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MPC members say high repo rate cannot ease food prices
The two external members' views were in sharp contrast to others at the December meeting
Deepak Chopra's latest vision: Integrating AI & well-being
Indian-American author & new-age guru Deepak Chopra is optimistic about the power of AI in enabling personal growth
What's going on your action board for 2025?
Action boards help break down your bigger aspirations into achievable goals
Combatting compassion fatigue with self-care
For people in jobs that require them to be in the front lines of a crisis, vicarious trauma is normal. Surviving it requires conscious care
Piketty's tax advice for India should provoke thought
The country all but embraced Reaganomics but it may be time to address worsening inequality
AI robots are on their way and they're likely to be Asian made
Artificial intelligence is breathing new life into robotics in Asia
The education imperative: May Parliament rise to the challenge
A country can't prosper if too many children are left behind and it's for our parliamentarians to transform this grim reality
Too many outcome shapers are too distant from ground realities
The ivory tower is all too real. It explains a key deficiency in well-intentioned but useless analysis
BUDGET WISHLIST: GREEN PERKS, TAX BREAKS, REFORMS
With a new income tax law in the works, it is an opportune time for unified tax regime
Is overseas PF withdrawal taxable in India?
I worked in Singapore from 2001 until I moved back in 2020. My PF account was closed under their updated rules and I received the balance in my Indian account in August.
Navigating credit card options for seniors: Bank ties, FDs and more
Here's everything you need to know about the secured and unsecured credit card options for senior citizens
Veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal passes away at 90
Veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal, who heralded the Indian parallel cinema movement in the 1970s and 1980s with films such as Ankur, Nishant and Manthan, died on Monday, his daughter Pia said. He was 90.
By 2027, data centre capacity to double
India's data centre capacity is set to more than double to 2-2.3GW (gigawatts) by 2026-27, led by increasing digitalization as organizations increase their investments in cloud storage, Crisil Ratings said in a report.
Jio loses 3.8 million wireless subs in Oct
While Jio's wireless subscribers declined, it gained 3.84 million active mobile subscribers.
Residential sector is big polluter: study
Residential emissions were found to be a leading contributor to the local PM2.5 pollution.
ICAI probing Byju's alleged audit errors
Chartered accountants' apex body ICAI
DAM Capital IPO subscribed 82 times
The initial public offer of investment bank DAM Capital Advisors Ltd was subscribed 81.88 times on the closing day of bidding on Monday.
Sriram Krishnan: US' new AI advisor
President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday named Indian American entrepreneur, venture capitalist and author Sriram Krishnan as senior white house policy advisor on artificial intelligence (AI).
Non-life insurers' claim ratio falls
Net incurred claims to net earned premium (claims ratio) of non-life insurance industry stood at 82.52% during 2023-24 as against 82.95% in the preceding fiscal, as per the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India's (Irdai) annual report.
Lohia Auto launches - EV brand 'Youdha'
Lohia Auto on Monday announced the launch of EV (electric vehicle) brand 'Youdha' as part of its ₹20-crore expansion plans and said it looks to manufacture and sell 300,000 electric vehicles (EV) under the brand by 2027.
Xi digs in with top-down economic plan even as China drowns in debt
Xi Jinping is bracing for a showdown, sticking with economic policies aimed at making China the world's most powerful country
B'desh minister says country wants ex-PM Hasina extradited
Bangladesh-India ties took a hit after interim government led by Yunus assumed power
First ONOE panel meeting on 8 Jan
The first meeting of the 39-member parliamentary panel on 'one nation, one election' (ONOE) is set to be held on 8 January, setting the tone for nationwide deliberations on the key poll reform measure of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government.
Trump threatens to take control of Panama Canal, Greenland
China has replaced the United States as the dominant trading partner in Latin America
India crosses key clean power milestone, but has miles to go
Of the government's total target of 500GW of non-fossil energy capacity by 2030, 20GW could come from nuclear sources
INDIA'S CLIMATE AGENDA AND A NEW GREEN ECONOMY
Transition to a green economy could serve as a model for other developing nations
Govt spending may power recovery from growth lull
Restoring India's economy to its pre-pandemic trajectory remains vital, particularly for the economically weaker sections.
Climate change is now a real and pressing economic threat
Climate change is no longer just affecting lives. It's hurting the economy more than ever before, whether through extreme heat or rain bringing down farm output and driving up prices, or making countries adopt cross-border tariffs to factor in the costs of carbon reduction. And it's only going to get worse.
RETHINKING THE PURPOSE OF ECONOMIC POLICY
The purpose of economic growth must be to improve the ease of earning and living for all
India's external trade braces for an action-packed '25
A silver lining is the border disengagement with China, followed by a bilateral meeting Modi and Xi