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Trump tariffs: GST cuts help but India must raise its game

New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- Nothing focuses the mind like a commonly felt external threat. Suddenly, the quagmire that had developed in India's goods and services tax (GST) regime has been cleaned up. Even ... Read More


Cultivation challenge: India must liberate its farms, not just protect them

New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- As mango lovers in India would have noted, there was a glut this year. While premium varieties like Happus and Imam Pasand maintained their prices from prior years, ordinary mang... Read More


Trump's tariff drama is playing out as a tragicomedy in three acts

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- American President Donald Trump's tariff drama is a play in five acts. As students of theatre will know, five-act plays were the norm until the 18th century. Roman playwrights Se... Read More


Let the countdown begin: NISAR is a splendid example of space collaboration

New Delhi, July 28 -- Earlier this month, Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla returned to earth after spending 18 days in space. He is only the second Indian to have been to space, and piloted the Space ... Read More


Brics+ could get the globe to work out a better-balanced world order

New Delhi, July 14 -- At first there were four. Then five. And now eleven. Egypt, UAE, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia have joined Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (collectivel... Read More


India must watch out as the world's security architecture shudders and shifts

New Delhi, June 30 -- The annual meeting of Nato, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, took place in The Hague last week against the backdrop of a world moving towards a new and fluid security arch... Read More