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Diaspora dollars: be thankful for non-residents sending money home but let's not taken these flows for granted

New Delhi, May 13 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for Indians to help conserve foreign exchange in various ways, such as by holding off on foreign travel and using less fuel, made waves as news... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | India's inflation incline could put rate hikes back in RBI's policy consideration set

New Delhi, May 13 -- India's inflation in April climbed to a 13-month high of 3.5% from a year earlier, driven by food prices. Though this was only marginally higher than March's 3.4% reading and unde... Read More


India's fuel crisis: will the proverbial elephant in the room turn into a peg-lifting camel in the tent?

New Delhi, May 12 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call urging people to reduce their use of transport fuels is indeed a need of the hour, given the turmoil in West Asia. Our heavy dependence on imp... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | Will mutual funds keep supporting India's stock indices or will this Atlas shrug?

New Delhi, May 12 -- How long can mutual funds (MFs) hold up stock indices in India? Inflows into equity MFs in April fell 5% from March to Rs.38,440.2 crore, according to data issued on Monday by the... Read More


Apple, Intel and US statism versus China's: Will global domination pivot on silicon chips?

New Delhi, May 11 -- An American chipmaker forging a deal to make microchips for a US gadget-maker shouldn't make anybody sit up. But since this involves Intel and Apple, it should-for what it says ab... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | A war lesson for the mighty: don't think twice but thrice before starting one

New Delhi, May 11 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has hinted of an end to his country's war with Ukraine in his strongest signal yet of a will to reach a negotiated settlement after more than four... Read More


Statistical upgrade: An index of services production needn't capture the sector perfectly to prove useful

New Delhi, May 8 -- India's statistics ministry recently proposed an Index of Services Production (ISP), the need for which may seem self-evident, given how this sector's prominence has grown. "The s... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | The latest 'huh-what' virus should refresh a key learning from the covid nightmare

New Delhi, May 8 -- It seems like the script of a horror film. Three confirmed cases of hantavirus and five suspected ones among 150 people aboard a cruise ship that left Argentina last month have sen... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | Why does India's stock market cap have Taiwan's and South Korea's snapping at its heels?

New Delhi, May 7 -- The weak performance of Indian shares hasn't just dampened wealth creation, it has also put India's stock market at risk of being overtaken in terms of capitalization by the bourse... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | India's auto sales have revved up but we await the dynamism of an EV surge

New Delhi, May 6 -- Data released on Tuesday by the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations in India shows that automobile retail sales rose 13% from a year earlier to over 2.6 million units in ... Read More