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Beyond the Rs 2,000 Threshold

New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- India's decision to guarantee zero charges on UPI transactions only up to Rs 2,000 marks a subtle but significant change in the philosophy governing its digital payments revolut... Read More


New Strategic Vulnerability

New Delhi, Sept. 13 -- PM Modi's warning at the BRICS Summit against the "weaponisation" of technology and critical minerals deserves attention beyond the diplomatic setting in which it was delivered.... Read More


More Than a Summit

New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- The 18th BRICS Summit opens in New Delhi at a moment when the grouping has never looked more formidable on paper - or more difficult to hold together politically. Its 11 members... Read More


Beyond Record Harvests

New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- India's farms have delivered another impressive headline number. Foodgrain production is estimated at a record 376.56 million tonnes in 2025-26, with rice, wheat and maize contr... Read More


Towards Balanced Trade

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- India's hosting of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 12-13 comes at an important moment for a grouping whose economic weight has grown much faster than its internal cohe... Read More


Competence Counts

New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- The Supreme Court's intervention against the appointment or continuation of teachers who lack statutory qualifications raises a question much larger than the controversy over Ass... Read More


Before the Buildings Fall

New Delhi, Sept. 7 -- The collapse of a paying guest accommodation in Delhi's Satya Niketan, which claimed seven lives, is a reminder that Indian cities often discover unsafe buildings only after live... Read More


Black Money Without Borders

New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- The familiar image of black money is rapidly becoming obsolete. Suitcases stuffed with currency, secret vaults and anonymous offshore accounts still exist, but economic crime is ... Read More


Beyond Judicial Correction

New Delhi, Sept. 3 -- The Supreme Court's decision to quash criminal cases arising from student protests over the NEET controversy raises a question extending far beyond one examination: who is accoun... Read More


Beyond the Capacity Race

New Delhi, Sept. 2 -- India's renewable energy transition has reached an unusual contradiction. The country is adding solar capacity at remarkable speed even as significant quantities of clean electri... Read More