Opinion

If there were a contest for scoring political self-goals, the Congress would almost certainly strike gold. The Karnataka ‘nataka’ or ‘Game of Thrones’ has kept the news wheel churning for weeks. Kaun Banega Mukhya Mantri, DK Shivakumar (DKS) or Siddaramaiah (Sidda), is only the latest...

With the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) and the G20 Leaders' Summit now concluded, attention turns to this week's gathering of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Panama. Whether the event delivers progress on sustainable land management and drought resilience in a...

By Jagdish Rattanani It has long been argued that India’s labour laws hold back business, particularly the manufacturing sector, from roaring into action and joining the India growth story. Now, India’s 29 central labour laws have been consolidated into four labour codes, notified on 21...

By DK Giri Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India is being closely watched by world leaders on two counts. Russia is engaged in a heavy war in Ukraine since 2022. While the latest peace talks are being carried out as Putin has just threatened...

By Melvin Durai I’ve often wondered whether the way we treat people at different ages makes any sense scientifically. In many countries, you become an adult at age 18. That’s when you can vote, sign your name to a legally binding contract, and declare your...

By Janine R. Wedel   Corruption may simply be a way of life for US President Donald Trump, but it is the defining issue of his presidency. From doling out pardons and policies in exchange for cash donations or favours to encouraging foreign governments and...

By Dhurjati Mukherjee India’s exports have witnessed a slide in most sectors, as per latest reports, in view of the current geopolitical situation and the pressure of US tariffs. The fault-lines have widened with the rupee falling to its lowest value while exporters, especially small...

By Shlomo Ben-Ami US President Donald Trump is probably not even aware of John Maynard Keynes’s 1919 book The Economic Consequences of the Peace, which cautioned that the harsh demands imposed on Germany after World War I – with their “unjust and unworkable economic basis”...

India is in a gold loop. Swiss refineries and Indian consumers are weakening the rupee. The country’s import appetite now threatens its macroeconomic stability. India’s external vulnerabili ty widens with gold, gadgets and a slipping rupee. The newly ratified India–EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement...

The most shocking feature of US President Donald Trump’s 28-point peace plan for Ukraine is not its explicit and extreme bias toward Russia, exemplified by the recognition of Russian sovereignty over occupied (and even unoccupied) Ukrainian territory and the diktat to downsize Ukraine’s military radically....