Opinion

Funds of funds (FoF) are increasingly used to shape how governments practice economic statecraft. When designed well, they pool capital to invest in venture funds rather than directly in individual companies or securities, strengthening innovation ecosystems while steering investment toward strategically important markets, capabilities, and...

Bertrand Badré & Saurabh Mishra For most of the postwar era, global power was defined by alliances, aircraft carriers, and reserve currencies. But we are now entering an era defined by critical infrastructure and those who finance, build, and operate it. Ports, power grids, rail...

Melvin Durai A Hyderabad man who likes to take his family on long drives in his Tata Safari recently complained on Reddit about the “lack of proper washrooms/ toilets” on all his road trips, especially for women. He noted that he regularly stops at a...

By Chander Gupta New Zealand is one country you never hear any controversy about. It is a world of its own. It is an English-speaking country where many Indians have immigrated to. A son of my friend also immigrated to New Zealand after doing a...

The Iran war is hitting many countries beyond they could have imagined. The IMF forecast has subdued global growth. India is no less a sufferer. IMF makes India slip to sixth largest economy as the rupee sinks, oil prices hit inflation high, and a combination...

Only a few years ago, AI seemed like merely a nice toy: a chatbot that simulated intelligence by assembling complete sentences in response to users’ prompts, but that ultimately wasn't much more sophisticated than an advanced search engine. Yet now, it has proven to be...

By Sayan Chatterjee Somewhere in the middle of all the noise, hashtags, and sharp opinions, we seem to be losing the ability to look at global events with balance. Take this phrase doing the rounds – “TACO,” or “Trump Always Chickens Out.” It sounds clever...

By Gopabandhu Mohapatra  Zero Hour in the Indian Parliament is an informal and unique procedure that enables members to raise urgent public issues without prior notice. Introduced in 1962, Zero Hour serves as an innovative way for members to address pressing matters swiftly. During Zero...

By DK Giri It is said that war is a failure of diplomacy. This is eminently evident in the case of Iran which is perceived as a threat to Israel and danger to the Middle-East with its nuclearisation venture. But the failure of negotiations in...

By Jayati Ghosh The Ouroboros, the ancient image of a serpent devouring its own tail, has long symbolized self-defeating strategies. It is thus an apt metaphor for US President Donald Trump’s current policies. His reckless and illegal war against Iran is the clearest example. Still,...