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On 28th February, TV Mohandas Pai, the well-known angel investor, tagged finance minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman in a post on X, drawing attention to what seems to be a case of enforcement overreach: the arrest of Rishi Gupta, managing...
At the India AI Impact Summit 2026 last week, Galgotias University provided a shameful sideshow that gravely undermined India’s attempt to project itself as a serious player in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) with credible...
How long does it take for a regulator in India to respond to bad practices? The answer: A staggering two decades of responding to alarms with pointless tinkering and directions.
On 11 February 2026, the Reserve Bank of India...
Those born after the turn of the millennium are largely unaware that India once possessed a vibrant, fierce consumer movement. In the 1960s and 1970s, a time that was defined by scarcity, black-marketing and a dysfunctional public...
Budget 2026 sends out a strong signal that India finally recognises how we are losing the global tourism race, despite extraordinary cultural diversity, wealth of historical monuments and scenic beauty. Not only are we not attracting...
The annual World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos is the supreme arena for business optics. While world leaders make news at the formal plenary sessions, high-power networking occurs at private parties in a country better known for stashing...
A decade and a half ago, a report of the comptroller and auditor general (CAG), claiming a huge ‘presumptive’ loss in the sale of telecom spectrum and coal blocks, ignited a nationwide movement against corruption and voted out...
As the financial capital of Mumbai prepares for its upcoming municipal elections, the political discourse in Maharashtra is increasingly defined by a dual narrative. On the one hand, the ruling coalition is promoting a set of modern...
Indore has been celebrated as India's cleanest city for eight consecutive years. In December 2025, this reputation was shattered when contaminated sewage killed at least 10 residents and 270 others fell ill, a result of sheer...
As 2025 draws to a close, many will ring in the New Year at grand parties, while battling coughs from toxic air—a fitting metaphor for the year itself. This is the story of 2025: transformative developments shadowed by turbulent...
Market regulator Tuhin Kanta Pandey appears genuinely keen on protecting investors by ensuring that they have access to corporate information in an easy-to-understand format. In a recent media interview, he signalled that the Securities...
Almost five years ago, a single sentence tucked into finance minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget speech of February 2021 should have reshaped India’s capital market regulation: “I propose to consolidate the...