As heatwaves intensify across India, parametric insurance is emerging as a potential financial safety net for workers facing heat-linked income disruptions
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The RBI's June policy meeting comes amid a weakening rupee, volatile crude oil prices, and rising geopolitical tensions, testing the central bank's ability to balance growth and inflation
India continues to be a preferred destination for multinational companies, drawn by its large skilled workforce and relatively lower operating costs. However, the nature of that expansion is changing. The next phase of growth in India would be led more by AI-driven productivity than by adding headcount
With Indian households and temple trusts holding an estimated 30,000-35,000 tonnes of gold, policymakers are increasingly viewing gold recycling as a way to reduce imports, ease pressure on the rupee, and strengthen the economy
For several months, indirect talks between Washington and Tehran had focused on reducing tensions in the region following a period marked by sanctions disputes, military confrontations and instability around key maritime routes
Delhi HC's ruling against Google goes far beyond a trademark dispute. It could reshape how startups acquire customers online, force changes in digital advertising strategies, and redraw the legal boundaries of keyword marketing in India
Snabbit founder and chief executive Aayush Agarwal tells Shashank Bhatt how a personal pain point and a large offline market opportunity led to the creation of the company’s on-demand home services platform
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India’s power sector is entering a future where electricity demand will increasingly be shaped by climate and cooling needs rather than just economic growth
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Successive governments have tried to reassure that the rupee's weakness is not a cause for alarm. Many economists argue that a cheaper currency is actually beneficial. The truth lies somewhere beyond these familiar talking points
For import-dependent India, a falling rupee can weaken the economy from within through rising input costs that slow output growth and investment cycles
Michael Patra, former deputy governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), talks to Parth Singh about the impact of weaker rupee on India’s exports in an email interview
Sajjid Chinoy, MD and chief India economist, JP Morgan, tells Parth Singh over email that a weak rupee makes imports costlier and domestic substitutes competitive
Sunitha Raju says the need to pursue the structural shift towards high-complexity exports has been amply underlined, but remains largely unrealised
Amarendu Nandy and Abhisek Sur on how the rupee’s fall should be read less as an export opportunity than as a stress test of India’s production structure
Geopolitical turbulences like the Iran war and internal rifts between the member nations are charting out an uncertain future for BRICS as a multilateral forum
Snabbit founder and chief executive Aayush Agarwal tells Shashank Bhatt how a personal pain point and a large offline market opportunity led to the creation of the company’s on-demand home services platform
WeWork India has survived a collapsing parent, a credit crisis, a pandemic and a bruising IPO. Now the markets are asking a harder question: can it actually make money?
India has placed early bets in the quantum technology space, but global powers like China and the US have a solid head start. Is National Quantum Mission enough to turn India into a computing superpower?
India has not only failed to produce more crude oil from domestic sources, but has also become more and more dependent on crude imports
Rising temperatures could hurt the economy far more than earlier estimates. A 1°C annual rise in temperature variation may reduce India’s economic growth by 3.89 percentage points on average
Odisha-based heavy-lift drone start-up BonV Aero addresses a critical logistical challenge faced by soldiers stationed in India's remote hilly and inaccessible regions
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Net foreign portfolio investment in Indian equities has dropped to its lowest level since 2016 as global funds favour AI-driven markets and higher-growth opportunities elsewhere, despite a recovery in domestic equities
India’s deep tech moment is real but without strong business fundamentals, even the most advanced innovations risk failing to scale
AI is lifting productivity and compressing effort-based billing, challenging the growth model behind India’s $224-billion IT industry
