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India-Afghanistan relations: A chance to reshape the regional balance of power

New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- There are many occasions when even rivals agree to unite behind a common issue. It is usually a shared threat or mutual interest that yields a 'consensus among enemies.' The Whit... Read More


An American chill pill for India: Trump's 100% pharma tariff won't cover generic drugs

New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- America's new 100% pharma tariff, going by a recent post online by US President Donald Trump, was aimed at "branded or patented" pharmaceutical products, barring those for which ... Read More


Leverage LNG: Cheaper gas could offer India a better path towards its climate goals

New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- It is not often that geopolitical events make space for greater economic efficiency. As trade turmoil snaps and re-links supply chains across the globe, with costs rising more tha... Read More


Safe-haven gold has gone above $4,000 per ounce globally-but it needn't stay there

New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- Gold seems to be on an unstoppable uprun. The yellow metal is crossing one milestone after another. It smashed past the $4,000 per ounce level globally and touched Rs.1,22,000 per... Read More


Is an advisory enough to tackle risks flagged by the Competition Commission of India?

New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- There is an undefined organism in town called artificial intelligence (AI). It is undefined because nobody knows what eventual form or shape it will acquire; its nascent presence ... Read More


Never mind US policy wobbles, India should keep the global climate agenda front and centre

New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- Given US President Donald Trump's scepticism of climate change, a slowdown in the world's green transition was widely feared. Those concerns are showing up in the numbers. On Tue... Read More


The statistics ministry takes on a tricky question: Should it adjust its retail inflation gauge for free handouts?

New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- India's ministry of statistics has released a discussion paper on how items given away free by the public distribution system (PDS) should be treated by the Consumer Price Index (... Read More


The Nikkei-225 has hit a record high but can Sanae Takaichi fix Japan's economy?

New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- Japan's Nikkei-225 index leapt to a record high on Monday in cheerful reception of Sanae Takaichi's election as its ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leader. She will be Japan's f... Read More


India's Rs.22,919 crore electronics scheme lacks ambition: Here's how to pack a real punch

New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- India's new Electronic Component Manufacturing Scheme, with an outlay of Rs.22,919 crore for incentives linked to production, investment and job creation in the field of making el... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | Returning unclaimed Indian savings would serve both justice and the economy well

New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- It's unfortunate that a sizable chunk of the savings of Indians is locked up in bank accounts, mutual funds, provident funds and other institutional deposits lying unclaimed for y... Read More