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3 years on, West Asia conflict widens, its costs mount | Number Theory

India, Oct. 9 -- October 7, 2026 marked three years since the ghastly terror attacks on Israel by Hamas. More than 1,200 people Israelis lost their lives in the attacks and over 200 were kidnapped by ... Read More


Terms of Trade | Is rancour the new radical?

India, Oct. 9 -- (Roshan Kishore, HT's Data and Political Economy Editor, writes a weekly column on the state of the country's economy and its political fall out, and vice-versa) Published by HT Digi... Read More


A rate hike beckons but what else | Number Theory

India, Oct. 7 -- The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of RBI will announce its decision today (Wednesday, October 7). There is near-unanimity on RBI increasing the policy rate in this meeting, although... Read More


Terms of Trade | SIR: Demonetisation and deja vu

India, Oct. 2 -- Indian Express's expose and a host of follow-ups by various newsrooms, including ours, have established beyond doubt that the manner in which SIR has been conducted smacks of gross in... Read More


When does politically damning become damaging? | Number Theory

India, Sept. 29 -- Claims of differences between the Chief Election Commissioner and the other two election commissioners over crucial procedural aspects of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR... Read More


Terms of Trade | A tragedy which demands introspection, not blame games

India, Sept. 25 -- justify;">India is obsessed with its demographic dividend, which it often touts as its biggest future asset. How exactly we are doing justice, or rather injustice, to this dividend ... Read More


Student suicides are worsened by institutional failure | Number Theory

India, Sept. 22 -- The death by suicide of an IIT Bombay student has once again brought to the fore a crisis which is getting worse in India. Extremely tragic as the incident is, IIT Bombay administra... Read More


India's economic challenges beyond 7.8% growth and 4.8% inflation | Number Theory

India, Sept. 19 -- Economic commentary in the past couple of weeks in India has been dominated by the debate around the veracity of its GDP numbers. The debate, triggered by the 7.8% GDP growth in the... Read More


Terms of Trade: The ghosts of primitive accumulation in India

India, Sept. 17 -- About half a million road accidents happened in India and almost as many people were injured in them in 2024, the latest year for which we have official data. Not all accidents make... Read More


Superpower vs retaining power: Trump's dilemma | Number Theory

India, Sept. 16 -- Less than two months from now, Donald Trump will face the most important political challenge of his second presidency - the mid-term elections in the US. Irrespective of what happen... Read More