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Wake-up call for Gilgit-Baltistan
In a desperate attempt to guarantee a victory in the forthcoming elections, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government is leaving no stone unturned
Opinion | Deciphering the new margin rules
As per the new system, a client can individually pledge securities directly to the clearing corporation, and the securities will continue to remain in the client's accoun
Deck the clouds with the phosphine gas
If theres phosphine in clouds of Venus, there may be possibility of life on the planet
On a broader level, the incident is a reminder that the country needs to maintain a constant vigil and strengthen the security of all online systems. China, in particular
Investor happiness can inspire a startup boom
The success of Ashok Sootas Happiest Minds IPO speaks of his entrepreneurial reputation. Its also a signal that investors are raring to bet on new ventures. Thats good fo
A slew of crime shows has drawn out the sleuth within us
The binge watching of crime shows afforded by the lockdown seems to have immersed many of us so deeply in their storylines that their characters are part of our social me
A wall crawl to spot when Facebook stopped being fun
As scandals swirl around the social media platform and cryptic notifications arrive on new terms of service, one could scroll back to the time it served us well as an int
Honour Jaitleys grand bargain on GST compensation for states
The Centre should uphold its end of the deal with states as it would not only be more efficient but also help foster federalism
Interest rate cuts are dead. Long live rate cuts
Asias central banks are moving away from reductions in borrowing costs as the primary tool of monetary easing
Online furniture brands gain from work-from-home regimen
As personal space collided with office work, people scrambled to redesign homes
Trumps disastrous town hall: He should have never brought up mental acuity
Trump's performance was embarrassingly bad.
Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das wants banks in India to care more for depositors than borrowers. Its their money, after all, that is being handed out to do
A tax that the country should axe right away
Relieving investments in start-ups of our tax on long-term capital gains, as proposed by a parliamentary panel, would help them attract funds. Lets relieve equity portfol
Trumps latest health-care lies reveal what a second term would look like
His spectacular imaginary health-care plan isn't quite good enough.
Why Reliance Retail isnt quite the sure bet its seen to be
Economic and market realities suggest that the groups retail prospects are largely being overestimated
The reckless brinksmanship of Boris Johnson as Brexit nears
The problem goes beyond the British prime ministers move to violate an international agreement
The value of letting observers into Indian boardrooms
Done with clear rules, it could overcome a scarcity of board seats and also aid a firms governance
Rationalize regulatory overlaps to unleash our digital economy
Policy coherence will prevent confusion and provide the soft-touch regulation necessary for the growth of digital markets
ABC town hall shows Trump faces great peril outside Fox News bubble
Trump's defenders wonder why he took the risk of taking tough questions from voters.
The summer Black culture pushed back
If the covid-19 pandemic and horrifying images of police violence have reminded Black Americans that the past isn't really past, this summer was full of art and images th
Trumps nightmare is coming true: Two blue wall states arent even close
Without Michigan and Wisconsin, Trump would need a miracle.
Opinion | Saudi-India partnership a key in addressing covid-19 crisis
As India prepares itself for G20 Presidency in 2022, it is important for the country to articulate its position based on research and consultations and its needs and requ
Progressives shows how unchecked progressives inflict progress
Californias progressive laboratory serves as warning to the rest of the country.
Taxpayers whove lost their jobs need relief
As India has no safety net for those who cant subsist on MGNREGA wages, the government should let the laid-off have a years worth of their income tax back as a zero-inter
Monetary policy in the absence of a divine coincidence
An economy susceptible to supply shocks might need an escape clause in its policy framework
A neglected X-factor that lies at the core of our economic stasis
The aggressive pursuit of black money has hurt animal spirits but it can yet be used for a recovery
A glaring gap in the countrys strategy against covid-19
India needs to contain not just the pandemics spread but also the high risks posed by covid co-morbidity
America is yet to suffer the most treacherous part of its pandemic
Sustained fatalities, tapering economic relief, political recklessness and vaccine scepticism bode ill for the US this fall season
Opinion | Toyota needs a revisit of its business model
To claim that India has a we dont want you taxation policy after Indias historic corporate tax cut is extremely unfair to the government
India must reset its priorities amid multiple crises
Elections are not fought on issues of public interest, but on issues coined by political leaders
The policy conundrum that stagflation poses
RBI has seen inflation hover above its tolerance limit for three successive months now. Even if its able to quell its imported component, India may not be able to escape
The best way to vaccinate most Indians in the least time
We need both a government subsidy and a free market for vaccines to fight the covid pandemic
India needs a new strategy for an era of a weakening US dollar
Our forex management needs revision in response to the US Feds new monetary policy framework
A coalition that could help secure our Afghan interests
New Delhi, Tehran and Moscow could coordinate their efforts on Afghanistan as the US exits
We must renew our commitment to enhancing Indias forest cover
Californias wildfires remind us that climate change is real and the quest to increase our green cover needs a fresh impetus
How to fight back against coronavirus vaccine phobia
Its possible to debunk misinformation, above all by emphasizing facts, and not drawing a lot of attention to falsehoods
Will China hold up its side of the truce bargain?
India needs to assume that it will be at the receiving end of more Chinese aggression
While its true that multi-cap funds are supposed to vary their stock selection, making fund managers adhere to a stiff ratio of stock categories would force them to manag
It is time India gave its policy on Tibet some strategic coherence
Beijing is in a strong position but New Delhi should resist Chinas efforts to consolidate its current hold on Tibetan politics
The caution that marks our corporate optimism
A Mint-Bain survey of CEOs reveals that many hope to emerge stronger from covid. But even companies that pivot well to a post-pandemic order could be let down by a weak e
The art of survival in a world of unknowing zombies
The hero is you and it begins when you notice that everyone around you is behaving in a strange manner
Hollywoods craven surrender to blatant Chinese censorship
US filmmakers are kowtowing to Chinese audiences at the cost of others as well as artistic freedom
How to be happy during a pandemic
The instinct is to save money, but if you have it, wed all be better off if you spent it
Decoding Operation Twist the act of RBI during covid-19
Whether it's the pandemic induced global crisis, the fiscal cliff, or regulations, businesses are not willing to hire until they are sure the demand will be there
Opinion | Collections and dispute resolution - hope, faith and more for lenders
As a greater number of disputes are expected to flood the market in the aftermath of this healthcare crisis, online dispute resolution is probably the missing piece in th
A date nearly two millennia in the making
Judean dates grown by researchers is a remarkable model for seed longevity study
Its time to rid the EPFO of investment opacity
The internal contradictions of this state-run manager of our retirement funds are bubbling up to the surface now, as seen in its split payout for the year. Our provident
Death of romance amid a pandemic of twisted hearts
As we brace for a post-covid world of thermal scanners, tracker apps and other dystopic stuff, one wonders how it will affect romance. Will lovers, for instance, ever get
The policy adventurism that has led India to its economic woes
Moves made without preparation may have contributed more to our GDP contraction than covid
Lessons from a self-reliant enterprise of face masks
Our quest for self-reliance could inspire one to undertake such missions as using handloom fabric to make masks, but only at the risk of exposing the limits of ones skill
The global technology fracture and our regulatory inadequacies
At best, expect a patchwork of rules that let countries pursue their core interests without exporting their problems to others
Brands favour eyeballs over ad climate on TV
Brands are driven by the ROI metric that doesnt yet get guided by softer aspects
Obscurity may be the middle ground
Delisting search results invokes th power of obscurity, a measure that looks to make information safer by making it hard to obtain
For this, perhaps we should call upon the services of our advertising industry. Creative juices need to get flowing for a high-impact public service campaign, one that ca
The challenge of inflation amid a massive shock to our economy
Persistent price pressures make it harder for our central bank to manage conflicting economic forces and ensure stability
The juggernaut that is Reliance Retail rolls on
Mukesh Ambanis deal-making spree seems endless. Silver Lake has purchased a sliver of Reliances old retail business too, lured perhaps by its chances of overall market do
An education system for a country of entrepreneurs
Academic life in India has begun to foster the development of entrepreneurial attitudes and expertise
Abandoned pet dogs and other signs of the moral crisis we face
We could choose inaction as humanity is cast aside or fight to uphold the values that we cherish
India can soon be the tech garage of the world
Govt should act as a catalyst with the aim of innovating for India and the world
Saving fiscal firepower for later may sound prudent, given how long our covid crisis is expected to last, but it is still inadvisable. The longer we delay pump-priming, t
Structural interventions could avert a banking crisis
Fix anomalies and market distortions so that credit can be allocated in ways that are best for India
Indias economy could yet avert an L-shaped curve from here on
We need deficit-financed and well-aimed initiatives that generate multiplier effects and initiate a virtuous cycle of growth
Consent-to-port: A new mechanism to protect our data
A specific okay for third-party data transfers would let us judge usage proposals case by case
Liberals must share much of the blame for a US at war with itself
The left-liberal elites intolerance of alternate ideas is partly responsible for Americas polarization
Opinion | Curbing Chinese aggression is the need of the hour
Indias army will now take action on border movement and diplomats will negotiate
It would be best if the Union took on any extra debt needed for GST shortages to be plugged. That would put an end to the dispute and foster a sense of national unity in
The big heroic role that venture capital can play
A post-pandemic economic revival calls for innovative ventures backed by VC funds doing the sort of high-risk intermediation that only they can. Dont count on priority-se
A two-third, one-third problem of Indian federalism
States get too little tax money for the spending they do and itll be a relief if they get their full GST compensation
The silver lining around Indias GDP cloud and what to do now
The Q1 setback may have redeemed our data in critics eyes and rallied opinion for another stimulus
Even big data cant foretell wholl win the White House
For all their trumped up powers of prediction, algorithms are clueless about the outcome
Like it or not, but babudom is poised for a makeover
The current moment is the right time to begin the reform process in bureaucracy
No matter how well laid, military manoeuvre plans risk going awry, because hostilities could take an escalation path that neither side can control. The ideal way out of t
We should reinforce our red carpet with reforms
Modi has taken a chance offered by China-aversion in the US to pitch India on trust as a global hub for manufacturing. Its time for us to magnetize the appeal of Make in
It was the idea of debt that created the modern world
Money emerged from debt and morality from the fable of creditors that a debt always had to be repaid
Its time for India to regulate the internets social media platforms
The country must ensure their compliance with constitutional provisions and limits on free speech
Indias growth story has never seemed so endangered
The hysteresis effects of our lockdown may be so severe that even big reforms wont achieve much
What should be done for our economy to chart a recovery
Increase public spending to stimulate demand and push for efficiency-enhancing reforms to raise post-covid growth prospects
India needs an open capital account by 2025
With Indian debt finally being pushed into global indices and India more clearly aligning with the West and Japan geopolitically, now is the right time to bravely reimagi
NEP is all good, but what about jobs?
The policy seeks to revolutionize education but if the educated 18-year-olds are not employable, the policy might fall short of expectations
Covid positivity: a heavy load, does it explode?
If positivity rate is rising, the virus may be spreading faster than the case count suggests
If the pandemic gets judicially deemed an 'act of God', as our finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently called it, then borrowers, too, could seek refuge in the 'forc
Yes, minister, our civil services need a reboot
At last, our bureaucracy is in for a shake-up, thanks to Mission Karmayogi. The proof of its success will lie in eventual outcomes. Lets not rely on centralized oversight
I-me-and-myself: Our meanness quotient just went up
We kid ourselves if we think the pandemic has made people more empathetic. Thats like believing that posting videos of animals implies one has got more appreciative of na
The big promise of Elon Musks neuralink with extended reality
Brain-machine interface technology could be combined with XR tools to do truly astonishing things
Ninety-six shades of emotion in todays age of emojis
The hullabaloo on TV over a young womans alleged role in an actors shortened life makes one wonder why facial expressions, or a lack thereof, are taken so easily as signi
The very concept of cooperative federalism needs resuscitation
Centre-state relations have soured not just over the GST compensation dispute but also a lack of central assistance to the states
Opinion | Digitalisation - The Catalyst for the new age of insurance
A case for embedding digital infrastructure for safety, convenience, and experience. Digitalisation offers a win-win proposition by providing convenience and choice of pl
Trump is winning the vaccine debate with public-health experts
The question of how quickly the FDA should approve a vaccine is inherently political
Real-time data is far more relevantRealtimedatas more relevant as it loses va
The government should realise that innovation will flourish without paternalistic regulations. Provide them the opportunity to grow, and our entrepreneurs will build bett
As some analysts have argued, Vodafone Idea could generate value if market conditions turn relatively benign, allowing it to raise tariffs. There are signs that user char