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GST Cuts Delivered A Festive Pop That Won’t Sustain In 2026
Weak November numbers, muted price transmission and uneven spending patterns all point to...
Momentum Matters, But India’s Long Path To $5 Trillion Needs Discipline Now
What is required to sustain this growth rate so that India reaches the $5 trillion mark?
The Curious Case Of Slowing Smartphone And Pharma Exports To The US
The tariff war has yet again shown why India needs to diversify to other countries and up...
India Pulls Back QCOs, But It Must Continue To Learn Lessons From Tariff War
QCOs are mandatory BIS certifications requiring each product or import category to meet...
Saving By Force? EPFO’s New Rules Divide Experts, Workers
While it would seem that the new EPFO rules could create problems for employees trying to...
Fake It, But You Can’t Make It
Fraudsters do make it hard to know if the products that you’re buying is real. But with...
Chasing Organic Froth: Blockchain Can Reveal What’s Truly Natural
With blockchain, every step from farm to kitchen can be tracked, revealing what’s truly...
Does RBI’s Bold Credit Push Risk Outrunning India’s Safeguards?
It is perhaps the biggest reform in the credit segment since the 1989 abolition of the...
Blockchain Gets A Government Job
The US government is putting its GDP data on blockchain, while the Philippines plans to...
Not Just Tariffs, Transshipments May Pose Hurdles In A New World Order
The current global supply chain order took decades to form, and as a new order forms, it...
India Sets Global Low For Green Ammonia, But Delivery Will Be The Real Test
Subsidies cushion the bids, the definition of “green” is more vague than certain global...
Middle Managers On Road To Perdition As Tech, Age, And Slowdown Eat Up Jobs
Unable to transition ahead, India’s middle managers face an existential crisis.
