When one player accounts for almost two-thirds of the passenger market and when it is often the only carrier to many airports, the shoe is firmly on IndiGo’s feet. Not the government’s, irrespective of what the DGCA may claim

Republicans are recalculating. Fear of a primary challenge from Trump once kept them obedient. Now their greater anxiety may be the Democrat on the election ballot

The drag on productivity is hiding in plain sight, in homes where millions of mothers scale back or exit work because childcare is unaffordable or inaccessible

We must ensure that our children know the stories of their land before they learn the myths of another. And we must do so in every language, English included Shashi Tharoor

Rabindranath Tagore's song did not invoke religious sentiments, unlike the one by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. Tagore's message was of togetherness

Food companies must invest in affordable, culturally appropriate, healthy products matching Indian tastes and lifestyles. It requires a whole-of-society engagement.

This public infrastructure ethos is reflected in the RBI’s recent reaffirmation that UPI will remain a zero-cost rail for users, underscoring the state’s commitment to keeping digital infrastructure open and accessible.

The BJP with its organisational presence and support of local officials is better placed than the Opposition to rescue its loyal voters from structural exclusion. Besides, the design of the SIR and its implementation bias would lead to a targeted disenfranchisement of Muslims and other communities that the BJP finds electorally inconvenient

The cynicism and weariness among donors and recipients with regard to the effectiveness of aid are equally true for climate finance. Also, debt is at an all-time high, especially in advanced economies

The 2020 lockdown exposed the absence of a national registry, weak inter-state coordination, and no crisis-time grievance redressal mechanisms for inclusion and welfare delivery

Shared geography and interconnected ecosystems make the region highly vulnerable, but also uniquely positioned to act collectively.

The global situation is very uncertain and it’s better to keep policy ammunition ready to support growth as required. This becomes specifically critical at a time when scope of further fiscal stimulus is limited.

The EC must pause, reflect and reform. It must immediately halt this exercise that bears no similarity to a proper and legitimate 'SIR'.

Stardom can make people larger than life. Dharmendra, paradoxically, became larger by remaining human.

Engaging with the Opposition strengthens the government—it broadens support, sharpens policy, anticipates criticism, and builds national ownership of decisions. It is a mark of confidence, not weakness. Yet, today, we witness the paradox of a government with an overwhelming majority suffering from profound insecurity

Liquidity in the system is optimal and supportive of growth. The healthy pick up in credit off take is evident. Credit growth from the larger ecosystem, including NBFCs and private credit, looks robust as deal volumes suggest across India Inc. where a wave of M&A activities is indicative of renewed interest in capturing markets and mindsets of consumers.

The leaders are stuck in a deep comfort zone, reminiscent of Nehru’s luxury position post-independence. Or at the beginning of UPA-II, post an impressive first UPA term. Comfort kills the hunger for risk and change and perpetuates the stranglehold of the Deep State, that is, senior IAS officials managing the economy at the direction of the oligarchs. Look at FDI for clues about the angst. Unless policies change, the promise of Viksit Bharat is likely to go the way of the unexpected 2024 political loss

Any difference with the Nehruvian regime shouldn’t be branded as saffron and every act of critical thinking shouldn’t be dismissed as leftism.

The logic that whatever the AQI the show must go on, business must be uninterrupted is revealing. Our idea of progress and prosperity is playing havoc with children’s minds and bodies.

The Russian economy today is a hybrid of Soviet-era endurance and post-Soviet capitalism.

During the decade of UPA rule, the BJP disrupted Parliament with impunity, losing 68 per cent of the 15th Lok Sabha’s time to protest. Now, in Opposition, the INDIA bloc has adopted the same playbook.

Many critiques of the Food Security Act and the cash-versus-kind debate rested on misconceptions, but what mattered was that there was space for debate — a luxury now fading.

There is no dearth of private capital in world markets for bankable projects. Fortunately, the Indian private sector has demonstrated its ability to develop and implement such projects.

The difficult negotiations over Ukraine open the door to a potential restructuring of relations among the US, Europe, and Russia. But Delhi must first correct the distortion in its Russia policy