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India's carbon market will take time to emerge but its rewards could go beyond climate progress

New Delhi, Dec. 12 -- The feeble outcomes of this year's UN climate summit, CoP-30, held at Belem in Brazil were a reflection of today's geopolitical realities. The US does not recognize the threat of... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Brothers Discovery: Watch a new drama unfold

New Delhi, Dec. 12 -- A hostile bid for a company may sound ominous, but it's usually a scare only for its management. So too in the case of US-based film studio Paramount's offer this week to buy all... Read More


China's record $1.1 trillion trade surplus masks a demand weakness that a stronger yuan could address

New Delhi, Dec. 11 -- Rarely does China's stated national priority align so well with what the world wants of the People's Republic. Yet, Beijing is not really letting it happen-to the world's dismay ... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | Big Tech's mega pledges should help ease Indian anxiety over capital outflows

New Delhi, Dec. 11 -- Outflows of "hot money" from India's stock market and a fast weakening rupee may have caused some anxiety this year, but the outlook on foreign direct investment (FDI) has bright... Read More


Malhotra's first year as RBI governor saw India's economy break into a Goldilocks run but we can't take it for granted

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown," wrote Shakespeare in his play Henry IV. The English playwright was talking about a king by that name, not of any central bank governor... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | A US anti-dumping duty on Indian rice won't hurt much but would send the wrong signal

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Just hours before a US delegation arrived in New Delhi to wrap up a long-pending trade deal, Donald Trump hinted at a fresh tariff to be levied on India. Speaking at the White Ho... Read More


Customs reform: How a standard rate of 5% import duty could sharpen India's export edge

New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- We welcome finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's announcement at this year's HT Leadership Summit that her next reform would be of India's customs duty regime. This is vital to bo... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | China's $1 trillion plus trade surplus could worsen global turbulence if Beijing shrugs it off

New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- China's role as the world's big factory isn't weakening in the face of the US's tariff-policy pushback. Its trade surplus is set for a record high in 2025, with exports exceeding ... Read More


IndiGo held aviation to ransom: This should cue a structural overhaul of the sector

New Delhi, Dec. 8 -- It is apparent that IndiGo has used its dominance of India's air travel market to blackmail the authorities into giving it relief-albeit temporary-from compliance with tighter rul... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | India's customs regime should be rejigged to sharpen our export edge

New Delhi, Dec. 8 -- It would be music to many ears that India's government is planning to overhaul its customs regime. The goal will not just be to ease compliance, but also bring down rates wherever... Read More