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Mint Quick Edit | The US-Iran deal was called off by Trump but the war's costs could steepen for him

New Delhi, July 9 -- There we go again. The peace memo between the US and Iran saw its value crash on a flare-up of mutual hostility in West Asia. Iran struck US military facilities in Kuwait and Bahr... Read More


A tale of few cities: Urban prosperity in India shows a stark skew towards the top league

New Delhi, July 8 -- India has long been known as a land of contrasts. Recall what the British economist Joan Robinson famously said of India: "Whatever you can rightly say about India, the opposite i... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | As India's economy rises, Indian cities mustn't fall behind on how liveable they are

New Delhi, July 8 -- While India's economy is rising fast, what counts is the quality of people's lives. Especially so in urban spaces, as they act as hubs of prosperity. The Economist Intelligence U... Read More


India needs whispers around RBI's classification of Tata Sons to dissipate-for the central bank's sake

New Delhi, July 7 -- The role of a central bank has become a subject of intense scholarship and research in core economic studies as well as financial economics. The ability of central banks to move f... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | Electric vehicle sales are on a fast track: war has done what policy couldn't

New Delhi, July 7 -- June's passenger vehicle retail sales figure shows continued momentum, with a 29% rise from a year earlier to 410,853 units. Cumulatively for the first quarter of 2026-27, sales w... Read More


WhatsApp's username feature has re-ignited India's debate over online message traceability

New Delhi, July 6 -- India's suspension of WhatsApp's planned username feature appears to be a dispute over a product update. But a closer look shows it is the latest chapter in a long battle over how... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | Are Republicans seeing too much red in welfare? Trump's latest speech suggests so

New Delhi, July 6 -- If statements by US presidents are to be taken seriously, a point that wasn't under much debate till the ascent of Donald Trump, America is taking an interesting turn. As part of ... Read More


The US Declaration of Independence startled the world in 1776, but when will it live up to its ideals?

New Delhi, July 3 -- The second line of America's famous Declaration of Independence has been called "the most potent single sentence in American history." Even if we edit the last bit to 'written in ... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | Delhi's air-quality plan may need a cost-benefit analysis once it's tested out this winter

New Delhi, July 3 -- This week, Delhi's government announced a series of pollution-fighting measures for the winter season that routinely records a dangerous drop in air quality. Starting November, f... Read More


Read between the lines: India's external debt isn't as comfort-assuring as it may seem at first glance

New Delhi, July 2 -- On Monday, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released its Annual Statement detailing India's external debt position at the end of March. On the face of it, the country's overall po... Read More