For the provident fund's stability, its managers should heed RBI's advice-align earnings with payouts

New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has undertaken a fresh round of reforms designed to help subscribers access their retiral funds ahead of time. Notable among the... Read More

India's passport has slipped on the Henley Index chart: Is that a worry?

New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- India has dropped five spots to 85th position in the league table of Henley's Passport Index for 2025. It allows visa-free entry to 57 countries, down from 62 last year. This cou... Read More

As data centres proliferate, do we have enough clean energy for them to guzzle?

New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- India generates about 20% of the world's digital data but is home to only 3% of its data-centre capacity. At the same time, India's policy aim is to have all sensitive data gener... Read More

Mint Quick Edit | Indian exports showed resilience last month but don't celebrate yet

New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- Even though US tariffs could yet weigh Indian exports down, overall outward shipments from India so far have been resilient. Government data released on Wednesday shows that expo... Read More

Go ahead, adopt AI for education, but sharpen the critical capacity of students too

New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- There is no escape from AI. Its embrace is essential to progress, a consensus that unites tech mavens and policy wonks with AI chatbots. As OpenAI's ChatGPT puts it, artificial i... Read More

Google's $15 billion plan for an AI hub in India: Is this the leap we need?

New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- US-based Google will invest $15 billion over five years to set up an artificial intelligence (AI) hub in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, its CEO Sundar Pichai has said. With its g... Read More

This year's Nobel is a nod to the role of innovation and creative destruction in an economy: Think AI

New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- Over the last two centuries, the world has seen sustained economic growth that has lifted vast numbers out of poverty. How much did technology contribute to this remarkable achie... Read More

Price stability: What's good for the near-term is great for the long-haul

New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- With a shaky global economy posing headwinds, it's a matter of comfort that the cost of living in India is going through a phase of splendid stability. Government data released ... Read More

India's electricity reforms: We mustn't let the latest effort fizzle out

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- The Centre recently proposed legislative changes to "strengthen and reform" India's electricity sector in keeping with the "evolving industry requirement." This is an urgent goa... Read More

Trade war escalation: Why India must watch the latest US-China stand-off closely

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- Last week, US President Donald Trump threatened fresh tariffs on China. He cited Beijing's "extraordinarily aggressive" policy stance, referring to its tightened licensing rules ... Read More

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