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In a world of drones and self-driving cars, can technology secure flights from rogue pilots?

New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- The cockpit clash aboard a FlyDubai flight late last month that nearly cost the crew and passengers their lives exposed a worrisome vulnerability in civil aviation. Flying from D... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | India's latest GST reforms should help turn production more competitive

New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- Data shows that India's GST rate cuts of September 2025 served as a consumption stimulus. Reforms approved by the GST Council on Thursday covering procedural aspects of GST 2.0 co... Read More


RBI's repo rate hike: Inflation must be tackled in a global context weighing against macro stability

New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- Sustained oil price pressures amid hostilities in West Asia along with food-price escalation in an El Niño year could spark generalized inflation across India. So, the Reserv... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | RBI's proposed committee for financial markets is timely: Here's how it may work best

New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- One notable decision of the Reserve Bank of India declared along with its monetary policy revision on Wednesday is to set up a Technical Consultative Committee for Financial Marke... Read More


India's big biotech opportunity: Let's make the most of the country's genetic diversity

New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- The 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to three pioneers of optogenetics, the science of controlling body cells with light. By granting researchers control of biological pro... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | The Mecca alliance versus Iran-backed Houthis: Will it escalate conflict?

New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- Turkiye and Pakistan are reported to be joining forces with Saudi Arabia in the kingdom's defence against Houthi attacks. This marks the first time that the Nato-like all-for-one ... Read More


GST reforms: commercial activity in India could be set for another major tax stimulus

New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- Wednesday could well be a red-letter day for India's economy. A meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council is expected to unveil a series of key procedural reforms as a f... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | If barrels of oil are flowing freely from West Asia again, shouldn't prices soften?

New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- Have West Asia's oil exporters found a way to bypass the Strait of Hormuz? So it would seem from latest Kpler data showing shipments from the region, excluding Iran's, hit 18.5 mi... Read More


Must Tata Sons go public? India's central bank has several other options that could be explored

New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- Regulatory pressure from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group of companies, to list its shares has opened up a can of worms. The ce... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | Electrifying Indian traffic: battery powered vehicles are racing up sales charts

New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- India's pick-up in electric vehicle (EV) offtake is heartening. Post-sale registrations in September hit 330,000 across EV segments, the fourth month in a row that these have stay... Read More