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Chai-nation to coffee culture

India, Dec. 13 -- India is a confirmed chai nation. In the north, east, and west, it is tea that is the most-ordered beverage on the streets, and in offices, and most-offered one at homes. Only in the... Read More


Blase Capital NAME GAME

India, Dec. 13 -- Most governments, both central and states, generally indulge in name changes. The name of the existing welfare projects are changed, roads and streets are renamed, and new schemes ar... Read More


Personal is the new credit norm

India, Dec. 12 -- India's unsecured credit landscape is going through a structural transformation, which is driven by stronger borrowers' discipline, broader credit penetration, and renewed lenders' c... Read More


Blase Capital TRADE LOCKED

India, Dec. 12 -- Yet another deadline seems to have gone. According to India's chief economic advisor, V Anantha Nageswaran, the India-US trade deal will most possibly be sealed by March 2026. During... Read More


Blase Capital HOWDY, India

India, Dec. 11 -- As with several issues, one can see wide and visible oscillations in the US' look-East policy, especially on how to deal with India and China, separately and collectively. Washington... Read More


When big shareholders say No

India, Dec. 10 -- Norway's $1.7-trillion sovereign wealth fund, a large shareholder of Microsoft, recently voted against CEO Satya Nadella's dual posting as chairman of the board, and his nearly $100 ... Read More


Blase Capital paddy daddy

India, Dec. 10 -- Whatever one may say about Donald Trump, the US president, there is no denying the fact that his politics, though random and chaotic, is theoretically calculated. Even as a US delega... Read More


India goes, India grounded

India, Dec. 9 -- Even as IndiGo Airline grounds flights, passengers go crazy, regulators take refuge behind inquiries, pilots blame managers, and the country's civil aviation sector goes for a six, th... Read More


Blase Capital SENSEX-ED

India, Dec. 9 -- Yesterday, the Sensex, or the Bombay Stock Exchange index fell by 600 points. It was kind of unexpected since it had turned around its southward movement over the past few sessions. O... Read More


PM Modi Revives Debate: 'Nehru Upheld Jinnah's Objection to Vande Mataram'

New Delhi, Dec. 8 -- The ongoing parliamentary debate on Vande Mataram has been framed around a significant milestone - the 150th anniversary of the song's first publication in 1875. To commemorate th... Read More