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	Subimal Bhattacharjee	Download
	Is Nothing Secret Anymore? -- 13-Oct-25 Polymarket successfully predicting this year's Nobel Peace winner raises concerns beyond the prize

	Raj Shekhar Joshi	Download
	Economic is Ecological -- 13-Oct-25 India's economic growth trajectory is increasingly being defined by the growing frequency and intensity of climate-related disasters.ï¿½

	Kunal Bahl	Download
	Moonshots Need Moolah -- 10-Oct-25 Rs.1 lakh cr domestic fund can spark the next startup wave and show India is serious about innovation

	Sunil Barthwal	Download
	Old Ties Brew a New Trade Bond -- 10-Oct-25 When India embarked on negotiating an FTA with Britain, there was an uncanny sense that unless handled with diligence, it might never get signed.ï¿½

	Pawan Agarwal	Download
	You Are How Safely You Eat -- 10-Oct-25 India has moved from fragmented laws to a unified public health framework under FSSAI, evolving from standardsetting to actively building public trust.ï¿½

	Amitav Banerjeeï¿½& Rohit K Singh	Download
	Pharmacy of the Under World -- 09-Oct-25 For Bharat to ever be viksit, it must first start valuing its children's lives over quick bucks by fixing a broken drug control ecosystem

	Sumant Sinha & Udit Mathur	Download
	Renewing a Renewable Partnership -- 09-Oct-25 When British PM Keir Starmer gets down to the official end of his 2-day visit to India today, the spotlight will be on India-Britain partnership in climate action and energy transition.ï¿½

	AVINASH MOHANANEY	Download
	Pak Lays Baloch Pitch for China-US Proxy Conflict -- 08-Oct-25 How can Baloch separatists allow US to exploit resources when they are targeting Chinese for the same?

	Seema Sirohi	Download
	Trumpland's New BFF -- 08-Oct-25 Donald Trump's tilt towards Pakistan is undeniable. The US president finds the country's leadership useful for his plans in West Asia, amenable to his extractive tendencies, and ready to rush in where others fear to tread.

	Akshay Rout	Download
	Counting On Pre-Count -- 07-Oct-25 On Monday, EC announced that assembly elections in Bihar will be held on Nov 6 and 11, with counting and results scheduled for Nov 14.ï¿½

	Harsh Goenka	Download
	Can We Get Worldly Wise? -- 03-Oct-25 Why a global ï¿½Made in India' brand on the lines of Apple or Prada remains elusive, and how to fix it

	Varun Aggarwal & Aditya Sinha	Download
	R&D Needs a Smoother Ride -- 03-Oct-25 Aï¿½decade ago, subsidies and payments for services meant long queues, excessive paperwork and widespread leakages.ï¿½

	Narendra Modi	Download
	RSS Roadmap Guides India Beyond Foreign Dependence -- 02-Oct-25 If untouchability isn't wrong, nothing is ï¿½ Balasaheb Deoras Ji

	M Muneer	Download
	Abey, Get a Strategic Enemy! -- 02-Oct-25 Big brands choose an adversary to ï¿½bounce' themselves against ï¿½ politeness is passï¿½

	Guy Nir	Download
	BIT More Than Just Defence Ties -- 02-Oct-25 Imagine a future when ï¿½Make in India' metro trains run in Tel Aviv, while Israeli tech powers India's smart cities and infra projects. That future is no longer imagination. On Sept 8, India and Israel signed a bilateral investment treaty (BIT).

	Anil Padmanabhan	Download
	Direct to the Ladies, It Works -- 02-Oct-25 Last week, GoI initiated the transfer of Rs.10,000 into bank accounts of 75 lakh women in poll-bound Bihar.ï¿½

	Ateesh Tankha	Download
	Gaza Plan Can't Work Minus Redressal -- 01-Oct-25 At the end of World War 2, the Allies turned their attention to bringing the Nazi High Command to justice.ï¿½

	Ashish Dhawan & Praveen Khanghta	Download
	Hit This 6 to Keep It Ticking@10% -- 01-Oct-25 The world just got tougher. Tariffs are back, supply chains are more political and global trade growth has halved since 2010.ï¿½

	Jaspreet Bindra	Download
	Sir, a Great Diwali Choiceï¿½ -- 30-Sep-25 Agentic commerce will transform shopping into personalised buying -- brands must adapt fast

	Dhiraj Nayyar	Download
	Don't Be Shy, Deregulate -- 30-Sep-25 Of late, there have been several parallels drawn between India's 1991 moment and where it stands today.ï¿½

	Mythili Bhusnurmath	Download
	Second-Guessing the Guv -- 29-Sep-25 Here's what one hopes to hear from Sanjay Malhotra once the MPC meeting, beginning today, ends

	Amitava Saha & Gopal Saha	Download
	Sharper, Granular, Timely -- 29-Sep-25 In a rapidly transforming economic landscape, access to high-frequency employment statistics is crucial for detecting emerging trends, formulating targeted policies and evaluating their impact.

	S NAREN	Download
	Where Do Investors Go From Here? -- 29-Sep-25 The past one year has been unusual for Indian equities. For long, India has been among the best-performing markets globally, but that has changed.ï¿½

	Gilles Verniers	Download
	Less Visible Made Invisible -- 26-Sep-25 Never mind intent, banning caste display doesn't diminish but reinforces invisible ways caste works

	Ramnath Krishnan	Download
	Perfect GST Pill, Now for the Cure -- 26-Sep-25 GST rate changes unveiled on Sept 3 are expected to have a significant bearing on economic outcomes.ï¿½

	Manish Maheshwari	Download
	Why Flipkart Can't Do a PhonePe -- 26-Sep-25 What if two companies born under the same roof, nurtured by the same parent and scaling in the same Indian market end up taking radically different IPO paths? That's the paradox of PhonePe and Flipkart.

	Adil Rustomjee	Download
	Why This Disconnect Di? -- 25-Sep-25 Connection of stock market with real economy seems to be decreasing with time, and it's paradoxical

	Kaushik Das	Download
	Go for That 25 bps Snip! -- 25-Sep-25 It looks like MPC will deliver a 25 bps insurance repo rate cut on Oct 1 to ensure that ongoing domestic demand recovery doesn't lose steam.ï¿½

	Anirban Ghatak	Download
	Leftovers, Unless We Order -- 24-Sep-25 H-1B omb is classic screening ï¿½ it won't block all buyers, just makes them choose talent carefully

	Seema Sirohi	Download
	Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind -- 24-Sep-25 Donald Trump is changing the ground rules of geopolitics faster than players can adapt, let alone counter. There are no safe spaces, no escape routes. Everything is sanctioned, tariffed or weaponised. Even visas.

	Ananya Roy	Download
	Ingredients for a Rally on the Table -- 24-Sep-25 GST 2.0, monetary easing (which appears set to become even easier), and resumption of trade talks with the US seem to be aligning.ï¿½

	Harsh V Pant & Ayjaz Wani	Download
	Chabahar Wrong Port of Call for US -- 23-Sep-25 Last week, the Trump regime revoked the sanctions exemption for the strategic Chabahar Port, as part of its ï¿½maximum pressure policy' against Iran.ï¿½

	M Muneer	Download
	For H-1Bed-Out Talent, What's Here? -- 23-Sep-25 Trump's latest H-1Bomb, after his tariff missiles, has brought some ï¿½hope springs eternal'-walas out of the woodwork, proclaiming that the US' resultant loss of Indian talent will trigger a ï¿½reverse brain drain' to India. At first glance, that seems logical enough.

	T V Mohandas Pai & Nisha Holla	Download
	Atmagarbar America's Loss Can Be India's Gain -- 22-Sep-25 Trump's H-1Bomb won't solve US' skills crisis, but can accelerate shift of critical work offshore

	Ateesh Tankha	Download
	Trump Wields Club Rules, But Big Tech Will Still Pick Up the Best -- 22-Sep-25 If the invisible hand were to reveal itself, constantly interfering with self-interest, would it still be committed to creating a level and efficient playing field?

	Rajesh Shukla & Ashok Banerjee	Download
	Far More Than Pocket Money -- 19-Sep-25 Gen Z is shaping financial behaviours of households, peer groups and markets ï¿½ with caution

	Geeta S Rathore & Soumya Chakraborty	Download
	Don't Lose Sleep Over Job Dip Data -- 19-Sep-25 Recently, NSO released the first Quarterly Bulletin of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (QBUSE), covering Jan-Mar 2025 and Apr-Jun 2025.ï¿½

	Ganga Narayan Rath	Download
	Guard Rails Give Gold Loans Glow -- 19-Sep-25 Gold loans are billed as the safest bet in secured lending. High value (on Thursday, 10 gms in Delhi cost about ?1.12 lakh), tangible security and quick disbursal make them attractive for banks and NBFCs.

	Hasmukh Adhia	Download
	The Ever-Observant Solution-Finder -- 19-Sep-25 At the heart of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's journey in public life lies a particular habit: relentless observation.ï¿½

	Aditya Sinha	Download
	STOP BEING SO small-minded -- 18-Sep-25 If India persists in its 'socialist' cult of smallness, it will remain a society optimised for mediocrity

	Prathap C Reddy / Amit Varma	Download
	PRIVATE HEALTHCARE -- 18-Sep-25 Over the last four decades, India's health journey has evolved in profound ways. In the 1980s-90s, even the simplest access to primary care was a triumph for millions.ï¿½

	K M Chandrasekhar	Download
	Crank Up Trade Domain Knowhow -- 17-Sep-25 Donald Trump, with his beloved tariffs, has handed India a golden opportunity to reinvent India's multilateral trade management systems.ï¿½

	Ravi Kumar S & Rohan N Murty	Download
	In Our Model Era, Context is Code -- 17-Sep-25 For every major leap in computing, there's been an accompanying leap in services needed to achieve the promise of the new tech.ï¿½

	KUSH MEHRA President & CBO, Pine Labs	Download
	Starting Point! How PM Modi's Startup India Changed Innovation Landscape -- 17-Sep-25 When Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Startup India campaign in January 2016, the idea of India emerging as a global startup powerhouse looked ambitious.ï¿½

	Shivaji Dasgupta	Download
	Experience Cocktail Hours -- 16-Sep-25 Products & services are now merging seamlessly for richer, more engaging customer outcomes

	Madan Sabnavis	Download
	How Hungry (& Able) is Consumer? -- 16-Sep-25 There is much cautious optimism on consumption recovery this festival season.ï¿½

	Rajesh Aggarwal	Download
	Don't WTO bstruct, Lead It to Health -- 16-Sep-25 With US trade envoy Brendan Lynch and his team in Delhi, stalled talks on an India-US bilateral trade agreement are scheduled to resume today.ï¿½

	Saibal Dasgupta	Download
	Long and Short March of It -- 15-Sep-25 Xi flaunted China's firepower at the Victory Day Parade, but he really needs to fix the economy

	Kala S Sridhar	Download
	Sprawls to Make Us Crawl -- 12-Sep-25 India's population is 'suburbanising' fast, wide, carelesslyï¿½which means urban floods will worsen

	Puneet Chandok	Download
	AI Agents, Our Prompt Work Buddies -- 12-Sep-25 If someone told you in the 90s that you would be co-working with an AI agent, you'd have asked if it came with a coffee machine.ï¿½

	Chandra Bhushan	Download
	Our Ruhr Valley Needs REinvention -- 12-Sep-25 Spanning the coal-rich districts of Jharkhand and West Bengal, Damodar Valley (DV)ï¿½India's 'Ruhr Valley'ï¿½has powered the country's growth since Independence.ï¿½

	Prasanna Tantri	Download
	GST Cuts: Structural Reform, Not Stimulus -- 12-Sep-25 The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council's recent decision to rationalise slabs and cut rates has been widely celebrated as if it were a stimulus package.

	Pankaj Saran	Download
	It' Time for India to Introspect And Act in Good Faith -- 11-Sep-25 Any crisis in subcontinent has spillover effects on India; it is easier to identify what Nepal needs, but it is more difficult to provide solutions

	Narendra Modi	Download
	Mohanji a Living Example of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam -- 11-Sep-25 HAS DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO SOCIETAL TRANSFORMATION AND STRENGTHENING THE SPIRIT OF HARMONY

	Neeraj Kaushal	Download
	A Crash Course in Restraint -- 11-Sep-25 Why after Trump tariffs, the US and world economy are still holding up

	Sandeep Parekh & Purva Mandale	Download
	REIT InvITe to the Investment Party -- 11-Sep-25 The proposal to reclassify REIT and InvIT units as equity, outlined in Sebi' April 2025 consultation paper, could unlock capital for India' real estate and infrastructure sectors.ï¿½

	Brabim Karki	Download
	When Gen Z Gives a Wake-Up Call -- 11-Sep-25 Kathmandu :ï¿½Thousands of young Nepalis from across the country floodedthe streets of Kathmandu on Sept 8.ï¿½

	Seema Sirohi	Download
	Reboot, or Same-to-Same? -- 10-Sep-25 Trump's kinder, gentler words may have been seen in some quarters in Delhi as the first step in a choreography that could stop the downward spiral in India-US relations.ï¿½

	Nitin Bhatt & Jignesh Thakkar	Download
	Services, Ready With Your Return -- 10-Sep-25 Global trade is in a turbulent era, with the US imposing tariffs, sanctions and tighter immigration rules, while countries are implementing stricter data privacy laws.ï¿½

	Thomas Mathew	Download
	Bide Our Time, Come Up Trumps -- 09-Sep-25 The Trump pendulum seemingly swung back to a friendlier arc last week, when he stated, 'We get along with India very well,' following it up with encomiums to Narendra Modi, and how the US and India 'have a special relationship'.

	Ateesh Tankha & Syagnik Banerjee	Download
	We Gotta Secure the New Silk Route -- 09-Sep-25 Many have explained Trump's obsession with raising taxes as mercantilism, practised by a host of past hegemons to protect domestic industry and enrich the exchequer by weaponising import duties.ï¿½

	Jessica Rajanï¿½	Download
	'India Turns a Key Hub for Tech Talent' -- 09-Sep-25 Cloudera CEO Sansbury says the AI firm will continue to invest heavily in engineering

	Anil Padmanabhan	Download
	40% , 28%, 18%, 12%, 5%, 0%.. -- 05-Sep-25 The makeover announced by GST Council is welcome, but a cup half-full with red tape still fluttering

	Rajiv Memani	Download
	A GST 'Budget' for Aspiring Citizens -- 05-Sep-25 GoI has delivered a transformative economic reform.ï¿½

	Dhiraj Nayyar	Download
	Modi Gov Must Be Less Nehruvian -- 05-Sep-25 The spectre of Nehru simply refuses to leave the centre stage more than 60 years after his passing.ï¿½

	Rathin Roy	Download
	Turn On the Analytical Engine -- 04-Sep-25 Policy must go beyond stability, address structural factors limiting growth

	Girdhar Gyani	Download
	Put More Money Where Healthcare Is -- 04-Sep-25 India's health insurance sector has crossed a major milestone, collecting over ?1 lakh cr in gross premiums in FY25.

	G R Gopinath	Download
	KISSing Those Crazy GST Slabs Bye -- 04-Sep-25 Making things simple isn't that simple. But that's exactly what the GST Council on Wednesday signed off to

	Subimal Bhattacharjee	Download
	Chips Just Got Considerably Higher -- 03-Sep-25 On Tuesday, India's first indigenously developed 32-bit processor chip 'Vikram' was unveiled at Semicon India 2025 in New Delhi.

	Sreeraman Thiagarajan	Download
	Don't Slip on Ethanol Blending -- 02-Sep-25 In 'E20 in Our Tanks is Better? Seriously?' (ET, Aug 29), Arijit Barman's argument against ethanol blending fails to capture the wider context.

	Mythili Bhusnurmath	Download
	Not Time for Trump Card -- 01-Sep-25 Q1 growth rate shows a measured, targeted response will be the best answer to tariff-induced pain

	Anant Goenka	Download
	Tariffs Must Spark Reforms -- 01-Sep-25 Donald Trump has done what Indian policymakers have often struggled withï¿½create urgency for deep structural reform.ï¿½

	DEEPA GOPALAN WADHWA	Download
	Time to Take Indo-Japan Ties to Next Level -- 29-Aug-25 Modi's visit to Japan comes at a time of geopolitical & geoeconomic flux caused primarily by actions emanating from Washington DC

	Rajiv Roy-Chaudhury	Download
	Lean, Mean, DAP Machine -- 29-Aug-25 Aï¿½ forward-looking defence acquisition policy can unlock foreign tech transfer and investments

	Sanjeev Choudhary	Download
	It's Not Just About Russian Oil, Stupid! -- 29-Aug-25 India has chosen to bear a 25% additional tariff on its exports to the US rather than halt purchases of Russian oil.ï¿½

	Amitabh Kant	Download
	Trim Fat, Tone Up Muscles -- 28-Aug-25 Time for a raft of reforms to make fintech sector leaner, more inclusive and resilient to risks

	Harsh V Shringla & Subimal Bhattacharjee	Download
	Guarding the Cyber Pass -- 28-Aug-25 After 27 years of intense diplomacy, the UN recently launched Global Mechanism (GM) for Cyberspace.ï¿½

	V Ranganathan	Download
	What a Chipped Intel Can Tell Us -- 27-Aug-25 Last week, Donald Trump announced the US government acquiring 10% holding in Intel, one of the biggest interventions in a private company since the 2008 auto bailouts.

	Jay Vinayak Ojha	Download
	Unfunny, But Not Criminally So -- 27-Aug-25 Chaplain of Trinity College, Oxford, and man of letters, Ronald Knox once asked a very searching question on the nature of humour

	R N Parbat	Download
	How the New Tax Law was Woven -- 26-Aug-25 GoI's push for a transparent and efficient Bharat has already seen the repeal of 1,500 obsolete laws, the decriminalisation of more than 3,700 minor offences, and the streamlining of over 42,000 compliance requirements.ï¿½

	Janak Raj & Rakesh Mohan	Download
	Climate Finance = Resource Mgmt -- 26-Aug-25 India stands at a critical juncture, with its growth path needing to align with climate-conscious policies that demand vast financing. Estimates put India's climate finance needs between $160 bn and $288 bn annually up to 2030.

	Seema Sirohi	Download
	Don T's Spaghetti Eastern -- 25-Aug-25 With Sergio Gor's appointment as US ambassador to India, MAGA is coming to meet MIGA

	Ashish Karundia	Download
	Get It Right, GST Do It -- 25-Aug-25 When Narendra Modi reiterated GoI's next phase of GST reform that he had announced on August 15 at the ET World Leaders Forum on Saturday with his promise to unleash an 'arsenal of reforms', the signal was clear:ï¿½

	Aditya Sinha	Download
	Seven Sigma for Mfg Stigma -- 22-Aug-25 For genuine economic sovereignty, India must fix these structural bottlenecks in manufacturing

	Rohit Kumar Singh	Download
	Pvt Health, Public Good -- 22-Aug-25 India's private healthcare sector represents one of the most significant yet underutilised strategic assets.

	Soumya K Ghosh & Sunil Sharma	Download
	Get Off Your Rocker, India Inc -- 21-Aug-25 India Inc's post-pandemic trends are puzzling on many counts. Outbreak of Covid and realisation of supply chain concentrations resulted in corporate tax competition across many sovereign jurisdictions.

	Christoph Schweizer & Rahul Jain	Download
	CEOs Navigating a World Shaped by Shifting Trade & AI -- 20-Aug-25 The rules of business are being rewritten. Trade shifts and technological breakthroughs have not just disrupted markets, they've altered the architecture of the global economy.ï¿½

	Jyotiraditya M Scindia	Download
	Hooking Up to the Next Tele Level -- 20-Aug-25 Today, India stands at the cusp of a defining moment in its digital journey.ï¿½

	Ashok Malik	Download
	SUMMER OF DISCONTENT -- 19-Aug-25 CHAPATI A chill is setting in that will take a long time to recover in the India-US relationship

	Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw	Download
	Not Just Pharmacy, But Inno Lab -- 19-Aug-25 Last week, the PM stated in his Independence Day speech: 'We are known as the 'pharmacy of the world'.ï¿½

	Rajesh Shukla	Download
	Perfect Voter Rolls Are a Mirage -- 19-Aug-25 Protests against EC's SIR gathered momentum on Monday, with the Oppositionï¿½

	Vivek Johri	Download
	Good, Simple Taxï¿½Finally? -- 18-Aug-25 GST reforms must streamline rates, boost compliance and ensure fair dispute handling

	Harsh V Pant & Vivek Mishra	Download
	Still Walking on Thin Ice -- 18-Aug-25 The Trump-Putin bilateral summit last week in Anchorage, Alaska, was no 1945 Yalta. Everything was uncertain.ï¿½

	Abheek Barua	Download
	The 50 Per Cent Challenge -- 14-Aug-25 ECO CHAMBER The rupee can be made to do things other than chase competitiveness

	Mohamed Kande & Sanjeev Krishan	Download
	Rewiring India's Enterprises for the Next Billion Users -- 14-Aug-25 Traditional philosophies blending with the modern world order and masala chai made in hi-tech machines being served in earthern kulhadsï¿½India boasts many interesting juxtapositions.ï¿½

	Seema Sirohi	Download
	Hello, Mr Trump? Hello? -- 13-Aug-25 didn't have to come to this. India-US relations are in desperate need of Operation Salvage and a restorative touch.ï¿½

	Jwalika Balaji	Download
	Gender Parity Isn't a Perk, It's the Drill -- 12-Aug-25 The Indian Army's judge advocate general (JAG) branch is the 'nodal legal agency' responsible for advising it on all legal mattersï¿½

	Ajay Vir Jakhar	Download
	Free Farming, Not Freebies -- 11-Aug-25 Trump tariffs can be India's inflection point in agriculture to break away from short-termism

	Rakesh Nangia & Sandeep Jhunjhunwala	Download
	Remote, But Established -- 11-Aug-25 In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court in 'Hyatt International Southwest Asia Ltd vs ADIT' recently held that Hyatt's remote, yet comprehensive, control over hotel operations in India under

	PANKAJ SARAN	Download
	EET MESSRS DOUBLE STANDARDS -- 08-Aug-25 As many Indian economists have noted, we should step on the accelerator with our own reforms

	Saibal Dasgupta	Download
	Don Gets Even Quixoter -- 08-Aug-25 India needs to seriously step up influence-building efforts in Mar-a-Lago/Washington, quickly

	Dhiraj Nayyar	Download
	Get Smartmanirbhar -- 08-Aug-25 The world is in aatmanirbharta mood. The charge is being led by the US, which now has a tariff menu that would have greatly impressed those who ran India's licence-permit raj. Incredibly, at 50%, India now faces a US tariff rate higher than China.

	Partha Sinha	Download
	Put Trust in Antitrust -- 06-Aug-25 India's economy is undergoing a dramatic transformation. But its competition policy feels like a relic.ï¿½

	Indrani Bagchi	Download
	Let's Not Go On a Rebound -- 05-Aug-25 GLOBESPOTTING India-US ties may be under strain, but turning to China or Russia is unwise

	Seema Sirohi	Download
	Have Power, Will Trumple -- 05-Aug-25 Donald Trump is ruthlessly changing the global trade order, making new 'rules' and demanding complete surrender.ï¿½

	Mythili Bhusnurmath	Download
	It's Alive! Alive & Kicking! -- 04-Aug-25 MPC must ignore Trump's latest jibe, and stay focused on inflation risks and price stability goals

	Harsh Goenka	Download
	It Profits to Be Kind -- 04-Aug-25 We live in a business world that celebrates speed, scale and the next shiny disruption. We chase unicorns, glorify moonshots, track every click and every KPI. We've taught machines to talk, apps to flirt and AI to write poetry.

	Amitabh Kant	Download
	Ok, It's Big Bang Time -- 01-Aug-25 The global economy is entering an era of fragmentation and strategic friction.

	Pramit Pal Chaudhuri	Download
	ATLAS SHRUGS, & WINKS -- 01-Aug-25 TARIFFS Trade with Trump is about his local political interests and little about strategic ties

	Ashok V Desai / Amit Kapoor	Download
	'WHILE INDIA IS A FRIENDï¿½' -- 31-Jul-25 With Trump plonking 25% tariffs + Pay Pal of Russia penalty, how should India, and the world, react?

	Madan Sabnavis	Download
	More Rate Cuts? Not So Fast -- 31-Jul-25 Just as there are freshwater and saltwater schools of economics in the US, an informal school of economic thought has emerged in India's financial heartland.ï¿½

	Akshay Rout	Download
	Headcount, Not a Headhunt -- 30-Jul-25 After Tuesday's Supreme Court endorsement, political parties should harness SIR's potential

	Rajesh Shukla / Deepak Mishra	Download
	JOB NUMBERS -- 30-Jul-25 A recent Reuters poll of policy experts confirmed that despite commendable economic growth ï¿½ over 8% in the last fiscal year ï¿½ job creation remains India's top economic challenge.ï¿½

	Deepa Nagraj	Download
	Dial Down Massive AI missions -- 29-Jul-25 AI is becoming increasingly integrated into day-to-day operations across industries ï¿½ from customer service and logistics to finance and product development.ï¿½

	Seema Sirohi	Download
	Par for the Trump Golf Course -- 29-Jul-25 Traditional diplomacy doesn't seem to work with Donald Trump. So, how about a different play?ï¿½

	Saibal Dasgupta	Download
	Let's Order Chinese Today -- 28-Jul-25 This is a good time for India to press ahead with its demands and engage with Beijing, carefully

	Kiran Karnik	Download
	Long- SITE , Door-Darshan -- 25-Jul-25 50 years on, a pioneering ISRO project underlines tech's value in real-life use, not just in missions

	Kaushik Das	Download
	How to Make FIT Fitter This Time -- 25-Jul-25 India's flexible inflation targeting (FIT) framework is up for review in early 2026, having been last reviewed in 2021.ï¿½

	Pradeep S Mehta	Download
	WTO or Bust, Pivot for Reforms -- 25-Jul-25 Soon after attending the Rio BRICS summit earlier this month, Narendra Modi tweeted: 'BRICS is an organisation capable of changing itself with the times.ï¿½

	Jaspreet Bindra	Download
	Lord of the AI-Crypto Ring -- 24-Jul-25 What electricity was to the Industrial Revolution, tokens are to the Intelligence Revolution

	Amitabh Kant	Download
	Be the Energy SAIviour -- 24-Jul-25 As AI continues its march, the demand for energy-intensive AI processing is skyrocketing. India, with its abundant RE resources and burgeoning AI ecosystem, is well-positioned to become a global leader in green energy-powered AI processing.

	Ashok Malik	Download
	Vishwa Guru, or Also-Ran? -- 22-Jul-25 US CHAPATI India must enhance its potential as trade and tech partner, and look beyond

	Dhiraj Nayyar	Download
	A Materialistic Policy -- 22-Jul-25 MP Materials is not an American company that many would have heard of. It is the only integrated rare earth producer in the US, covering the entire value chain from mining to processing and magnet production.ï¿½

	Ateesh Tankha	Download
	Dont Make UPI a Tax Trap -- 21-Jul-25 Until recently, GoI would have us believe, nothing was more certain than UPI and GST. This was not a bad thing.ï¿½

	Saibal Dasgupta	Download
	The Real West Side Story -- 18-Jul-25 US-Nato's threat to Russian oil buyers masks a bid to check China and corner the arms market

	Abheek Barua	Download
	Stick to a Curbed Diet, RBI -- 17-Jul-25 ECO CHAMBER Despite weak demand, the central bank should curb its reflationary zeal a bit

	KumKum Dasgupta	Download
	Take Our Breath Away -- 17-Jul-25 With all the noise over Delhi's poorly framed end-of-life (EoL) vehicle policy fading, and the monsoon gifting the city a few clean-air days, it almost feels like happy days are here again.ï¿½

	Arindam Majumder	Download
	More Turbulence Than Clearing Air -- 15-Jul-25 The sole purpose of states devoting resources to investigate an air accident is to determine the cause and take corrective action to prevent a recurrence. What such an investigation absolutely shouldn't do is apportion or indicate blame on anyone.

	Seema Sirohi	Download
	Trade Tango Awaits One Last Twirl -- 15-Jul-25 Credit where credit is due. Indian trade negotiators have persevered and survived in a tough environment of tariff threats from Donald Trump and rapid-fire letters spitting out of the White House.

	Ashok Malik	Download
	MOTHER TONGUE-UNTIED -- 10-Jul-25 CHAPATI As India urbanises, Indians will be less uptight about language wars and obsessions

	Atanu Biswas	Download
	Can Elon Really Play Party Pooper? -- 10-Jul-25 It's not long ago that Elon Musk contributed $300 mn to Donald Trump's re-election campaign and subsequently rose to prominence in Washington DC. But their relationship soon devolved into sour animosity.

	Rajan Wadhera	Download
	Don't Run Small Cars Off the Road -- 10-Jul-25 Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) norms are back in focus ï¿½ this time for what they leave out.

	Neelkanth Mishra	Download
	Coiled For a Comeback -- 08-Jul-25 Credit revival likely faster this time due to stronger fundamentals

	Somnath Mukherjee	Download
	Inequality Angst Can Derail Growth -- 08-Jul-25 Latest World Bank data puts India's Gini index at 25.5 in 2022-23, making it the fourth most 'equal' country in terms of income, after Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Belarus.

	Lazar Radic	Download
	Digital Rules? Not EU's Way -- 07-Jul-25 In 2024, ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) released a draft exante digital competition law, following the lead of the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA).

	Seema Sirohi	Download
	Dancing the Quadrille -- 04-Jul-25 Quad foreign ministers signed on to an expansive criticism of 'unilateral actions' covering political, economic and strategic spheres - without naming the unilateral 'actor', China.

	Harsh V Pant & Sayantan Haldar	Download
	How Square is Quadrilateral? -- 04-Jul-25 Marco Rubio hosted his counterparts from India, Australia and Japan for the Quad foreign minister's summit in Washington on July 1.

	Amitabh Mathur	Download
	Will India Endorse Sole Right of His Holiness Or Shy Away? Can't Shrug Off Security Angle -- 03-Jul-25 Himalayan belt Buddhists have spiritual loyalty to Dalai Lama; Chinese bid to make inroads across the border using its protege needs to be pre-empted

	Heather Dawe	Download
	Deliver Us From AIvil, Amen -- 03-Jul-25 Rising instances of foundation models going rogue should keep exorcists in businesses vigilant

	Nandan Kamath & Desh Gaurav Sekhri	Download
	Time to Widen CSR's Playing Field -- 03-Jul-25 On Wednesday, the Union cabinet approved National Sports Policy 2025. One of the aspects the new policy delves into is the acknowledgement that sporting development is too important to be left to government ï¿½ it requires adequate private participation.

	Sanjeev Choudhary	Download
	No One's Afraid of an Oil Supply Jinx -- 03-Jul-25 Indian refiners didn't panic during the recent Iran-Israel conflict. They saw little risk of a critical choke point for global oil flow like the Strait of Hormuz shutting down.

	Rajiv Mirwani	Download
	Insurers, Get Ready to Hedge Risk -- 02-Jul-25 The first half of 2025 has seen rising geopolitical tensions, unprecedented volatility and uneven inflation trajectories across advanced and emerging markets alike.

	Naman Vijay	Download
	How to Outdeliver Amazon -- 02-Jul-25 Most ecommerce brands in India have dashboards packed with data ï¿½ delivery times, return rates and fulfilment costs.

	Hyun Song Shin	Download
	It's Fragile, Handle with Care -- 01-Jul-25 The global economy is at a crossroads. We have entered a new era of heightened uncertainty.

	Dhiraj Nayyar	Download
	India, Stop Being a Nanny State -- 01-Jul-25 It is hard to shake off a socialist state's legacy. Despite three decades of liberalisation and a decade of deregulation efforts, the nanny state keeps raising its head.

	Dhanendra Kumar	Download
	Get Our Own Foot Fetish -- 30-Jun-25 Last weekend in Milan, Prada showcased a new line of 'toe ring sandals' at its Spring-Summer 2026 Men's Collection.

	Anil Nair	Download
	Everything, It's AI ndian -- 30-Apr-25 Last week, Bengaluru-based Sarvam AI became the first startup chosen by GoI to build an indigenous foundational LLM under INDIAai Mission,

	Ashok Malik	Download
	Redrawing Lines of Control -- 29-Apr-25 CHAPATIï¿½India could have to deal with a new opportunity in political map-making soon

	Seema Sirohi	Download
	One Hundred Days of Attitude -- 29-Apr-25 As India-Pakistan tensions rise in the wake of the Pahalgam terrorist attack, America's stance on the crisis is important.ï¿½

	RONNIE SCREWVALA	Download
	NUETRENDS -- 29-Apr-25 The use of genAI tools in education must not be viewed as a ï¿½cheat sheetï¿½ to bypass the efforts, said Ronnie Screwvala, cofounder and chairperson of edtech firm UpGrad tells Himanshi Lohchab .

	Rathin Roy	Download
	Beyond Slogans, Now, Please? -- 21-Apr-25 India needs a GoI-owned, macro framework to address pertinent questions

	Akshay Rout	Download
	Heartfelt is Profitable -- 21-Apr-25 Regulation, like preventive medicine, aims at nourishing long-term health, however bitter the pill may be.ï¿½

	Saibal Dasgupta	Download
	Have Chinese on the Menu -- 17-Apr-25 India should forge tactical collaborations with companies and institutions, especially in tech

	Seema Sirohi	Download
	3 T's for India to Cross -- 17-Apr-25 India is faced with two short, and a slightlylonger, deadline on three important T's ï¿½trade, tariffs and tech ï¿½ as it navigates these Trumpian times.ï¿½

	Atul Rai	Download
	Tax Vax on Non-Tech VC Funding? -- 16-Apr-25 India's startup ecosystem is the third largest in the world.ï¿½

	Pradeep S Mehta	Download
	It's Time to Free the Fin Sector -- 16-Apr-25 India wants to deregulate. Trimming regulatory cholesterol can boost business health ï¿½ but what's the point of good cholesterol if oxygen is restricted?

	Ashok Malik	Download
	Make Him an Offer He Can't Refuse -- 15-Apr-25 Trump has more political room for tariff pain & market volatility than many reckon

	Surya H K & Jun Kajee	Download
	Down a New Silicon Route -- 15-Apr-25 India's ambitious semiconductor policy, underpinned by India Semiconductor Mission (ISM), represents a significant step towards tech self-reliance and growth.ï¿½

	Rajesh Shukla	Download
	Urban Commuting Manifesto -- 15-Apr-25 India's auto sector plays a crucial role in economic growth, contributing around 7% to GDP and employing millions.ï¿½

	Sandeep Parekh	Download
	At SEBI, Winds of Change -- 14-Apr-25 Sebi is considering a broad regulatory overhaul to make compliance less onerous and norms more relevant, chairperson Tuhin Kanta Pandey said last week.

	Harsh V Shringla & M Hari Menon	Download
	Scheming Together, Hatching Policy -- 10-Apr-25 India's economic growth story has been defined by its ambitious national programmes, from MGNREGA to Skill India, which have strengthened rural livelihoods and lifted millions out of poverty.ï¿½

	Ajay Vir Jakhar	Download
	Pay Commission Maths Doesn't Work -- 10-Apr-25 On hearing that MPs have awarded themselves a 24% salary hike, one's thoughts drifted to that class of society known for low performance accountability and high job security: government employees.

	Samidha Sharma	Download
	Dude, We're Out of the R&D Loop -- 08-Apr-25 Last week, at GoI's flagship Startup Mahakumbh, Piyush Goyal presented a slide that quickly went viral.ï¿½

	GMOHAN KUMAR	Download
	A Long-term View of Fighter Aircraft Procurement Needed -- 07-Apr-25 Over the years, India's defence procurement system has been quite shy of leveraging buyer power despite being one of the largest importers of equipment

	Mythili Bhusnurmath	Download
	RBI, Keep Your Powder Dry -- 07-Apr-25 In the face of implications of Trump-tariffs yet to be known, MPC should preferably 'do nothing'

	Naresh Trehan	Download
	Healthy to Get Personal -- 07-Apr-25 Tailoring healthcare to an individual's unique biological makeup, lifestyle and environment is emerging as a transformative force.ï¿½

	Pramit Pal Chaudhuri	Download
	LET'S PLAY TARIFF-RAFF! -- 04-Apr-25 Trump's 'game theory' may suit India, be precursor to the real deluge, and backfire on the US

	Aastha Gudwani	Download
	US Recession, Inflation... Collaterals? -- 04-Apr-25 Countries across the world running trade surpluses with the US waited with bated breath as 'Liberation Day' approached. With wide-ranging estimates, ongoing negotiations and likely retaliations, markets were braced for reciprocal tariffs.

	SACHIN CHATURVEDI	Download
	Amid Global Gloom, Opportunities for New Sectors to Shine -- 04-Apr-25 India should have a two-pronged strategy. First, it must focus on BTA with US and work out possible facets for a mini trade deal and secondly, it needs to continue to build domestic industrial resilience

	Harsh V Pant & Aditya G Shivamurthy	Download
	Dhaka, Tilt With Care -- 03-Apr-25 Muhammad Yunus seems to be on a mission. Bit by bit, he seems intent on destroying carefully nurtured Delhi-Dhaka ties.ï¿½

	TS Vishwanath & Anil Padmanabhan	Download
	LET'S USE TRUMP-TARIFFS! -- 02-Apr-25 India should treat 'Liberation Day' for US trade as means to free its own domestic economy

	Harsh Goenka	Download
	Hard 'Work' of Heir Stylists -- 27-Feb-25 The family office is the hottest career choice ï¿½ it's risk-free, stress-free and tan-friendly

	Ram S Sharma	Download
	How to Catch All With BharatNet -- 27-Feb-25 BharatNet, run by Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL), is one of the largest rural telecom initiatives in the world.

	Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw	Download
	Not Just 'Pharmacy of the World' -- 27-Feb-25 India's pivotal role in global health security has never been more vital, especially in light of rising healthcare costs that are putting immense pressure on households

	Jean Drï¿½ze	Download
	KYC, Unlock Kar Diya Jaye -- 13-Feb-25 The customer ID verification framework is making life difficult for the poor ï¿½ revise it

	Romal Shetty & Aditya Puri	Download
	Find Right Partners in Dime -- 13-Feb-25 The banking sector is undergoing a transformation. Traditional boundaries between financial services are dissolving and forging stronger connections with international markets.

	Ateesh Tankha	Download
	Money is NOT a Commodity -- 31-Jan-25 Why leaving ordinary citizens in the hands of pure profit-making can be a tragedy in the making

	Lubna Kably	Download
	Consolidating Taxes, It's a Big Deal -- 31-Jan-25 India stands on the brink of a major transformation in the sphere of direct taxation.

	Dhiraj Nayyar	Download
	Don't Whip Self Over DeepSeek -- 31-Jan-25 The launch of DeepSeek has sent US tech stocks into a tailspin. It also has sent Indian social media into a tizzy of self-flagellation.

	Chetan Ahya	Download
	Put the Pedal to the Metal -- 30-Jan-25 India needs sustained double-digit growth to create jobs for its workforce and boost consumption

	Anil Padmanabhan	Download
	Don't Let the Tail Wag the Dog -- 30-Jan-25 Growing tax overreach, such as the legally contentious retrospective taxation of Vodafone, is jeopardising India's growth story by deterring domestic and foreign investors

	Saibal Dasgupta	Download
	SeekDeep & Get R&D to Catch Up -- 30-Jan-25 DeepSeek is making US experts and businessmen look like defeated soldiers. The model, which many regard as a superior version of ChatGPT, has also dealt a body blow to the reputation of Indian IT prowess.

	Subimal Bhattacharjee	Download
	Disruptor From the Deep -- 29-Jan-25 DeepSeek's frugal model shows a more profitable, market-rewarding GenAIsolution than TechBro AI

	Arun Gupta	Download
	Health Insurance Needs Bitter Pill -- 29-Jan-25 Health insurance is meant to be a safety net. But over the past three years, it has become an unsustainable financial burden.

	Naina Lal Kidwai	Download
	Make Hay When Sun Isn't Shining -- 29-Jan-25 The budget comes at a time when consumer demand remains lacklustre, private capex shows no signs of picking up, and geopolitical threats to exports are evident. Some expectations:

	Ashley J Tellis	Download
	The Great Statesmanmohan -- 27-Jan-25 Singh was not just the liberator of India's economic fortunes but also a genuine grand strategist

	Seema Siroh	Download
	Good 1st Day 1st Trumpshow Seats -- 27-Jan-25 An early call, but India has started in a good place in Donald Trump's world.

	Vivek Wadhwa	Download
	Indians Are Cowboys/girls -- 24-Jan-25 Despite the latest amplified noise about H-1B holders et al, Indian Americans are flourishing

	Jaideep Prabhu, Puja Gupta & Ujjwal Pandey	Download
	Go Nuclear on Nuclear -- 24-Jan-25 On Jan 6, former US NSA Jake Sullivan announced the removal of restrictions on three leading Indian nuclear entities,ï¿½

	Ateesh Tankha & Syagnik Banerjee	Download
	Count Down as the Tok Tiks -- 23-Jan-25 Regardless of whether it poses a 'national security' threat or not, social media needs regulation

	Nilanjan Banik	Download
	The Dip Has Its Upsides -- 23-Jan-25 On Jan 13, the rupee recorded its sharpest single-day decline in nearly two years, finishing at a historic low of ?86.62 against the dollar.ï¿½

	Soumya K Ghosh & Ashish Kumar	Download
	Let the Dust Settle on ? -- 23-Jan-25 The BIS 'Triennial Central Bank Survey: OTC Foreign Exchange Turnover in April 2022' estimated global trading in forex markets to average $7.5 tn per day.ï¿½

	GAURAV GUPTA	Download
	Tapping Nobility in All Professions -- 23-Jan-25 The question Davos raises is what will it take to get businesses to go beyond business incentives

	NAVTEJ SARNA	Download
	WASHINGTON DURBAR Trump Inauguration Tech billionaires get prime seats, above Cabinet nominees -- 22-Jan-25 The vaudeville that played out on the world's screens on January 20 was pure Washington drama.ï¿½

	Seema Sirohi	Download
	MAGAMBO KHUSH HUA -- 22-Jan-25 The morning of Monday's inauguration ceremony shows the day of Trump's promised 'amrit kaal'

	Harsha V Agarwal	Download
	How to Switch Back to Fast Lane -- 22-Jan-25 The budget will be unveiled amid ongoing uncertainty in the economic landscape.ï¿½

	Arjan K Sikri & Rajendran Karakulam	Download
	Don't Misread Arbitration Ruling -- 22-Jan-25 In the recent Supreme Court's judgment in the CORE (Central Organisation for Railway Electrification) vs ECI-SPICSMO-MCML case on the appointment of arbitrators, the intended result and reactions have been contrasting.ï¿½

	Indrani Bagchi	Download
	Should We Be With Him, Or...? -- 21-Jan-25 There is a new boss in town. If, in 2016, the Trump victory felt like a bit of a fluke, this time, it's deadly serious.ï¿½

	Srinath Sridharan	Download
	India-US Spark Stands Defused? -- 21-Jan-25 Last week, outgoing president Joe Biden's administration released 'Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion', which aims to establish export and security regulations for the global AI market.ï¿½

	Ashok Malik	Download
	Wake Up & Smell the Covfefe -- 20-Jan-25 Trump is a product of, not cause for, a return to an era of spheres of influence

	Devendra Fadnavis	Download
	Maha.Platform@Davos -- 20-Jan-25 The 55th annual World Economic Forum meet that kicks off today is an ideal platform to amplify Maharashtra's success story among global stakeholders, attract transformative new partnerships and usher in an exciting new phase of industrialisation.