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Mint Quick Edit | Can Trump end the Gaza war? His bold plan faces stiff obstacles

New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- America's leadership is full of surprises, and for a change, US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan is a pleasant one. Under it, Israel would get no licence to pursue any Zio... Read More


Haulage matters: The better we get at moving freight, the stronger India's economy will be

New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- With global trade headwinds strengthening and India's government blowing the Swadeshi bugle to double down on domestic drivers of economic expansion, enduring competitiveness is v... Read More


India's EFTA pact is wide-ranging and therefore all the more welcome

New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- Amid all the worry, there's some positive news for India on the trade front. India's deal with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), which counts Iceland, Liechtenstein, Nor... Read More


Festive bonanza effect? India's Reserve Bank has done well by preserving its firepower for later

New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- America's tariffs did not just upend India's trade forecasts, they clouded the economic outlook with uncertainty, even though our growth impulses seem intact so far. So, it isn't ... Read More


As an ICE age nears its end, a whole web of auto component makers stare at a bleak future

New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- The scale and pace of change are rising relentlessly. It is evident in everything from how things are produced and marketed, how nations interact with one another and how people... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | RBI can focus on either growth or inflation without worrying about the other

New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- It's a dilemma that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) wouldn't mind being caught in. The economy's growth path seems to be on a steady incline with inflation well under control. S... Read More


National Pension Scheme: It's getting a leg-up but will tax rules be a let-down?

New Delhi, Sept. 29 -- Come 1 October, a reformed National Pension System (NPS) will be put in place to eliminate some of its current rigidity. For one, non-government-employee subscribers will now ha... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | India's pharma exports are mostly immune but trade logic gets battered

New Delhi, Sept. 29 -- Only a sliver of India's pharmaceutical exports to the US, placed at roughly $10.5 billion in 2024-25, appears to face the 100% tariff hurdle likely to be erected this week by A... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | When will AI's reality match its hype?

New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- Even as AI turns into a business buzzword, a new survey suggests that the gains so far from artificial intelligence have been marginal at best. According to Atlassian's 2025 AI ... Read More


India must weave biofuels into a rural energy network

New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent inauguration of a massive bamboo-based bio-refinery in Assam to produce fuel-grade ethanol is testimony to the government's resolve to dive... Read More