Induction Push Alone Cannot Solve India’s Cooking Energy Crisis

Lower prices are not enough. Certification, wiring upgrades, grid strength and gas allocation choices will determine whether India’s cooking transition reduces or shifts stress.

TK Arun

March 31, 2026 at 7:44 AM IST

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India’s Services Edge in the Age of Geopolitical Turbulences

Oil shocks still rattle India’s economy, but a powerful services surplus is reshaping its external resilience and cushioning geopolitical turbulence.

Shilpashree Venkatesh

March 14, 2026 at 5:20 AM IST

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India’s EV Policy Rewards Scale but Leaves Innovation Waiting

India’s EV PLI scheme has boosted manufacturing but sidelined innovation. By rewarding scale over technology, it risks weakening the ecosystem it hopes to build.

Nilanjan Banik

March 10, 2026 at 9:52 AM IST

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Coal Gasification Should be a Strategic Priority, Not Just Another Mission

The ongoing war in the Persian Gulf shows why India must leverage its most abundant fuel to substitute for imports of hydrocarbons

TK Arun

March 10, 2026 at 5:28 AM IST

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Trump, Anthropic and the Lesson for India: Build an AI PSU

Anthropic’s clash with Washington shows that AI firms ultimately serve national interests. For India, relying on foreign AI for strategic uses may be a costly mistake.

TK Arun

March 6, 2026 at 12:07 PM IST

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Why We Lie: The Psychology Behind Reputational Inflation in India's Innovation Push

A mature culture for innovation is not built on apology, gloss, denial or blame game. It’s built by asking why fakery seems more alluring than honesty.

Kirti Tarang Pande

February 19, 2026 at 3:17 PM IST

Indian IT’s AI Reckoning Is Painful but Not Terminal

NIFTY IT has fallen 25%, erasing ₹9 trillion. As AI disrupts billing models, is this capitulation or the start of a deeper reinvention?

Dhananjay Sinha

February 14, 2026 at 5:13 AM IST

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Budget 2026

Incremental Ambition in an Age Demanding Structural Reset

Budget shows discipline and selective ambition, but sidesteps pricing reform, social protection and the federal reset India needs for resilience.

Arvind Mayaram

February 4, 2026 at 4:43 AM IST

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Spotlight Back on Process Patents

Indian pharma companies, and the regulatory and judicial support system, must wake up to the challenges of personalised medicines and the changes this would necessitate in formulating and approving drug trials and patenting of drugs and production processes.

TK Arun

January 28, 2026 at 10:02 AM IST

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Budget 2026

Why the Budget Should Support Development Goals

Beyond headline numbers, this Budget must align fiscal discipline with productivity, inclusion and institutional reform to sustain growth and realise Viksit Bharat.

Ashima Goyal

January 23, 2026 at 6:04 AM IST

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Budget 2026

From Fiscal Arithmetic to Economic Statecraft

The Budget must move beyond fiscal math to economic statecraft, strengthening institutions to manage volatility, competitiveness, climate transition and social risk.

Arvind Mayaram

January 22, 2026 at 3:17 AM IST

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Budget 2026

How Federal Drift Is Starving Strategic Priorities

As the Centre expands into state subjects, defence, R&D and strategic autonomy suffer. India’s budget problem is not size, but misplaced priorities.

TK Arun

January 21, 2026 at 8:15 AM IST

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India’s External Strength Masks a Growing Vulnerability Problem

Strong reserves give India comfort today, but frequent geopolitical and tech shocks risk steadily eroding its external resilience.

Abheek Barua

January 20, 2026 at 6:31 AM IST

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Global Capability Centres: The Brain Drain Under Our Nose

It is welcome that millions of Indian graduates get decent jobs, but they toil to create intellectual property for foreign firms, rather than to strengthen India’s strategic muscle

TK Arun

January 12, 2026 at 9:54 AM IST

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India’s Innovation Gap Widens: GII 2025 Highlights Urgent Need for R&D Investment

The Global Innovation Index 2025 spotlights persistent gaps in India’s innovation ecosystem that reiterate the imperative for greater incentives for businesses to engage in R&D.

Sharmila Kantha

October 16, 2025 at 7:43 AM IST

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Not Just Make in India, Chips Need to be Made by India

Without owning semiconductor IP, India risks dependence. Building and backing its own chips is the real test.

TK Arun

September 24, 2025 at 6:46 AM IST

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H-1B Visa Clampdown Puts Spotlight on India’s Innovation Deficit

As the US clamps down on H-1B visas, India must look beyond brain drain debates and build R&D strength, skills, and domestic innovation to absorb its tech talent.

Sharmila Kantha

September 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM IST

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The Bureau

Risk Appetite Returns as Trump Signals Possible US Exit From War

WTO’s MC14 Ends in Deadlock, Exposes Deep Fault Lines

Govt to borrow ₹8.2 trillion, 51% of full year aim in April-September, cuts ultra-long bond supply

Pressure Mounts on India as WTO Talks Focus on E-Commerce and Investment Deals

Excise Duty Cut on Petrol, Diesel to Cost the Govt ₹1.55 Trillion: Emkay Global

RBI Seeks HDFC Bank Board Meeting Records: Moneycontrol

Government retains inflation target at 4% for another five years

Trump Speaks With Modi on West Asia, Strait of Hormuz

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