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India's electricity reforms: We mustn't let the latest effort fizzle out

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- The Centre recently proposed legislative changes to "strengthen and reform" India's electricity sector in keeping with the "evolving industry requirement." This is an urgent goa... Read More


Trade war escalation: Why India must watch the latest US-China stand-off closely

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- Last week, US President Donald Trump threatened fresh tariffs on China. He cited Beijing's "extraordinarily aggressive" policy stance, referring to its tightened licensing rules ... Read More


India-Afghanistan relations: A chance to reshape the regional balance of power

New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- There are many occasions when even rivals agree to unite behind a common issue. It is usually a shared threat or mutual interest that yields a 'consensus among enemies.' The Whit... Read More


An American chill pill for India: Trump's 100% pharma tariff won't cover generic drugs

New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- America's new 100% pharma tariff, going by a recent post online by US President Donald Trump, was aimed at "branded or patented" pharmaceutical products, barring those for which ... Read More


Leverage LNG: Cheaper gas could offer India a better path towards its climate goals

New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- It is not often that geopolitical events make space for greater economic efficiency. As trade turmoil snaps and re-links supply chains across the globe, with costs rising more tha... Read More


Safe-haven gold has gone above $4,000 per ounce globally-but it needn't stay there

New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- Gold seems to be on an unstoppable uprun. The yellow metal is crossing one milestone after another. It smashed past the $4,000 per ounce level globally and touched Rs.1,22,000 per... Read More


Is an advisory enough to tackle risks flagged by the Competition Commission of India?

New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- There is an undefined organism in town called artificial intelligence (AI). It is undefined because nobody knows what eventual form or shape it will acquire; its nascent presence ... Read More


Never mind US policy wobbles, India should keep the global climate agenda front and centre

New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- Given US President Donald Trump's scepticism of climate change, a slowdown in the world's green transition was widely feared. Those concerns are showing up in the numbers. On Tue... Read More


The statistics ministry takes on a tricky question: Should it adjust its retail inflation gauge for free handouts?

New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- India's ministry of statistics has released a discussion paper on how items given away free by the public distribution system (PDS) should be treated by the Consumer Price Index (... Read More


The Nikkei-225 has hit a record high but can Sanae Takaichi fix Japan's economy?

New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- Japan's Nikkei-225 index leapt to a record high on Monday in cheerful reception of Sanae Takaichi's election as its ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leader. She will be Japan's f... Read More