New Delhi, Dec. 30 -- Dear reader, as 2025, a year of global tumult and volatility, rolls by, Mint's reporters and columnists look around the corner on what is coming in 2026-to help you know what to expect and prepare for it. Tell us what you think at feedback@livemint.com.

As the year 2025 drew to a close, thousands of spectators braved Delhi's foul air, made stagnant by the unyielding winter winds, to catch a glimpse of Lionel Messi. Not long back, it would have been a regular meet-and-greet for a legendary footballer. But this one was different. Fans booed the city-state's chief minister for the poor air, a grievance likely unheard of in Messi's home nation of Argentina, a fellow emerging economy.

Cut to 2026, three months in. India...