ongoing war in West Asia, a precarious ceasefire notwithstanding, military modernisation has got another painful push.
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Aditya Sinha |
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Let Go of Control Freakery -- 16-Apr-26
Decontrol oil prices and replace cross-subsidies with targeted DBTs for needy households
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Make It Work for Gig Working Women -- AVINASH MOHANANEY
It's been a week of protests. Not just by factory China Keeping An Eye on US-Pakistan Tango
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Amit Kapoor & Richard Dasher |
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Numbing Down of America -- 27-Apr-26
The attack in �non-hellhole' US points to a society stricken with atrocity overload and inured to crises
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Nirmal Jain |
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Branching Out Just Got Easier -- 27-Apr-26
RBI's recent notification easing branch opening norms for NBFCs may appear procedural.
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Pushpa Sundar |
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