India, Sept. 5 -- According to a media report, the Government of India is scouting for a "White Knight" to rescue the telecom firm, Vodafone-Idea! or VI, which faces imminent collapse and bankruptcy d... Read More
India, Sept. 4 -- Jagga Najak is 29 years old, and smiles hesitantly during a video phone call. But behind the smile are deep signs of worry. He has been slogging for seven years, working 12-hour shif... Read More
India, Sept. 1 -- A storm is quietly gathering momentum across India, one that is being ignored in the wake of geopolitics, tariffs and shortages of rare earths minerals. This hurricane can have devas... Read More
India, Aug. 25 -- On August 15, 2025, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered his twelfth speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) unveiled an annual... Read More
India, Aug. 22 -- Since the beginning, the policy-makers knew that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) should have minimal slabs and rates. Yet, political compromises, which are not economically or fisca... Read More
India, Aug. 21 -- When I was a young journalist in Bombay (now Mumbai), there was an event that evoked a lot of humour and pained resignation. It was 1986 or perhaps 1987. The Octroi tax staff in the ... Read More
India, Aug. 20 -- First the news. Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued new rules that allow exporters and importers, both domestic and global, to open Indian bank accounts without approval... Read More
India, Aug. 18 -- During the late 1990s, I visited Raipur, a then-sleepy town in Madhya Pradesh, which was agog with excitement and anticipation. The NDA regime under Atal Bihari Vajpayee had almost s... Read More
India, Aug. 13 -- The French economist, Thomas Piketty, often described as the 21st century Karl Marx, has a large fan following in India because of his views on wealth inequalities. One reason is the... Read More